Film theory & criticism books

The first biography of Bergman in 40 years, containing exclusive extracts from workbooks and letters.  Read More >>

Celebrates the variety and richness of Arabic-language cinema by analysing 28 films released between 1933 and 2021,...  Read More >>

Examines how philosophical concepts like free will, personal identity, and goodness are given an artistic life in...  Read More >>

French critic Serge Daney was a central figure in film, television and media criticism of the second half of the...  Read More >>

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This book provides a comprehensive cultural and historical account of the key film policies put into place by the...  Read More >>

Examines an important relational shift in British and German cultural depictions of Palestine and Israel since 1987....  Read More >>

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Stanley Fish focuses on well-known movies (such as Anatomy of a Murder, Twelve Angry Men, or A Man for All Seasons)...  Read More >>

The Age of Heroes looks at the historical-cultural factors that have produced cult heroes like N.T. Rama Rao, Chiranjeevi...  Read More >>

The long-awaited first work of non-fiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time...  Read More >>

Pays tribute to Deanna Durbin by placing her life and career in the context of her time and appraises her film work...  Read More >>

Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror is the first book-length exploration of female creators at the cutting edge...  Read More >>

This book explores the various issues raised by women’s fraught integration into the mainstream in film and television,...  Read More >>

Using rigorous theoretical frameworks and succinct filmic analyses, this book will be essential reading for those...  Read More >>

""An examination of how contemporary film, television, and fan media transform celebrities into fictionalised characters""--...  Read More >>

""The first book dedicated to the cinema of Yorgos Lanthimos, offering a range of critical approaches to his work""--...  Read More >>

""Explores the ways in which contemporary US cinema engages with the multiple political, social and cultural manifestations...  Read More >>

""An exciting overview of Costa-Gavras oeuvre, while also attending to the Greek-French filmmaker's life as it weaves...  Read More >>

You're trying to finish a screenplay, but there's a voice in your ear whispering, “You should know more about how...  Read More >>

The New Wave Cinema in Iran is a historical and analytical study of the Iranian New Wave Cinema (Mowj-e No) as an...  Read More >>

""A critical exploration of David Bowie's varied works as an actor, revealing who 'Bowie' is while affording the...  Read More >>

Attention Spans’ chronological review of Garrett Stewart’s critical approach tracks and maps the evolution of intersecting...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the neoliberal self, which, far from being a stable marker of urban, liberal, millennial Indian...  Read More >>

Provides a theoretical reconceptualization of the paradigms of early cinema, highlighting the latest methods in...  Read More >>