Film history, theory or criticism

This book examines the recurring phenomenon in film and television where two strikingly similar productions are released in close succession.

At a time when more films are released annually than there are days in the year, films must compete for audience attention.

This book is the first comprehensive overview of the history of female-presenting AI and robots in US and UK live-action, science fiction films from 1949 to 2023.

Cinematic Starchitecture explores how examples of famous architecture have circulated throughout cinema history across diverse genres.

Cinematic Starchitecture explores how examples of famous architecture have circulated throughout cinema history across diverse genres.

How do twenty-first century Black satirists rewrite American ideas of race?

When a work of art shows an interest in its own status as a work of art-either by reference to itself or to other works-we have become accustomed to calling this move "e;meta.

Inspired by her Wild About Horror segments on the Evolution of Horror Podcast, Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema sees Mary Wild investigate 50 films across six core subgenres-Mind, Body, Nature, Aliens, Vampires, and Home Invasion-through close readings of key titles including Mulholland Drive, Black Swan, Jaws, Predator, Twilight, and Misery.

How do twenty-first century Black satirists rewrite American ideas of race?

Reframing Faith in Balkan Documentary Film presents the first systematic study of the cinematic representations of religion in the early documentary film on the Balkan Peninsula from 1896 to 1939.

Inspired by her Wild About Horror segments on the Evolution of Horror Podcast, Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema sees Mary Wild investigate 50 films across six core subgenres-Mind, Body, Nature, Aliens, Vampires, and Home Invasion-through close readings of key titles including Mulholland Drive, Black Swan, Jaws, Predator, Twilight, and Misery.

Animation is a global artform, and The Animation Atlas is your essential guide to this exciting, expansive world.

This cutting-edge collection explores the histories, aesthetics, and cultural work of fan video across a wide variety of manifestations and genres.

Anticolonialism, Ontology, and Semiotics places anticolonial theory, semiotic analysis, and contemporary Hollywood film into conversation.

Anticolonialism, Ontology, and Semiotics places anticolonial theory, semiotic analysis, and contemporary Hollywood film into conversation.

This cutting-edge collection explores the histories, aesthetics, and cultural work of fan video across a wide variety of manifestations and genres.

Reframing Faith in Balkan Documentary Film presents the first systematic study of the cinematic representations of religion in the early documentary film on the Balkan Peninsula from 1896 to 1939.

This book examines Russian and Ukrainian feature films to trace the roots and consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Meine Berichte und Kritiken als Pina-Bausch-Stucke-Sammlung mit Inhaltsbeschreibungen zu allen Werken des Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

This book examines Russian and Ukrainian feature films to trace the roots and consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This book provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the work of the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, with a particular focus on the conceptual material of his work.

There is currently a vigorous debate in film studies and related disciplines about the extent to which scientific paradigms like evolutionary psychology and neuroscience can explain the cinema and other artforms.

There is currently a vigorous debate in film studies and related disciplines about the extent to which scientific paradigms like evolutionary psychology and neuroscience can explain the cinema and other artforms.

This book provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the work of the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, with a particular focus on the conceptual material of his work.

Cinematically Rendering Confucius marks the first book-length enquiry into China's first two big screen treatments of arguably the best-known and most influential thinker in world history: Confucius.

Cinematically Rendering Confucius marks the first book-length enquiry into China's first two big screen treatments of arguably the best-known and most influential thinker in world history: Confucius.

Lawrence Durrell, Postmodernism and the Ethics of Alterity is of interest for any reader wishing to explore the interface between literature, and critical and cultural theory.

Pier Paolo Pasolini's lifework has been studied through the lens of queer studies, film studies, poetry, and many other angles, but there are themes that one could still study.

Pier Paolo Pasolini's lifework has been studied through the lens of queer studies, film studies, poetry, and many other angles, but there are themes that one could still study.

This book establishes a dialogue between Yorgos Lanthimos and Giorgio Agamben as a way of interpreting the "e;weird"e; roles, rules, and rituals that define and discipline lives in Lanthimos's early works, from Kinetta to The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

This book establishes a dialogue between Yorgos Lanthimos and Giorgio Agamben as a way of interpreting the "e;weird"e; roles, rules, and rituals that define and discipline lives in Lanthimos's early works, from Kinetta to The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

In the 21st century, blockbuster fantasy films have dominated film viewership in the United States.

In the 21st century, blockbuster fantasy films have dominated film viewership in the United States.

With just eight feature films to date, Sofia Coppola has crafted a distinctive hyper-feminine aesthetic, establishing herself as one of the world's finest directors.

This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar Rene Girard from the perspectives of Law and Literature and Law and Film Studies, two of the most multidisciplinary branches of critical legal theory.

This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar Rene Girard from the perspectives of Law and Literature and Law and Film Studies, two of the most multidisciplinary branches of critical legal theory.

This book shows that screens don't just distribute the visible and the invisible, but have always mediated our body's relationships with the physical and anthropological-cultural environment.

This book shows that screens don't just distribute the visible and the invisible, but have always mediated our body's relationships with the physical and anthropological-cultural environment.

This book highlights how horror in film and television creates platforms to address distinct areas of modern-day concern.