Film history, theory or criticism

Pulp Fiction was one of the films that defined American cinema of the 1990s, and remains one of the stand-out movies of its director Quentin Tarantino.

Ohne Zweifel gehorte David Bordwell (1947-2024) in den vergangenen vier Jahrzehnten mit seinen Buchern, Blogposts, Audiokommentaren und nicht zuletzt durch seine Lehre und seine Vortrage zu den wichtigsten Stimmen in der Filmwissenschaft.

Mikio Naruse's When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960) combines high melodrama with modernist film language, telling the story of Keiko, a bar hostess struggling to succeed in Tokyo's Ginza district.

How do we tell twenty-first-century war stories when the wars seem to go on forever?

How do we tell twenty-first-century war stories when the wars seem to go on forever?

Claire Denis is one of France's most acclaimed and original filmmakers.

How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones?

An in-depth look at the 1974 releases of Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein that will leave cinephiles enthralled.

Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars.

Comfort and domestic space are complex narratives that can help draw our attention to everything from urban planning, everyday objects, and new technologies to class conflict, racial and ethnic segregation, and the gendering of domestic labour.

Cinema has long been recognised as the privileged bridge between Soviet ideologies and their mass public.

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Peter Hutchings's Hammer and beyond remains a landmark work in British film criticism.

The mediated Arctic analyses the multiple relations between geography and cultural production that have long shaped - and are currently transforming - the circumpolar world.

Marketed as more affordable and safer than film cameras, the Kinora system, launched in 1903, was one of the first amateur filmmaking devices and represents one of the earliest attempts to create a domestic market for moving images.

When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all love to watch: a career gal moves from the big city to a small town, where she finds the love of her life and the true meaning of Christmas.

When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all love to watch: a career gal moves from the big city to a small town, where she finds the love of her life and the true meaning of Christmas.

This e-book is part of a twelve-volume series documenting the history of German film from its beginnings in 1895 to the present day using the collection holdings of the Deutsche Kinemathek.

The war that won't die charts the changing nature of cinematic depictions of the Spanish Civil War.

Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video.

Reframing remembrance examines films about the Nazi Occupation of France, charting how this period has been commemorated and how it has affected the articulation of French national identity.