Film history, theory or criticism

This study examines children's films from various critical perspectives, including those provided by classical and current film theory.

This study examines children's films from various critical perspectives, including those provided by classical and current film theory.

Historical film has been an important genre since the earliest silent films.

Historical film has been an important genre since the earliest silent films.

The 2005 bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth is an opportunity to re-evaluate the achievement of one of the great figures of the fairy tale and storytelling tradition, a beloved writer famous for The Snow Queen and The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoesand many other now classic tales.

The 2005 bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth is an opportunity to re-evaluate the achievement of one of the great figures of the fairy tale and storytelling tradition, a beloved writer famous for The Snow Queen and The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoesand many other now classic tales.

Mis/takes departs from the bulk of screen discourse by applying Jungian and Post-Jungian ideas on unconscious processes to popular film and television.

Mis/takes departs from the bulk of screen discourse by applying Jungian and Post-Jungian ideas on unconscious processes to popular film and television.

The Couch and the Silver Screen is a collection of original contributions which explore European cinema from psychoanalytic perspectives.

The Couch and the Silver Screen is a collection of original contributions which explore European cinema from psychoanalytic perspectives.

This book traces the history and current practice in film and television arguing that a solid base of knowledge of the craft of the skill is essential for the proper application of the new techniques.

This book traces the history and current practice in film and television arguing that a solid base of knowledge of the craft of the skill is essential for the proper application of the new techniques.

In Projecting a Camera, film theorist Edward Branigan offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding film theory.

In Projecting a Camera, film theorist Edward Branigan offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding film theory.

It used to be only movies were on film; now the whole world is.

It used to be only movies were on film; now the whole world is.

Hugo MAnsterberg's The Photoplay (1916) is one of the first and most important early works of film theory.

Hugo MAnsterberg's The Photoplay (1916) is one of the first and most important early works of film theory.

Schroeder offers a thorough introduction to the films of Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba's leading filmmaker, covering all 12 of Alea's feature films and examining in depth his three best films within the context of revolutionary Cuba.

Schroeder offers a thorough introduction to the films of Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba's leading filmmaker, covering all 12 of Alea's feature films and examining in depth his three best films within the context of revolutionary Cuba.

India is home to Bollywood - the largest film industry in the world.

India is home to Bollywood - the largest film industry in the world.

Iran has undergone considerable social upheaval since the revolution and this has been reflected in its cinema.

Iran has undergone considerable social upheaval since the revolution and this has been reflected in its cinema.

The film Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou and released in 2002, is widely regarded as the first globally successful indigenous Chinese blockbuster.

The film Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou and released in 2002, is widely regarded as the first globally successful indigenous Chinese blockbuster.

Music in Horror Film is a collection of essays that examine the effects of music and its ability to provoke or intensify fear in this particular genre of film.

Music in Horror Film is a collection of essays that examine the effects of music and its ability to provoke or intensify fear in this particular genre of film.

Lehman brings together new work on masculinity in film by established film scholars, new academics, performance artists, and cultural critics.

Lehman brings together new work on masculinity in film by established film scholars, new academics, performance artists, and cultural critics.

'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today's exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully participate.

'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today's exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully participate.

The term "e;film noir"e; still conjures images of a uniquely American malaise: hard-boiled detectives, fatal women, and the shadowy hells of urban life.

The term "e;film noir"e; still conjures images of a uniquely American malaise: hard-boiled detectives, fatal women, and the shadowy hells of urban life.

Imagining the Middle Ages is an unprecedented examination of the historical content of films depicting the medieval period from the 11th to the 15th centuries.

Imagining the Middle Ages is an unprecedented examination of the historical content of films depicting the medieval period from the 11th to the 15th centuries.

The first substantial overview of the British film industry with emphasis on its genres, stars, and socioeconomic context, British National Cinema by Sarah Street is an important title in Routledge's new National Cinemas series.

The first substantial overview of the British film industry with emphasis on its genres, stars, and socioeconomic context, British National Cinema by Sarah Street is an important title in Routledge's new National Cinemas series.

Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films.

Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films.

Film & Ethics considers a range of films and texts of film criticism alongside disparate philosophical discourses of ethics by Levinas, Derrida, Foucault, Lacanian psychoanalysts and postmodern theorists.

Film & Ethics considers a range of films and texts of film criticism alongside disparate philosophical discourses of ethics by Levinas, Derrida, Foucault, Lacanian psychoanalysts and postmodern theorists.

British Women's Cinema examines the place of female-centred films throughout British film history, from silent melodrama and 1940s costume dramas right up to the contemporary British 'chick flick'.

British Women's Cinema examines the place of female-centred films throughout British film history, from silent melodrama and 1940s costume dramas right up to the contemporary British 'chick flick'.

This is the first major collection of criticism on Black American cinema.

This is the first major collection of criticism on Black American cinema.

Film Theory Goes to the Movies fills the gap in film theory literature which has failed to analyze high-grossing blockbusters.

Film Theory Goes to the Movies fills the gap in film theory literature which has failed to analyze high-grossing blockbusters.

Global changes in capital, power, technology and the media have caused massive shifts in how we define home and community, leaving redrawn territories and globalized contexts.

Global changes in capital, power, technology and the media have caused massive shifts in how we define home and community, leaving redrawn territories and globalized contexts.