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The uprising which shook France in May 1968 also had a revolutionary effect on the country’s most prominent film journal......more

Following Stalin’s death in 1953 and Khrushchev’s acknowledgment of Stalin’s crimes in 1956, "sincerity" emerged as a cu......more

This book explores how the generation of filmmakers born in the aftermath of the Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990) use ci......more

Who’s afraid of a midnight swim? This book dissects more than 100 horror films, covering nine decades and four continent......more

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Since cinema’s beginning, live actors and cartoon characters have traded places and invaded each other’s spaces, with re......more

In Psychoanalytic Film Theory: A Contemporary Introduction, Ben Tyrer presents an overview of psychoanalytic approaches ......more

Rich in detail, this is a study of the interrelationships between film historical discourse and archival practices. Expl......more

With machines mediating most of our cultural practices, and innovations, obsolescence and revivals constantly transformi......more

This collection of essays offers a critical assessment of Labour in a Single Shot, a groundbreaking documentary video wo......more

As the cinematic experience becomes subsumed into today’s ubiquitous technologies of seeing, contemporary artworks lift ......more

This study traces the evolution of early film societies in Germany and Austria, from the emergence of mass movie theater......more

The color films of French film director Robert Bresson (1901-99) have largely been neglected, despite the fact that Bres......more

Unique, truthful, brutal... Neorealism is often associated with adjectives stressing its peculiarities in representing t......more

Futurism and early cinema shared a fascination with dynamic movement and speed, presenting both as harbingers of an emer......more

We live in an age of lists, from magazine features to online clickbait. This book situates the list in a long tradition,......more

This book presents the bold and original proposal to replace the general appellation of ’world cinema’ with the more sub......more

Film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive biography of H......more

Captures the history, cultural impact, and visual beauty of America’s iconic drive-in movie theaters. Beginning in 1933 ......more

Tied to the profundity of life and death, media are and have always been existential. Yet, as they are deeply embedded i......more

When Jagat Murari, a young film student in post-war America, finds himself at the feet of one of cinema’s true giants--O......more

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Institutionalised as a child for a gruesome double murder and having undergone experimental psychiatric treatment into a......more

An innovative counter-history that places the liquid light show at the heart of a new understanding of experimental audi......more

An engaging and informative account of ’kitchen sink realism’ looking at the artists, musicians, playwrights and authors......more

A study of the rebirth and subversion of the violent lesbian trope in queer horror. Beyond the Lesbian Vampire is a grou......more

Twenty-first century contemporary films like Emily Atef’s Das Fremde in mir and Savannah Leaf’s Earth Mama portray mothe......more

Twenty-first century contemporary films like Emily Atef’s Das Fremde in mir and Savannah Leaf’s Earth Mama portray mothe......more

An introduction to movie musicals in the golden age of Hollywood and the directors that brought them to the big screen. ......more

A Choice Significant University Press Title for Undergraduates This updated and expanded edition of A Short History of F......more

A history of cinema’s role in popularizing the politics of Palestinian liberation For decades, Arab American activists a......more

Hong Kong is known as an entrepôt in its colonial history, but its place in early cinema has not received the same schol......more

In this highly readable study of Australian cinema, Deb Verhoeven explores the relationship between a series of films pr......more

Magical’, ’out of this world’, ’an experience you’ll never forget’: Peter Weir’s films have enthralled audiences around ......more

This book focuses on the neoliberal self, which, far from being a stable marker of urban, liberal, millennial Indian ide......more

Fiction film has been and remains the privileged site of film studies, with film history regularly being viewed as the r......more

Fiction film has been and remains the privileged site of film studies, with film history regularly being viewed as the r......more

From cabaret songs inspired by Buster Keaton to Mickey Mouse’s diagnosis as a "melo-maniac," Weimar Slapstick and Hollyw......more

Celebrate legendary horror studio Blumhouse’s legacy with this lavishly illustrated visual compendium that takes you beh......more

The anthology brings together various approaches and contexts to Twin Peaks, addressing the show’s unique production and......more

Turning a lens on the dark legacy of colonialism in horror film, from Scream to Halloween and beyond Horror films, more ......more

Exploring how art cinema cultivates existential health through the films of Olivier Assayas This book proposes that cine......more

Exploring how art cinema cultivates existential health through the films of Olivier Assayas This book proposes that cine......more

The inaugural volume in the filmminutes book series, this book offers a close, minute-by-minute analysis of director Jam......more

Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor presents a cultural history of the Factory ......more

Why has Steven Spielberg’s work been so often identified with childhood and children? How does the director elicit such ......more

Entrenched in the myth of being victim of the Nazi aggression, Austrian elites pursued a politics of memory that symboli......more

The first book to examine the political and aesthetic implications of the 1975-1977 Indian National Emergency and its im......more

A richly illustrated collection, structured along chronological, geographical and thematic lines, this book offers a sig......more

"Black virality refers to the spread of Black performance that becomes uncontrollable because of its rapid and ubiquitou......more

MGM Style is an overview of the career and achievements of Hollywood’s most famous art director. Cedric Gibbons was the ......more

For over three decades, Portuguese director Pedro Costa has been widely admired for his unusual and innovative body of w......more

There is no shortage of loaded -- and often gendered -- symbolism in the sport of cockfighting. And this becomes a start......more

Across the globe, the violent effects of patriarchy are manifest. Women, trans people, gender-nonconforming people, and ......more

Slow motion has become perhaps the least special effect in film and media, a stylistic technique for showing violence, d......more

"An absorbing landmark of film criticism." --The Chicago Tribune, "The 10 Best Books of the Year" AN ALLSTORA’S QUEER HI......more

An illuminating biography of Desi Arnaz, the visionary, trailblazing Cuban American who revolutionized television and br......more

Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee’s shared history and impact on horror films through social upheavals a......more

In Japanese Cinema and Punk, Mark Player examines how the do-it-yourself ethos of punk empowered a new generation of Jap......more

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most influential filmmakers to emerge in the last half-century. His films have been both......more

Uncover the turbulent transition of the Carry On series and its stars during the 1960s. When the Carry On Stopped looks ......more

Unveils the untold story of the iconic franchise, exploring its origins, secrets, and the complex legacy of Peter Seller......more

Film noir is one of the most exciting and most debated products of studio-era Hollywood, but did you know that American ......more

Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town is the first book devoted to the career of one of the director/producers who in the early yea......more

Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town is the first book devoted to the career of one of the director/producers who in the early yea......more

Featuring work by key figures in international documentary scholarship and talented emerging scholars, the Handbook is a......more

A thorough, definitive guide to 50 years of Czech film history, sourced from the nation’s archives Published with Nation......more

A foray through the wilds where experimental films and animals collide Like the flash of a tropical bird’s iridescent wi......more

Offers a fresh perspective on Buster Keaton’s early career, examining his formative years in entertainment through rare ......more

Miguel de Cervantes, writer of Don Quixote, has frequently been portrayed in fictionalized contexts across various mediu......more

Named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews Named a Notable Book of 2025 by the Washington Post A personal and cultu......more

"In The Enchanting Kinora, Elizabeth Evans examines the Kinora in its technological, industrial and socio-cultural conte......more

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