Film theory & criticism books

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Cloudland Revisited: A Misspent Youth in Books and Film

Cloudland Revisited: A Misspent Youth in Books and Film...

Author: S.J. Perelman ,  Adam Gopnik
ISBN: 9781598537802
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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

The Traces of Jacques Derrida's Cinema

The Traces of Jacques Derrida's Cinema

Author: Timothy Holland (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media, Emory University)
ISBN: 9780197694381
Format: Paperback
$69.95

Situated at the intersection of film and media studies, literary theory, and continental philosophy, The Traces...  Read More >>

C'era una volta in America di Sergio Leone

C'era una volta in America di Sergio Leone

Author: Simone Malacrida
ISBN: 9798224839568
Format: Paperback
$21.09

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

City Symphonies: Sound and the Composition of Urban Modernity, 1913–1931

City Symphonies: Sound and the Composition of Urban...

Author: Daniel P. Schwartz
ISBN: 9780228021391
Format: Hardback
$290.40

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An Epistemology of Criminological Cinema

An Epistemology of Criminological Cinema

Author: David Grčki (University of Rijeka, Croatia) ,  Rafe McGregor (Edge Hill University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032441184
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies...  Read More >>

The Traces of Jacques Derrida's Cinema

The Traces of Jacques Derrida's Cinema

Author: Timothy Holland (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media, Emory University)
ISBN: 9780197694374
Format: Hardback
$193.95

Situated at the intersection of film and media studies, literary theory, and continental philosophy, The Traces...  Read More >>

Patriarchy’s Remains: An Autopsy of Iberian Cinematic Dark Humour

Patriarchy’s Remains: An Autopsy of Iberian Cinematic...

Author: Erin K. Hogan
ISBN: 9780228021261
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Analysing a series of Iberian cinematic dark comedies from the 1950s to the present day, Patriarchy’s Remains argues...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Film Without Theory

Philosophy of Film Without Theory

Author: Craig Fox ,  Britt Harrison
ISBN: 9783031136566
Format: Paperback
$422.37

This book challenges the long-standing presumption that serious philosophical engagement with film and television...  Read More >>

Peggy Webling and the Story behind Frankenstein: The Making of a Hollywood Monster

Peggy Webling and the Story behind Frankenstein: The...

Author: Peggy Webling ,  Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
ISBN: 9781350371651
Format: Paperback
$44.99

The 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of Frankenstein directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as...  Read More >>

Peggy Webling and the Story behind Frankenstein: The Making of a Hollywood Monster

Peggy Webling and the Story behind Frankenstein: The...

Author: Peggy Webling ,  Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
ISBN: 9781350371644
Format: Hardback
$130.00

The 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of Frankenstein directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as...  Read More >>

Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard Wright

Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard...

Author: Bruce Allen Dick
ISBN: 9780252087790
Format: Paperback
$65.99

Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped...  Read More >>

The Sinful Maternal: Motherhood in Possession Films

The Sinful Maternal: Motherhood in Possession Films...

Author: Lauren Rocha
ISBN: 9781496851734
Format: Hardback
$168.30

A timely examination of the often-overlooked agency, trauma, and fluidity of pregnancy and motherhood in horror...  Read More >>

Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy

Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy

Author: Richard Ravalli
ISBN: 9780813198781
Format: Hardback
$184.80

While he is best known as the creative mind behind the Star Wars franchise, Lucas first gained notoriety with his...  Read More >>

Education, Affect, and Film: Visual Imaginings and Global Explorations Through a Comparative Lens

Education, Affect, and Film: Visual Imaginings and Global...

Author: Irving Epstein (Illinois Wesleyan University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350332508
Format: Hardback
$180.00

What can a study of international film contribute to our understanding of education in a globalized context? How...  Read More >>

Cinema Speculation

Cinema Speculation

Author: Quentin Tarantino
ISBN: 9781474624244
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Time of my Life: Dirty Dancing

The Time of my Life: Dirty Dancing

Author: Andrea Warner
ISBN: 9781770417410
Format: Paperback
$38.79

The Time of My Life weaves together the sharp, incisive, wryly funny story of the making of a young feminist who...  Read More >>

Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture: Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 3

Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema:...

Author: Tamara Chahine Maatouk
ISBN: 9781649032287
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Public and government attitudes to the role of the public sector in Egyptian cinema In 1957 the public sector in...  Read More >>

Franz Waxman: Zwischen Filmmusik und Konzertsaal

Franz Waxman: Zwischen Filmmusik und Konzertsaal

Author: Dr. Ingeborg Zechner
ISBN: 9783205219071
Format: Hardback
$182.16

Erste umfassende Monographie über den Komponisten Franz Waxman (1906–1967)  Read More >>

The Crow: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Classic Film

The Crow: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Classic...

Author: Bridget Baiss
ISBN: 9781493074112
Format: Paperback
$57.99

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Cinema and Surveillance: The Asymmetric Gaze

Cinema and Surveillance: The Asymmetric Gaze

Author: Martin Blumenthal-Barby (Rice University, USA)
ISBN: 9781032134611
Format: Hardback
$103.00

Cinema and Surveillance: The Asymmetric Gaze shows how key modern filmmakers challenge and disturb the relation...  Read More >>

The Ethnographic Optic: Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and the Turn Inward in 1960s French Cinema

The Ethnographic Optic: Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain...

Author: Laure Astourian (Bentley University)
ISBN: 9780253069597
Format: Paperback
$78.99

The Ethnographic Optic traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema in the 1960s and examines its...  Read More >>

Rene Girard, Law, Literature, and Cinema: The Legal Drama of the Scapegoat

Rene Girard, Law, Literature, and Cinema: The Legal...

Author: Eric M. Wilson
ISBN: 9789819711550
Format: Hardback
$422.37

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Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life

Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life

Author: Elizabeth Effinger
ISBN: 9781839990267
Format: Hardback
$160.00

Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life is the first extended study of the Gothic’s collusion with taxidermy....  Read More >>

Starring Joan Crawford: The Films, the Fantasy, and the Modern Relevance of a Silver Screen Icon

Starring Joan Crawford: The Films, the Fantasy, and...

Author: Samuel Garza Bernstein
ISBN: 9781493074457
Format: Hardback
$55.99

Joan Crawford: the name has an enduring fascination. Forty-five years after her death, Crawford remains a familiar...  Read More >>

The Ethnographic Optic: Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and the Turn Inward in 1960s French Cinema

The Ethnographic Optic: Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain...

Author: Laure Astourian (Bentley University)
ISBN: 9780253069580
Format: Hardback
$165.99

The Ethnographic Optic traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema in the 1960s and examines its...  Read More >>

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