Film theory & criticism books

From the author of the best-selling Shooting Columbo comes this unique, behind-the-scenes peek at the amazing mysteries...  Read More >>

In this book, Robert K. Beshara applies decolonial film theory to an analysis of Youssef Chahine’s (1997) Al-Masir...  Read More >>

A Bridge Too Far, released in 1977, was the last epic WWII movie made in the Hollywood studio system. Its ambitious...  Read More >>

In 1969, Stanley Kubrick suppressed a book about his films because...  Read More >>

Presents a collection of essays on the status of memory - individual and collective, cultural and transcultural...  Read More >>

What tensions characterized the relationships between cinema, European Leftists, and emerging postcolonial ideologies...  Read More >>

In 1969, Stanley Kubrick suppressed a book about his films because...  Read More >>

Examines the notion of theatricality in relation to film, theatre, art, and contemporary media  Read More >>

Analyses the representation of artificially intelligent entities in Hollywood film  Read More >>

Examines the narratives documentary films construct and mediate about death and dying  Read More >>

Examines the unique cultural and critical history of international naturalist cinema.  Read More >>

What tensions characterized the relationships between cinema, European Leftists, and emerging postcolonial ideologies...  Read More >>

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Newly repackaged as a Penguin paperback, Conquest of the Useless, the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog's diary...  Read More >>

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50...  Read More >>

A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR - BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE - ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR...  Read More >>

A tribute to all things Kes from how the film came about, to its production, anecdotes, impact on society and filming...  Read More >>

Das Thema ""Wohnen"" war in der DDR ein politischer Dauerbrenner. Es wurde im Spannungsfeld von Altbausanierung,...  Read More >>

Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror is a journey through the overlapping darkness of the beauty world...  Read More >>

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""C'era una volta in America"" è l'ultimo film di Sergio Leone, quello che lo stesso regista definì ""il mio cinema""....  Read More >>

Gathered for the first time- one of America's great humourists revisits the books and movies from his youth-often...  Read More >>

This book explores the unheard sonic dimensions of the city symphony. Instead of looking at the city symphony as...  Read More >>

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