Film theory & criticism books

World Film Locations: Los Angeles Volume 2 is an engaging and highly visual city-wide tour of both well known and...  Read More >>

Like the media coverage of the civil rights era itself, Hollywood dramas have reinforced regional stereotypes of...  Read More >>

Like the media coverage of the civil rights era itself, Hollywood dramas have reinforced regional stereotypes of...  Read More >>

A concise guide to global performances of Shakespeare, this volume combines methodologies of dramaturgy, film and...  Read More >>

Adventurous Film Making (1980) looks at some more ambitious and interesting techniques and shows how these serve...  Read More >>

Cine Craft (1974) is an ideal guide to the world of amateur film making, a treasure-house of authoritative information....  Read More >>

This book explores how British filmmakers of the 2000s engaged with the themes of love, sex and desire. It ranges...  Read More >>

Ewelina Pepiak analyses how gender and ethnicity are represented in seven contemporary French comedies.  Read More >>

This book explores the dramatic rise in popularity of the women’s biopic in contemporary Bollywood, within the context...  Read More >>

Changes to infrastructure allow us to see imagined worlds better, and we can look to dystopian and post-apocalyptic...  Read More >>

For over sixty years, the women who took on the mantle of Batgirl have served as inspirational superheroes for legions...  Read More >>

One with the Force provides an intimate portrait of 18 universal truths in Star Wars—principles that are true for...  Read More >>

The book explores the full catalogue of the films produced by the Empire Marketing Board, General Post Office and...  Read More >>

The ultimate guide to the famous productions of Irwin Allen, legendary producer of The Poseidon Adventure and The...  Read More >>

***Now with a new afterword by MARGO JEFFERSON*** In Tisa Bryant's Unexplained Presence, readers are spectators...  Read More >>

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The first book to explore how the legendary role of James Bond was cast, featuring interviews with the men that...  Read More >>

Enthusiastically received since its 2017 release, Luca Guadagnino's film Call Me by Your Name tells the love story...  Read More >>

HARD TO WATCH: HOW TO ENJOY LONG, CHALLENGING, AND OBSCURE MOVIES AND TELEVISION  Read More >>

In a world where movie marketers are the stars of the story, Opening Weekend recounts Jim Fredrick’s journey through...  Read More >>

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive...  Read More >>

Filming the First provides in-depth case studies and analyses of eighteen films depicting aspects of freedom of...  Read More >>

Columbia Pictures reveals how Columbia was founded by Joe Brandt and brothers Harry and Jack Cohn in 1924, and uses...  Read More >>

ZEPPO: THE RELUCTANT MARX BROTHER  Read More >>

This book argues for the existence of the Queer Coming of Age genre, in which films reveal the unique challenges...  Read More >>