Film theory & criticism books

The essays grouped together here reflect a career-long preoccupation with aspects of modern French culture. These...  Read More >>

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The story of Star Trek as told by the people who know it best: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and...  Read More >>

Historical Turns reassesses Weimar cinema in light of the ""crisis of historicism"" widely diagnosed by German philosophers...  Read More >>

Using a wealth of source materials, Morton offers a comprehensive history that demonstrates how films and television...  Read More >>

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This book provides an overview of the growing field of screenwriting research and is essential reading for both...  Read More >>

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This book highlights the significant role that production artists played when Russian cinema was still in its infancy....  Read More >>

""Using extensive examples of films and filmmakers from French and Japanese cinemas, this book tracks the longstanding...  Read More >>

Surveying disaster film from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective, this book explores the disaster film genre from...  Read More >>

Documents the story of producers Joseph Levine and Bill Sargent, and the 1965 race to get their problem-laden biopics...  Read More >>

Fills the gap in Austen scholarship from 2000 to today, demonstrating Austen’s enduring talent and relevancy. The...  Read More >>

Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. In this book, George...  Read More >>

The first book to explore the nature and function of the oneiric in David Lynch's different phases and audio-visual...  Read More >>

Images that embody the point of view of the perpetrators of violent crimes, or their accomplices, force us to look...  Read More >>

In this first-ever full-length biography, Ann Sheridan’s colourful life and 34-year career are examined in detail,...  Read More >>

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In recent years, the embrace of 'slow;' sensuous and durational forms of cinema and the moving image registers desires...  Read More >>

A journey through a variety of tools and technologies from vlogging to drone cinematography to considerations of...  Read More >>

State and corporate violence has always been waged on material space. However, with the escalation of late-capitalist...  Read More >>

Silent Film and the Formations of U.S. Literary Culture: Literature in Motion discovers the considerable impact...  Read More >>

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s lifework has been studied through the lens of queer studies, film studies, poetry, and many...  Read More >>