Individual Film Directors, Film-makers

Extreme violence in contemporary European art cinema is generally interpreted for its affective potential, but what about the significance of the e...

From the 1910s to the emergence of structuralism and post-structuralism in the 1960s, the writings of John Grierson, Siegfried Kracauer, Andr Bazin...

From the 1990s onwards the 'ethnographic turn in contemporary art' has generated intense dialogues between anthropologists, artists and curators. W...

Refocus:The Films of Amy Heckerling is the first book-length study of the work of Amy Heckerling, the phenomenally popular director and screenwrite...

One of the first books to explore Russian cinema in the new millennium, this volume captures the emergence of a new cinematic sensibility and inter...

From Destination Tokyo (1943) to The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Delmer Daves was responsible for a unique body of work, but few filmmakers...

From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the half-man/half-machine hy...

With the dark, mythical magic of the Winternight trilogy, and the slow-burn romance of Spinning Silver, NORTH IS THE NIGHT is a feminist fantasy ad...

With the dark, mythical magic of the Winternight trilogy, and the slow-burn romance of Spinning Silver, NORTH IS THE NIGHT is a feminist fantasy ad...

Mai Elizabeth Zetterling (1925-94) is among the most exceptional postwar female filmmakers. Born in Sweden, she lived in England and France for mos...

Contemporary Directors Cinema refreshes the argument about the role of the director through the practice of evaluative criticism. The book identifi...

'An impressively deep dive... Essential for anime enthusiasts.'- EMPIREStep beyond the magical movies and explore the wider world of Studio Ghibli....

*Pre-order the new novel from the bestselling author of the Fable series and Spells for Forgetting*The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever...

*Pre-order the new novel from the bestselling author of the Fable series and Spells for Forgetting*The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever...

Asia's film industries have undergone significant transformation in the last 30 years. From bilateral co-production agreements to pan-Asian financi...

Ana Kokkinos is an Australian screenwriter, producer and director who has worked in film and television for almost thirty years. Best known for her...

Explores how Armstrong's films re-work conventions about literary adaptation, biography and realist storytellingExamines Armstrong's work in light ...

Independent documentary is enjoying a resurgence in post-reform India. But in contemporary cinema and media cultures, where 'independent' operates ...

When we think of the pulse in cinema, we may think of the heartbeat of the spectator as they respond to affective or moving scenes in the film, or ...

Greek Cinema and Migration provides a response to urgent calls to comprehend the cultural impact of immigration in Greece, and to determine the cap...

Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collectio...

Since 2007 Mia Hansen-Lve has directed a series of meditative film dramas about families, love, vulnerability and growing up, all of them exception...

Making a compelling argument for the continuing relevance of Brechtian film theory and cinema, this book offers new research and analysis of Brecht...

The acclaimed French auteur behind the mind-bending modern classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, for which he won an Academy Award for Bes...

ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze is the first collection of essays on this important and original contemporary filmmaker. It looks at his ground-b...

From cinema's earliest days, walking and filmmaking have been intrinsically linked. Technologically, culturally and aesthetically, the pioneers of ...

The award-winning Danish director Susanne Bier has become increasingly known for her generic innovations and industrial fluidity, moving confidentl...

Claude Chabrol's cinema is generally associated with a specific type of psychological thriller, one set in the French provinces and fascinated with...

This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of British imperialism and th...

In Cinema, If You Please, Murray Pomerance explores our ways of watching film in light of socially organized forms of pleasure that date back to th...

Alicia Malones Take on Influential Women in Film!Once again Alicia Malone champions women filmmakers, opening the floodgates to a great new wave of...

The name Alfred Hitchcock is synonymous with suspensethat is to say, masterful, spine-tingling, thrilling, shocking, excruciating, eye-boggling sus...

Inspired by the cherished memories of a childhood spent in Hawai´i, wrapped by the Aloha Spirit that unites all those living in the islands as one ...

This volume sets out a new paradigm in intersemiotic translation research, drawing on the films of Ang Lee to problematize the notion of films as t...

One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney built a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics...

One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney built a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics...

This book offers a thorough analysis of how romantic love between Black men and women (referred to here as Black Love) is portrayed in Hollywood fi...

This book traces the development of Richard Linklaters Boyhood from its audacious concept through its tenacious production to its celebrated recept...

The ultimate guide to the famous productions of Irwin Allen, legendary producer of The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, featuring over ...

The question that every supermodel gets asked repeatedly is 'how were you discovered?' Fans love to hear how, where and why their icons were plucke...