Film Theory & Criticism

The Slumdog Phenomenon addresses multiple issues related to Slumdog Millionaire and, in the process, provides new ways of looking at this controver...

Cinema by Other Means explores an extraordinary history, stretching from the 1910s to the present: it is a study of various avant-garde endeavors t...

How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the...

Take a trip beyond this Earth to explore the myths of The Mandalorian and uncover the anatomy of the newest space western in the Star Wars Universe...

PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY ALT 36 turns a queer eye on Africa, offering provocative (re-)readings of texts to position formerly erased sex...

A volume of essays marking out a new, historically and culturally specific model for contemplating autobiographical non-fiction film and video. ...

Paints a complex portrait of East German film art and representation through examining eighteen key DEFA films following the fall of the Berlin Wal...

German history films that focus on utopianism and political dissent and their effect on German identity since 1989. Since unification, a radical s...

Drawing on archival research and interviews with directors, writers, and editors, Last Features is the story of forgotten films made during the tim...

Offers a fresh approach to German film studies by tracing key genres -- including horror, the thriller, Heimat films, and war films -- over the cou...

This collection of original essays focuses on the cross-currents and points of contact among Spain, Portugal and Latin America and their impact on ...

Examines the creation, context, and significance of the first and only East German feature film about homosexuality. It took forty years for East ...

Pictures of the Mind is the first integrated study of Surrealist photography and film, assessing the impact of early experimental practice and theo...

This edited volume brings together scholars from eight countries to explore interactions of popular cultural flows, state politics, audiences recep...

Cultural Metamorphoses in Contemporary Italian Cinema explores four different areas of study in contemporary Italian cinema: the migrants social st...

For well over a century, going to the movies has been a favorite pastime for billions across the globe. But is film actually good for anything? Thi...

Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interst...