Film theory & criticism books

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Slow Places in Béla Tarr's Films: The Intersection of Geography, Ecology, and Slow Cinema

Slow Places in Béla Tarr's Films: The Intersection of...

Author: Clara Orban ,  Clara Orban
ISBN: 9781793645661
Format: Paperback
$105.57

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David Fincher's Zodiac: Cinema of Investigation and (Mis)Interpretation

David Fincher's Zodiac: Cinema of Investigation and...

Author: Matthew Sorrento ,  David Ryan
ISBN: 9781683933281
Format: Paperback
$105.57

David Fincher's Zodiac, the first book-length study of the critically acclaimed 2007 release, offers various critical...  Read More >>

Bone Tomahawk

Bone Tomahawk

Author: Rich Johnson
ISBN: 9781800856950
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Thefilm’s savage eye is often elevated by its tenderness and sincere approach tocharacter delivered by performances...  Read More >>

Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century

Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and...

Author: Saul Austerlitz
ISBN: 9780593186848
Format: Hardback
$59.99

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Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History

Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with...

Author: Yunte Huang (University of California, Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9781631495809
Format: Hardback
$49.95

A trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic...  Read More >>

A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune. An Oral History.

A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune. An Oral...

Author: Max Evry
ISBN: 9781948221290
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Limited edition containing foil-gilded page edges and a black satin ribbon marker. The FIRST PRINTING has RED gilding,...  Read More >>

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography...

Author: Kier-La Janisse ,  Kier-La Janisse
ISBN: 9798212969734
Format: Audio
$190.05

House of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films....  Read More >>

Marvelous Names in Literature and Cinema

Marvelous Names in Literature and Cinema

Author: P Adams Sitney
ISBN: 9781861718044
Format: Hardback
$98.97

A new collection of essays from P. Adams Sitney, author of Visionary Film, an important and influential early study...  Read More >>

Under Ten Million? Anything's Possible!: Indie Horror, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi Movies The Very Good, the Very Bad and the Very, Very Ugly!

Under Ten Million? Anything's Possible!: Indie Horror,...

Author: Barry Atkinson ,  A Susan Svehla
ISBN: 9781644301371
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Hundreds of indie horror, sci-fi and fantasy films listed with over 600 photos of indies made during the 2000s....  Read More >>

Performative Figures of Queer Masculinity: A Media History of Film and Cinema in Germany Until 1945

Performative Figures of Queer Masculinity: A Media History...

Author: Christiane König
ISBN: 9783476058904
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This is a German history of cinema and film from the 1890s to 1945 with a focus on queer masculinity. Using media...  Read More >>

Biopolitical Ethics in Global Cinema

Biopolitical Ethics in Global Cinema

Author: Seung-hoon Jeong (Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts, Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts, California State University, Long Beach)
ISBN: 9780190093792
Format: Paperback
$94.95

Global Cinema takes a new approach to world cinema through critical theory. Instead of taking a world tour of national...  Read More >>

Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies

Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies

Author: Lara Gabrielle ,  Lara Gabrielle
ISBN: 9798874653682
Format: Audio
$124.05

"The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as...  Read More >>

Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies

Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies

Author: Lara Gabrielle ,  Lara Gabrielle
ISBN: 9798874653699
Format: Audio
$110.85

"The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as...  Read More >>

Biopolitical Ethics in Global Cinema

Biopolitical Ethics in Global Cinema

Author: Seung-hoon Jeong (Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts, Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts, California State University, Long Beach)
ISBN: 9780190093785
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Global Cinema takes a new approach to world cinema through critical theory. Instead of taking a world tour of national...  Read More >>

Theda Bara: Her Career, Life and Legend

Theda Bara: Her Career, Life and Legend

Author: Roy Liebman
ISBN: 9781476687254
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Criterion Tuesdays: A Fan's Journey Through World Cinema

Criterion Tuesdays: A Fan's Journey Through World Cinema...

Author: Peter Johansson
ISBN: 9798988160809
Format: Paperback
$60.72

What if your basic movie nerd watched one hundred Criterion Collection films - spanning 22 countries and almost...  Read More >>

Mediascapes of Ruined Geographies in the Global South

Mediascapes of Ruined Geographies in the Global South...

Author: Diego Granja do Amaral ,  A. Chukwudumebi Obute
ISBN: 9783031315893
Format: Hardback
$448.77

The second part examines the environmental burden of modern consumerism and urbanization on metropolis across...  Read More >>

Criterion Tuesdays: A Fan's Journey Through World Cinema

Criterion Tuesdays: A Fan's Journey Through World Cinema...

Author: Peter Johansson
ISBN: 9798988160816
Format: Hardback
$87.12

What if your basic movie nerd watched one hundred Criterion Collection films - spanning 22 countries and almost...  Read More >>

Breaking the Code: Otto Preminger versus Hollywood’s Censors

Breaking the Code: Otto Preminger versus Hollywood’s...

Author: Nat Segaloff
ISBN: 9781493074884
Format: Hardback
$86.99

BREAKING THE CODE: OTTO PREMINGER VERSUS HOLLYWOD'S CENSORS: PLUS: CODE BLUE, A PLAY BY ARNIE REISMAN & NAT SEGALOFF...  Read More >>

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

Author: Kate Andersen Brower
ISBN: 9780063067660
Format: Paperback
$58.05

""Includes unpublished letters, photographs, and private reflections""--Cover.  Read More >>

Imperial Japan on Screen, 1931-2022

Imperial Japan on Screen, 1931-2022

Author: Bob Herzberg
ISBN: 9781476689876
Format: Paperback
$131.87

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Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts: Anthropological Perspectives on the Sacred and Psychology in Film and Television

Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts: Anthropological Perspectives...

Author: Louise Child (Cardiff University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350087101
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Drawing from social theory and the anthropology of religion, this book explores popular media’s fascination with...  Read More >>

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