Film theory & criticism books

A singular work of narrative non-fiction that explores the unexpected connections between two titans of the British...  Read More >>

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Innovative and intense, Cloverfield was blockbuster filmmaking at its best. The film’s franchising followed the...  Read More >>

Queer for Fear analyses the relationship queer people have to horror film, building upon decades of theory that...  Read More >>

A fun but informative look at Hollywood’s more-than-a century long love affair with historical figures, events,...  Read More >>

Ideal Beauty reveals the woman behind the Garbo mystique, a tough negotiator who used her newfound power in Hollywood...  Read More >>

This book specialists from different literary and filmic studies explore the conflicting theoretical grounds that...  Read More >>

Analyses the cultural exchange of two important and highly entangled European film nations of the silent era.  Read More >>

Examines the film practice of the Chilean-French filmmaker and artist Alejandro Jodorowsky.  Read More >>

Examines the work of Turkish director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan  Read More >>

This book interrogates the repertoire of masculine performance in popular crime fiction and cinema from the 1940s,...  Read More >>

Explores the Judaic turn in contemporary Israeli filmmaking for what it can tell us about Israel’s cultural landscape,...  Read More >>

Examines the use of cinematography and mise en scene in contemporary Indonesian cinema.  Read More >>

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Offers both an accessible reader for today’s film students and a focused examination of what critical film theorists...  Read More >>

Explores the Judaic turn in contemporary Israeli filmmaking for what it can tell us about Israel’s cultural landscape,...  Read More >>

When anything makes money, it brings about imitators. One of the best cases of this was Amicus Productions. Back...  Read More >>

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The stories we tell and show, in whatever medium, play varied roles in human cultures. One such role is to contribute...  Read More >>

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The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the most popular, lucrative, and transformative cultural phenomenon...  Read More >>

In this vivid and accessible new account of the dawn of film in Britain, internationally respected film historian...  Read More >>

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair...  Read More >>

Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter was met with both critical and commercial success upon its release in 1978. However,...  Read More >>

Richard Dyer is a foundational figure for the critical study of cinema and popular culture. Across a career spanning...  Read More >>