Film Theory & Criticism

It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until World War 1, when they were supplan...

In the early 1980s, Walt Disney Productions was struggling, largely bolstered by the success of its theme parks. Within fifteen years, however, it ...

This history covers the filmmaking tradition often referred to as cinema militant, which emerged in France during the events of May 1968 and flouri...

The long-established dialogue between architecture and film offers an interdisciplinary platform for a critical examination of spaces of in-between...

In this vivid and accessible new account of the dawn of film in Britain, internationally respected film historian and curator Bryony Dixon introduc...

Weaving together critical analysis and a filmic conversation, this book journeys through the multiple layers of Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Te...

A look at how post-9/11 cinema captures the new face of war in the twenty-first century   While the war film has carved out a prominent space with...

A look at how post-9/11 cinema captures the new face of war in the twenty-first century   While the war film has carved out a prominent space with...

Japanese animation is at the nexus of an international multimedia industry worth over $23.6 billion a year, linked to everything from manga to comp...

This book bridges the gap between film theory and filmmakers thoughts and poetics, and proposes a new way to address and elaborate film theory. It...

Richard Dyer is a foundational figure for the critical study of cinema and popular culture. Across a career spanning five decades, he has made pat...

Richard Dyer is a foundational figure for the critical study of cinema and popular culture. Across a career spanning five decades, he has made pat...

Gazas long association with resistance and humanitarian need has generated a complex and ever shifting range of visual material, comprising not jus...

Gazas long association with resistance and humanitarian need has generated a complex and ever shifting range of visual material, comprising not jus...

How female directors, producers, and writers navigate the challenges and barriers facing female-driven projects at each stage of filmmaking in cont...

This book deals with the seldom-written topic featuring depictions of Imperial Japan from the time it was a totalitarian power to the productions o...

Examines the use of cinematography and mise en sc ne in contemporary Indonesian cinema The first scholarly work that considers Indonesian cinema a...

Examines the star persona of Argentine actor Ricardo Dar n Offers the first academic study that analyses the full spectrum of Dar n's works in t...

In this book, Lara C. Stache and Rachel D. Davidson demonstrate how the on-screen character of the avenging-woman offers a complex construction of ...

Global London on screen presents a mélange of films by directors from the Global South and North, portraying everyday life to the more fantastical,...

Thelma & Louise, the 1991 film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, has been described as a road movie, a budd...