Film: styles & Genres

This is the Golden Age of comic-book blockbusters. Since his introduction in August 1962, Spider-Man's pop culture reach has extended from comic bo...

Many science fiction movies from the last 40 years have blazed new vistas for viewers. They've reached further into the future traveled longer int...

The “f**k” count is just over sixty. The images are screenshots. The metal is mostly nu. And the grant money’s gone. From the author of The Malevol...

This book presents the bold and original proposal to replace the general appellation of ‘world cinema’ with the more substantive concept of ‘realis...

The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of...

A Sight & Sound Book of the Year Jez Stewart charts the course of this extraordinarily fertile area of British film from early experiments wit...

Horror films have for decades commanded major global audiences, tapping into deep-rooted fears that cross national and cultural boundaries in their...

For most of the twentieth century, the private eye dominated crime fiction and film, a lone figure fighting for justice, often in opposition to the...

There are few figures as captivating as the antihero: the character we can't help but root for, even as we turn away in revulsion from many of the ...

Exotic Cinema is the first systematic analysis of decentred exoticism in contemporary transnational and world cinema. By critically examining regim...

One of the fastest growing and most internationally renowned cinemas in Southeast Asia is that of Thailand. In the first ever book devoted solely t...

This is a book about Palestinians elsewhere and Palestinian elsewheres. Articulating an ambiguous right to remain out-of-place as a spatialized res...

Upon its initial release in 1977, many critics regarded Star Wars as a childish retort to the mature American cinema of the seventies. Though full...

Dive into the dark and dazzling world of Repo! The Genetic Opera with this comprehensive guide by Hollywood historian Staci Layne Wilson. From on-s...

One of Disney’s original animated classics, Cinderella has charmed audiences for generations with its timeless romance, delightful animation, and e...

One of Disney’s most celebrated animated films, Beauty and the Beast has charmed audiences for generations with its heartwarming story, endearing c...

Hold a galaxy of legendary designs in the palm of your hand with Star Wars: The Concept Art of Ralph McQuarrie Mini Book. Featuring over 100 stun...

Judge a book by its size, do you? Hold over four decades of cinematic history in the palm of your hand with Star Wars: The Poster Collection. This...

Celebrate the enchantment of the Harry Potter™ films with this lock and key diary that features a classic gold Hogwarts™ crest on the cover, 192 ru...

One of the most visually striking traditions in cinema, for too long Expressionism has been a neglected critical category of research in film histo...

This compelling, theoretically informed and up-to-date exploration of contemporary American cinema charts the evolution of the impact of 9/11 on Ho...

Investigates London and Paris as 'migrant cities' in contemporary British and French cinema. The study of globalisation in cinema assumes many guis...

Re-examines notions of East and West in contemporary European cinemaTwenty-five years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of ...

What links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained, French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film ...

With the consolidation of 'indie' culture in the 21st century, female filmmakers face an increasingly indifferent climate. Within this sector, wome...

During the Second World War hundreds of Hollywood filmmakers under the command of the legendary director John Ford enlisted in the OSS to produce t...