Film theory & criticism books

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Wounded Masculinity and the Search for (Father) Self in American Film

Wounded Masculinity and the Search for (Father) Self...

Author: Susan Mackey-Kallis ,  Brian Johnston
ISBN: 9781793626073
Format: Hardback
$277.20

This book analyzes popular American films that point to the need for father atonement, ego-decentering, and the...  Read More >>

Durational Cinema: A Short History of Long Films

Durational Cinema: A Short History of Long Films

Author: Michael Walsh
ISBN: 9783030760946
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book argues for a durational cinema that is distinct from slow cinema, and outlines the history of its three...  Read More >>

Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance

Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American...

Author: Justin Owen Rawlins ,  Malcolm Hillgartner
ISBN: 9798874684631
Format: Audio
$110.85

A revisionist history of Method acting that connects the popular reception of “methodness” to entrenched understandings...  Read More >>

Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance

Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American...

Author: Justin Owen Rawlins ,  Malcolm Hillgartner
ISBN: 9798874684648
Format: Audio
$110.85

A revisionist history of Method acting that connects the popular reception of “methodness” to entrenched understandings...  Read More >>

So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (and Why We're Still So Obsessed with It)

So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (and Why We're Still...

Author: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong ,  Eva Kaminsky
ISBN: 9798212897037
Format: Audio
$121.41

""From the New York times bestselling author of Seinfeldia comes the totally fetch story of one of the most iconic...  Read More >>

Epidemic Cinema: The Rise of a Genre

Epidemic Cinema: The Rise of a Genre

Author: Julia Echeverría
ISBN: 9781032541358
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (and Why We're Still So Obsessed with It)

So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (and Why We're Still...

Author: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong ,  Eva Kaminsky
ISBN: 9798212897044
Format: Audio
$121.31

""From the New York times bestselling author of Seinfeldia comes the totally fetch story of one of the most iconic...  Read More >>

The First King of Aroria-King Shukurn Xileon IV; The Interwoven fate of Athora, Celethea and Aroria.: A Novel for Beginner Readers.

The First King of Aroria-King Shukurn Xileon IV; The...

Author: Lula Lafayette ,  Uloma Kama
ISBN: 9798874078805
Format: Paperback
$36.93

For over four centuries, the mighty planet Aroria had lived without a ruler. But as endless conflict threatened...  Read More >>

Atmosphere, Architecture, Cinema: Thematic Reflections on Ambiance and Place

Atmosphere, Architecture, Cinema: Thematic Reflections...

Author: Michael Tawa
ISBN: 9783031139666
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Atmosphere, Cinema, Architecture: Thematic Reflections on Ambiance and Place explores cinema and architecture as...  Read More >>

The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea

The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art...

Author: Andrew David Jackson (Associate Professor of Korean Studies, Monash University)
ISBN: 9781399514200
Format: Hardback
$195.00

Examines the 1990s growth of art film exhibition, consumption, and cinephilia within South Korean cinema  Read More >>

Indecent Detroit: Race, Sex, and Censorship in the Motor City

Indecent Detroit: Race, Sex, and Censorship in the Motor...

Author: Ben Strassfeld
ISBN: 9780253067845
Format: Paperback
$87.99

While Detroit has been a major focus in urban history, little has been written on censorship in the very city that--due...  Read More >>

Front Office Fantasies: The Rise of Managerial Sports Media

Front Office Fantasies: The Rise of Managerial Sports...

Author: Branden Buehler
ISBN: 9780252087745
Format: Paperback
$56.99

The new sports frontier that turns fans into would-be execs-and transforms the suits into superstars Front office...  Read More >>

Neoliberal Aesthetics of Resistance in the Disney Star Wars Films: Rescripting Rebellion

Neoliberal Aesthetics of Resistance in the Disney Star...

Author: Abigail Reed
ISBN: 9781793647382
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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Indecent Detroit: Race, Sex, and Censorship in the Motor City

Indecent Detroit: Race, Sex, and Censorship in the Motor...

Author: Ben Strassfeld
ISBN: 9780253067838
Format: Hardback
$208.00

While Detroit has been a major focus in urban history, little has been written on censorship in the very city that--due...  Read More >>

Front Office Fantasies: The Rise of Managerial Sports Media

Front Office Fantasies: The Rise of Managerial Sports...

Author: Branden Buehler
ISBN: 9780252045622
Format: Hardback
$251.00

The new sports frontier that turns fans into would-be execs-and transforms the suits into superstars Front office...  Read More >>

Horror Bulletin Monthly January 2024

Horror Bulletin Monthly January 2024

Author: Brian Schell
ISBN: 9798873728480
Format: Paperback
$26.37

The newest issue of the Horror Bulletin Monthly includes reviews of everything we reviewed last month-- a film each...  Read More >>

Shakespearean Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and Screen

Shakespearean Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and...

Author: Dr Edel Semple (University College Cork, Ireland) ,  Dr Ronan Hatfull (University of Warwick, UK)
ISBN: 9781350359208
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This book is the first edited collection to explore Shakespeare’s life as depicted on the modern stage and screen....  Read More >>

Schule im deutschen Spielfilm: Filmische Dimensionen von Bildung, Erziehung und sozialer Selektion

Schule im deutschen Spielfilm: Filmische Dimensionen...

Author: Christian Rüdiger
ISBN: 9783111290102
Format: Hardback
$120.03

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Torturous Etiquettes: Film Performance and Social Form

Torturous Etiquettes: Film Performance and Social Form...

Author: Daniel Varndell (University of Winchester)
ISBN: 9781438493503
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Explores the ""torture"" of mannered behavior and the prevalence of etiquette as a theme in classical and contemporary...  Read More >>

The Legacy of The X-Files

The Legacy of The X-Files

Author: James Fenwick (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ,  Diane A. Rodgers (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
ISBN: 9781501387630
Format: Hardback
$190.00

""From discussions of its impact on contemporary television and popular culture through explorations of its use...  Read More >>

Women's Work in Post-war Italy: An Oral and Filmic History

Women's Work in Post-war Italy: An Oral and Filmic History...

Author: Flora Derounian
ISBN: 9781789388121
Format: Hardback
$223.95

This book investigates women's work in Italy between 1945 and 1965 using films, original oral history interviews,...  Read More >>

Best Picture: A Critical Look at the Academy Award-winning Films 1927-2022

Best Picture: A Critical Look at the Academy Award-winning...

Author: Laurence E MacDonald
ISBN: 9798887293691
Format: Hardback
$102.96

"This book is a fascinating look at the history of the Oscars that dates back to 1927. Every Best Picture winner...  Read More >>

Italian Americans in Film: Establishing and Challenging Italian American Identities

Italian Americans in Film: Establishing and Challenging...

Author: Daniele Fioretti ,  Fulvio Orsitto
ISBN: 9783031064678
Format: Paperback
$362.22

This book examines how Italian Americans have been represented in cinema, from the depiction of Italian migration...  Read More >>

Dark Cinema: The Evolution of Scare Tactics in Hollywood

Dark Cinema: The Evolution of Scare Tactics in Hollywood...

Author: Gunther Adams
ISBN: 9781456642877
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Experience the Terrifying Journey of Horror Movies Through the Ages Step into the haunting world of ""Dark Cinema:...  Read More >>

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