Film Theory & Criticism

Winner of the Theatre Library Associations Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performanc...

Winner of the Theatre Library Associations Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performanc...

Best known for Aelita (1924), the classic science-fiction film of the Soviet silent era, Yakov Protazanov directed over a hundred films in a career...

Best known for Aelita (1924), the classic science-fiction film of the Soviet silent era, Yakov Protazanov directed over a hundred films in a career...

Broadcasting Hollywood: The Struggle Over Feature Films on Early Television uses extensive archival research into the files of studios, networks, a...

Baseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it is no surprise that the sport has inspired many Hollywood films and television s...

Star Wars may have started out as a film about a Manichean battle between good and evil, but as countless filmmakers, novelists, animators, fan art...

Cinemasaurus examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy, emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse. Focusing on deba...

Baseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it is no surprise that the sport has inspired many Hollywood films and television s...

Haunted Homes is a short but groundbreaking study of homes in horror film and television. While haunted houses can be fun and thrilling, Hollywood ...

Star Wars may have started out as a film about a Manichean battle between good and evil, but as countless filmmakers, novelists, animators, fan art...

There is no denying that Meir Zarchis I Spit on Your Grave (1978) deserves its title as one of the most controversial films ever made. While many c...

This engaging new study analyzes cinematic treatments of the Middle Ages within a diverse range of popular and artistic films. At a time when stude...

New edition with a brand new chapter!'At a time when fluff and gossip reign supreme, Hanna Flint's work is consistently insightful, informative and...

Many of the greatest avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century were Ukrainians or came from Ukraine. Whether living in Paris, St. Petersbu...

An archive-based, in-depth analysis of the surreal nature and science movies of the pioneering French filmmaker Jean PainlevéBefore Jacques-Yves Co...

Many of the greatest avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century were Ukrainians or came from Ukraine. Whether living in Paris, St. Petersbu...

Take a journey through the makers and shapers of celluloid history. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, Western to new...

Films like The Eternal Daughter and the diptych The Souvenir and The Souvenir Part II have cemented Joanna Hoggs reputation as an original voice i...

Meet us On the Dance Floor, a visual and literary compendium of nightclub revelries and sweat-soaked gymnasiums on-screen and off. Featuring deep d...

When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all love to watch: a career gal m...

Films like The Eternal Daughter and the diptych The Souvenir and The Souvenir Part II have cemented Joanna Hoggs reputation as an original voice i...