Film: styles & Genres

Identifies key and in some cases previously overlooked cult horror films from around the world and reappraises them by approaching and interrogat...

Director Sam Peckinpah was just starting out when he made Ride the High Country in 1962. He was a new kind of director: young, brash, and in a hurr...

The alien abduction phenomenon is one of the enduring enigmas of our time. While the reality of alien abductions is a hotly debated topic among UF...

Immerse yourself in the world of Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two and discover the incredible creative journey that brought this new instalment to...

From their first pairing in Hamlet (1948) to House of the Long Shadows (1983), British film stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing forged perhaps ...

Although rarely discussed in its totality, Joan Crawford's contribution to film noir during the 1940s and 1950s is one of her most impressive an...

One of the most moving and intriguing narratives from the American Revolution is the first presidential administration and the many precedents set ...

Horror films have been around for more than 100 years, and they continue to make a large impact on popular culture as they reflect their contempora...

From Mean Girl to BFF, Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood explores female sociality in postfeminist popular culture. Focusing on a range of me...

This book contributes to the growing literature on the biopic genre by outlining and exploring the conventions of the postfeminist biopic. It does ...

Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well ...

Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well ...

An exploration of how educational institutions have been portrayed in horror film, this book examines the way that scary movies have dealt with the...

In 1975, the Broadway musical Chicago brought together a host of memes and myths -- the gleefully subversive character of American musical comedy, ...

Whether you realise it or not, you probably enjoy bad movies. If you've ever been amused by cheesy '80s action, or laughed at a shoddy horror movie...

This book deals with melodrama - the key cinematic form of post-war Italy. The commercial success and formal perfection of melodrama is central to ...

This book looks at queer self-representation in contemporary auteur film and experimental video in France. French Queer Cinema addresses the socio-...

In a fresh and invigorating look at British cinema that considers film as an art form among other arts, John Orr takes a critical look at the intri...

This title analysis the growth of American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends. This book uses large scale social and cultu...

Too often dismissed as 'trash cinema', exploitation films have nevertheless become sincerely appreciated cult objects on home video. In this new st...