Film: styles & Genres

This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and qu...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s Latin American films like Amores perros, Y tu mam tambin and Cidade de Deus enjoyed an unprecedented level of cri...

The popularity of cinema and cinema-going in Scotland was exceptional. By 1929 Glasgow had 127 cinemas, and by 1939 it claimed more cinema seats pe...

When we think of the pulse in cinema, we may think of the heartbeat of the spectator as they respond to affective or moving scenes in the film, or ...

In fascist Spain, Francoism like German and Italian fascism produced its own particular brand of kitsch. Deploying religious and historical icono...

Dumplings stuffed with diabolical fillings. Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping cadavers. Big-head babies. For decades, Hong Kong cinema has served up ...

Greek Cinema and Migration provides a response to urgent calls to comprehend the cultural impact of immigration in Greece, and to determine the cap...

'My' Self on Camera is the first book to explore first person narrative documentary in China's post-Mao era. Since the emergence of the individual ...

Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collectio...

Examining Monty Python's enduring status as an unconventional, anti-authoritarian comedy touchstone, this book reappraises Python's comedy output f...

The acclaimed French auteur behind the mind-bending modern classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, for which he won an Academy Award for Bes...

Iris Murdoch was not only one of post-war Britain's most celebrated and prolific novelists she was also an influential philosopher, whose work was...

From cinema's earliest days, walking and filmmaking have been intrinsically linked. Technologically, culturally and aesthetically, the pioneers of ...

The award-winning Danish director Susanne Bier has become increasingly known for her generic innovations and industrial fluidity, moving confidentl...

This is an exploration of the impact of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror' on American cinema. Where could one turn for a more effective cultural baromet...

This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of British imperialism and th...

This book explores the development of film noir as a cultural and artistic phenomenon. This book traces the development of what we know as film noi...

This book examines the influence of film noir on visual narrative and technique in global cinematic traditions. Following World War II, film noir b...

In Cinema, If You Please, Murray Pomerance explores our ways of watching film in light of socially organized forms of pleasure that date back to th...

Based on new archival evidence and interviews, and setting out a new theoretical framework for music video analysis, Emily Caston presents a major ...

Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in globa...

Forty years and one billion dollars in gross box office receipts after the initial release of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola's masterful trilo...

Reel Terror is a love letter to the wildly popular yet still misunderstood genre that churns out blockbusters and cult classics year after year. Fr...

This book explores the impact of digital technology on the essay film in the early 21st century, arguing that the cinematic essay has been associat...

Inspired by the cherished memories of a childhood spent in Hawai´i, wrapped by the Aloha Spirit that unites all those living in the islands as one ...

In Ecocinema in the City, Murray and Heumann argue that urban ecocinema both reveals and critiques visions of urban environmentalism. The book emph...

This book brings together various theoretical approaches to Horror that have received consistent academic attention since the 1990s abjection, dis...

Between the 1890s and the 1930s, movie going became an established feature of everyday life across America. Movies constituted an enormous visual d...

This book explores the ways in which Hollywood film cycles from the 1930s to the 1960s were shaped by their surrounding industrial contexts and mar...

The American city and the American movie industry grew up together in the early decades of the twentieth century, making film an ideal medium throu...

This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror...

This book studies the hitherto overlooked genre of horror cinema in India. It uncovers some unique and diverse themes that these films deal with, i...

This book provides a thorough overview of the ostalgie films about the German Democratic Republic (GDR) produced since the 1990s. Far from being a ...

Australian Genre Film interrogates key genres at the core of Australias so-called new golden age of genre cinema, establishing the foundation on wh...

The Celluloid Atlantic changes the way we look at American and Italian cinema in the postwar period. In the thirty years following World War II, Am...

Finalist for the 2012 Edgar Award in the Best Critical/Biographical Category presented by the Mystery Writers of AmericaIn this extensive and auth...

BRAND NEW & EXPANDED EDITION! Packed with dozens of additional horror titles and containing limited edition enhanced packaging (gilded foil pag...

In recent years, teen witches have become highly visible figures. Fictional adolescent witches have headlined popular television shows like The Chi...

A Companion to the War Film contains 27 original essays that examine all aspects of the genre, from the traditional war film, to the new global nat...

Explore the creatures of Star Wars in the first of two books, this one featuring beautiful illustrations of the wondrous non-sentient species from ...