Film Theory & Criticism

'A blast' - Ian Rankin'A lively celebration of 1980s action stars' - The Times'Hugely entertaining' - Edgar WrightNow with BONUS MATERIAL, from the...

End-of-life documentaries have proliferated in the 21st century as various organisations, institutions, journalists, independent filmmakers, and me...

For generations, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood needed to be discreet about their lives but-make no mistake-they were everywhere, bot...

This collection of essays celebrates the work of international feminist filmmakers from the 1950s to the present. Featuring contributions from lead...

What distinguishes humanity from artificial beings? What do constructed creatures tell us about ourselves? From sex dolls to Siri, talking Barbies...

From 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (19262000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Spe...

As one of popular cultures most popular arenas, sports are often the subject of cinematic storytelling. But boxing films are special. There are mor...

Winner of the IAJS award for best edited book of 2018!The Routledge International Handbook of Jungian Film Studies weaves together the various stra...

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

Reconsidering the dynamics of perceptionUsing cinema to explore the visual aspects of alterity, Randall Halle analyzes how we become cognizant of e...

Reconsidering the dynamics of perceptionUsing cinema to explore the visual aspects of alterity, Randall Halle analyzes how we become cognizant of e...

Beyond Realism: Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice is the first major critical study of international naturalist cinema. Often mistaken for rea...

The chapters collected in this volume shed light on the areas of interaction between film studies and heavy metal research, exploring how the audio...

Psychoanalysis and Hidden Narrative in Film proposes a way of constructing hidden psychological narratives of popular film and novels. Instead of o...

What does it mean for film and video to be experimental? In this collection of essays framed by the concept ex- - meaning from, outside, and no lon...

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 ...

Film and Female Consciousness analyses three contemporary films that offer complex and original representations of women's thoughtfulness and indiv...

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 ...

Focusing primarily on film and televisual texts from the ten years before and after the millennium, the contributors ask how recent films and telev...

This book offers a new methodology for examining the ethico-political dimensions of religion and film which foregrounds film's social power both to...

Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film examines the transformation of the stereotypical 'tragic mulatto' from tragic to empowered, as represented in ...

An exploration of the social significance of Shrek from a variety of theoretical perspectives, this book pursues two different, yet intertwined obj...

This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of societies p...

Reflecting on a series of ethical and moral questions significant to contemporary Spanish culture, Cristina Sánchez-Conejero analyzes several issue...

Si les pratiques festivalières mobilisent depuis longtemps la recherche scientifi que, il semble quun tournant ait été opéré à la fi n du XXe siècl...

Despite its association with the broadly disparaged rape-revenge category, Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45 is today considered one of the most significant fe...

Uncanny Histories in Film and Media brings together a stellar lineup of established and emergent scholars who explore the uncanny twists and turns ...

Uncanny Histories in Film and Media brings together a stellar lineup of established and emergent scholars who explore the uncanny twists and turns ...