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Film Theory:Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

Film Theory (2003)

Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

Dir. Philip Simpson, Andrew Utterson and K. J. Shepherdson

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

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Cinecepts, Deleuze, and Godard-Miéville:Developing Philosophy through Audiovisual Media

Cinecepts, Deleuze, and Godard-Miéville (2025)

Developing Philosophy through Audiovisual Media

by Jakob A. Nilsson

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Haunting the World:Essays on Film After Perkins and Cavell

Haunting the World (2025)

Essays on Film After Perkins and Cavell

by Dominic Lash

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Subject: Theory

Film, Negation and Freedom:Capitalism and Romantic Critique

Film, Negation and Freedom (2025)

Capitalism and Romantic Critique

by Will Kitchen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Haunted Soundtracks:Audiovisual Cultures of Memory, Landscape, and Sound

Haunted Soundtracks (2025)

Audiovisual Cultures of Memory, Landscape, and Sound

Dir. Kevin J. Donnelly and Aimee Mollaghan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Technique > Music

A Chronology of Film:A Cultural Timeline from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Screen

A Chronology of Film (2025)

A Cultural Timeline from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Screen

by Ian Haydn Smith

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Subject: Theory

The Attractions of the Moving Image:Essays on History, Theory, and the Avant-Garde

The Attractions of the Moving Image (2025)

Essays on History, Theory, and the Avant-Garde

by Tom Gunning

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Subject: Theory

Film Phenomenologies:Temporality, Embodiment, Transformation

Film Phenomenologies (2024)

Temporality, Embodiment, Transformation

Dir. Kelli Fuery

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Morph-Image:The Subjunctive Synthesis of Time

The Morph-Image (2024)

The Subjunctive Synthesis of Time

by Steen Ledet Christiansen

Publisher: Lexington Books

Subject: Theory

CineWorlding:Scenes of Cinematic Research-Creation

CineWorlding (2024)

Scenes of Cinematic Research-Creation

by Michael B. MacDonald

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Sociology

Cinematic Cartography:Scale, Analysis, Topography

Cinematic Cartography (2024)

Scale, Analysis, Topography

by Chris Lukinbeal

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Gilles Deleuze and Film Criticism:Philosophy, Theory, and the Individual Film

Gilles Deleuze and Film Criticism (2024)

Philosophy, Theory, and the Individual Film

Dir. Dominic Lash and Hoi Lun Law

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Subject: Theory

Cinema and Machine Vision:Artificial Intelligence, Aesthetics and Spectatorship

Cinema and Machine Vision (2024)

Artificial Intelligence, Aesthetics and Spectatorship

by Daniel Chávez Heras

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Modernism and Contemporary Film:Aesthetics and Narrative in the International Art Film

Cinematic Modernism and Contemporary Film (2024)

Aesthetics and Narrative in the International Art Film

by Howard Finn

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Stardust:Cinematic Archives at the End of the World

Stardust (2024)

Cinematic Archives at the End of the World

by Hannah Goodwin

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

The Elephant of Silence:Essays on Poetics and Cinema

The Elephant of Silence (2024)

Essays on Poetics and Cinema

by John Wall Barger

Publisher: LSU Press

Subject: Theory

Film Music

Film Music (2023)

by Juan Chattah

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Technique > Music

Depth Effects:Dimensionality from Camera to Computation

Depth Effects (2023)

Dimensionality from Camera to Computation

by Brooke Belisle

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

Acoustic Profiles:A Sound Ecology of the Cinema

Acoustic Profiles (2023)

A Sound Ecology of the Cinema

by Randolph Jordan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Technique > Sound

Truth in Visual Media:Aesthetics, Ethics and Politics

Truth in Visual Media (2023)

Aesthetics, Ethics and Politics

Dir. Marguerite La Caze and Ted Nannicelli

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Reenactment in Contemporary Screen Culture:Performance, Mediation, Repetition

The Reenactment in Contemporary Screen Culture (2022)

Performance, Mediation, Repetition

by Megan Carrigy

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Poetics of Guilt:Audiovisual Accusation as a Mode of Commonality

Cinematic Poetics of Guilt (2022)

Audiovisual Accusation as a Mode of Commonality

by Matthias Grotkopp

Publisher: De Gruyter

Subject: Theory

Lessons in Perception:The Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist

Lessons in Perception (2022)

The Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist

by Paul Taberham

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Subject: Theory

Writ on Water:The Sources and Reach of Film Imagination

Writ on Water (2022)

The Sources and Reach of Film Imagination

by Charles Warren

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema as a Worldbuilding Machine in the Digital Era:Essay on Multiverse Films and TV Series

Cinema as a Worldbuilding Machine in the Digital Era (2022)

Essay on Multiverse Films and TV Series

by Alain Boillat

Publisher: John Libbey Publishing

Subject: Theory

Cinema of Exploration:Essays on an Adventurous Film Practice

Cinema of Exploration (2022)

Essays on an Adventurous Film Practice

Dir. James Leo Cahill and Luca Caminati

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: General

What Is Non-fiction Cinema?:On the Very Idea of Motion Picture Communication

What Is Non-fiction Cinema? (2022)

On the Very Idea of Motion Picture Communication

by Trevor Ponech

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Genre > Documentary

Deleuze and the Gynesis of Horror:From Monstrous Births to the Birth of the Monster

Deleuze and the Gynesis of Horror (2022)

From Monstrous Births to the Birth of the Monster

by Sunny Hawkins

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Cinema Illuminating Reality:Media Philosophy Through Buddhism

Cinema Illuminating Reality (2022)

Media Philosophy Through Buddhism

by Victor Fan

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Affect Poetics of the New Hollywood:Suspense, Paranoia, and Melancholy

Affect Poetics of the New Hollywood (2022)

Suspense, Paranoia, and Melancholy

by Hauke Lehmann

Publisher: De Gruyter

Subject: Countries > United States

Spaces of Communication:Elements of Semio-Pragmatics

Spaces of Communication (2021)

Elements of Semio-Pragmatics

by Roger Odin

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Theory

Metacinema:The Form and Content of Filmic Reference and Reflexivity

Metacinema (2021)

The Form and Content of Filmic Reference and Reflexivity

Dir. David LaRocca

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Film Ecology:Defending the Biosphere - Doughnut Economics and Film Theory and Practice

Film Ecology (2021)

Defending the Biosphere - Doughnut Economics and Film Theory and Practice

by Susan Hayward

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Artificial Generation:Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity

Artificial Generation (2021)

Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity

by Christina Parker-Flynn

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Subject: Technique > Adaptation

Expanded Visions:A New Anthropology of the Moving Image

Expanded Visions (2021)

A New Anthropology of the Moving Image

by Arnd Schneider

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Roland Barthes and Film:Myth, Eroticism and Poetics

Roland Barthes and Film (2021)

Myth, Eroticism and Poetics

by Patrick ffrench

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Sociology

Visual Alterity:Seeing Difference in Cinema

Visual Alterity (2021)

Seeing Difference in Cinema

by Randall Halle

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Subject: Theory

Forms of the Cinematic:Architecture, Science and the Arts

Forms of the Cinematic (2021)

Architecture, Science and the Arts

Dir. Mark Breeze Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Fields of View:Film, Art and Spectatorship

Fields of View (2020)

Film, Art and Spectatorship

by A. L. Rees

Publisher: BFI Publishing

Subject: Genre > Experimental

Noël Carroll and Film:A Philosophy of Art and Popular Culture

Noël Carroll and Film (2020)

A Philosophy of Art and Popular Culture

by Mario Slugan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Metaphor in Perspective:Reflections on a Transdisciplinary Framework

Cinematic Metaphor in Perspective (2020)

Reflections on a Transdisciplinary Framework

Collective

Publisher: De Gruyter

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Metaphor:Experience - Affectivity - Temporality

Cinematic Metaphor (2020)

Experience - Affectivity - Temporality

by Cornelia Müller and Hermann Kappelhoff

Publisher: De Gruyter

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Corpographies:Re-Mapping the War Film Through the Body

Cinematic Corpographies (2020)

Re-Mapping the War Film Through the Body

by Eileen Rositzka

Publisher: De Gruyter

Subject: Genre > War films

Cinematic Skepticism:Across Digital and Global Turns

Cinematic Skepticism (2020)

Across Digital and Global Turns

by Jeroen Gerrits

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Subject: Theory

Cinemachines:An Essay on Media and Method

Cinemachines (2020)

An Essay on Media and Method

by Garrett Stewart

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Subject: Theory

Postcinematic Vision:The Coevolution of Moving-Image Media and the Spectator

Postcinematic Vision (2020)

The Coevolution of Moving-Image Media and the Spectator

by Roger F. Cook

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

New Nonfiction Film:Art, Poetics, and Documentary Theory

New Nonfiction Film (2020)

Art, Poetics, and Documentary Theory

by Dara Waldron

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Genre > Documentary

Interpreting Cinema:Adaptations, Intertextualities, Art Movements

Interpreting Cinema (2020)

Adaptations, Intertextualities, Art Movements

by Jasbir Jain

Publisher: Rawat Publications

Subject: Film Analysis

The Cinematic Political:Film Composition as Political Theory

The Cinematic Political (2019)

Film Composition as Political Theory

by Michael J. Shapiro

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Sensations of History:Animation and New Media Art

Sensations of History (2019)

Animation and New Media Art

by James J. Hodge

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Documentary Across Platforms:Reverse Engineering Media, Place, and Politics

Documentary Across Platforms (2019)

Reverse Engineering Media, Place, and Politics

by Patricia R. Zimmermann

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject: Genre > Documentary

The Digital Image and Reality:Affect, Metaphysics and Post-Cinema

The Digital Image and Reality (2019)

Affect, Metaphysics and Post-Cinema

by Daniel Strutt

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Theory

Animal Worlds:Film, Philosophy and Time

Animal Worlds (2019)

Film, Philosophy and Time

by Laura McMahon

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Concentrationary Art:Jean Cayrol, the Lazarean and the Everyday in Post-war Film, Literature, Music and the Visual Arts

Concentrationary Art (2019)

Jean Cayrol, the Lazarean and the Everyday in Post-war Film, Literature, Music and the Visual Arts

Dir. Griselda Pollock and Max Silverman

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Subject: Theory

The Supermarket of the Visible:Toward a General Economy of Images

The Supermarket of the Visible (2019)

Toward a General Economy of Images

by Peter Szendy

Publisher: Fordham University Press

Subject: Theory

Film, Philosophy, and Reality:Ancient Greece to Godard

Film, Philosophy, and Reality (2019)

Ancient Greece to Godard

by Nathan Andersen

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Temporality in American Filmic Autobiography:Cinema, Automediality and Grammatology with 'film Portrait' and 'joyce at 34'

Temporality in American Filmic Autobiography (2018)

Cinema, Automediality and Grammatology with 'film Portrait' and 'joyce at 34'

by Nadja Gernalzick

Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter

Subject: Theory

Cinema Against Doublethink:Ethical Encounters with the Lost Pasts of World History

Cinema Against Doublethink (2018)

Ethical Encounters with the Lost Pasts of World History

by David Martin-Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Time, Existential Presence and the Cinematic Image:Ethics and Emergence to Being in Film

Time, Existential Presence and the Cinematic Image (2018)

Ethics and Emergence to Being in Film

by Sam B. Girgus

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema:Text, Paratext and Home Video Culture

Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema (2018)

Text, Paratext and Home Video Culture

by Simon Hobbs

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Moving Pictures, Still Lives:Film, New Media, and the Late Twentieth Century

Moving Pictures, Still Lives (2018)

Film, New Media, and the Late Twentieth Century

by James Tweedie

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Mysteries of Cinema:Reflections on Film Theory, History and Culture 1982-2016

Mysteries of Cinema (2018)

Reflections on Film Theory, History and Culture 1982-2016

by Adrian Martin

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: History of Cinema

Cinematic Vitalism:Film Theory and the Question of Life

Cinematic Vitalism (2018)

Film Theory and the Question of Life

by Inga Pollmann

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Theory

Political Theory and Film:From Adorno to Žižek

Political Theory and Film (2018)

From Adorno to Žižek

by Ian Fraser

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Subject: Sociology

The Off-Screen:An Investigation of the Cinematic Frame

The Off-Screen (2017)

An Investigation of the Cinematic Frame

by Eyal Peretz

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Subject: Theory

Perpetual Carnival:Essays on Film and Literature

Perpetual Carnival (2017)

Essays on Film and Literature

by Colin MacCabe

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Jacques Lacan and Cinema:Imaginary, Gaze, Formalisation

Jacques Lacan and Cinema (2017)

Imaginary, Gaze, Formalisation

by Pietro Bianchi

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Sociology

Doing Time:Temporality, Hermeneutics, and Contemporary Cinema

Doing Time (2017)

Temporality, Hermeneutics, and Contemporary Cinema

by Lee Carruthers

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Subject: Theory

Bion in Film Theory and Analysis:The Retreat in Film

Bion in Film Theory and Analysis (2016)

The Retreat in Film

by Carla Ambrósio Garcia

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

The Politics of Perfection:Technology and Creation in Literature and Film

The Politics of Perfection (2016)

Technology and Creation in Literature and Film

by Kimberly Hurd Hale

Publisher: Lexington Books

Subject: Theory

Fast Forward:The Future(s) of the Cinematic Arts

Fast Forward (2016)

The Future(s) of the Cinematic Arts

by Holly Willis

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Subject: Theory

What Is Film?

What Is Film? (2016)

by Julie N. Books

Publisher: Peter Lang

Subject: Theory

Cinema Without Reflection:Jacques Derrida's Echopoiesis and Narcissim Adrift

Cinema Without Reflection (2016)

Jacques Derrida's Echopoiesis and Narcissim Adrift

by Akira Mizuta Lippit

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics:Claire Denis, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy

Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics (2015)

Claire Denis, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy

by Kristin Lené Hole

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Reel World:An Anthropology of Creation

Reel World (2015)

An Anthropology of Creation

by Anand Pandian

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema against Spectacle:

Cinema against Spectacle (2015)

"Technique and Ideology" Revisited

by Jean-Louis Comolli and Daniel Fairfax

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Theory

Drive in Cinema:Essays on Film, Theory and Politics

Drive in Cinema (2015)

Essays on Film, Theory and Politics

by Marc James Léger

Publisher: Intellect Books

Subject: Theory

Philosophy of the Film:Epistemology, Ontology, Aesthetics

Philosophy of the Film (2015)

Epistemology, Ontology, Aesthetics

by Ian Jarvie

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Film Theory:An Introduction through the Senses

Film Theory (2015)

An Introduction through the Senses

by Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Fractal Narrative:About the Relationship Between Geometries and Technology and Its Impact on Narrative Spaces

Fractal Narrative (2014)

About the Relationship Between Geometries and Technology and Its Impact on Narrative Spaces

by German A. Duarte

Publisher: transcript publishing

Subject: Theory

Dreaming of Cinema:Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media

Dreaming of Cinema (2014)

Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media

by Adam Lowenstein

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: Theory

Film Theory:Creating a Cinematic Grammar

Film Theory (2014)

Creating a Cinematic Grammar

by Felicity Colman

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Interfaces:Film Theory After New Media

Cinematic Interfaces (2014)

Film Theory After New Media

by Seung-hoon Jeong

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Real Objects in Unreal Situations:Modern Art in Fiction Films

Real Objects in Unreal Situations (2014)

Modern Art in Fiction Films

by Susan Felleman

Publisher: Intellect Books

Subject: Theory

Screen/Play:Derrida and Film Theory

Screen/Play (2014)

Derrida and Film Theory

by Peter Brunette and David Wills

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Theory

Incorporating Images:Film and the Rival Arts

Incorporating Images (2014)

Film and the Rival Arts

by Brigitte Peucker

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Theory

Omnibus Films:Theorizing Transauthorial Cinema

Omnibus Films (2014)

Theorizing Transauthorial Cinema

by David Scott Diffrient

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Post-Westerns:Cinema, Region, West

Post-Westerns (2013)

Cinema, Region, West

by Neil Campbell

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Subject: Genre > Western

History in Motion:Time in the Age of the Moving Image

History in Motion (2013)

Time in the Age of the Moving Image

by Sven Lütticken

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Subject: Theory

Impure Cinema:Intermedial and Intercultural Approaches to Film

Impure Cinema (2013)

Intermedial and Intercultural Approaches to Film

Dir. Lúcia Nagib and Anne Jerslev

Publisher: I.B.Tauris

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Reveries:Gestures, Stillness, Water

Cinematic Reveries (2013)

Gestures, Stillness, Water

by Linda C. Ehrlich

Publisher: Peter Lang

Subject: Theory

Film Dialogue

Film Dialogue (2013)

Dir. Jeff Jaeckle

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Subject: Theory

The Memory Effect:The Remediation of Memory in Literature and Film

The Memory Effect (2013)

The Remediation of Memory in Literature and Film

Dir. Russell J. A. Kilbourn and Eleanor Ty

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Subject: Theory

The Heretical Archive:Digital Memory at the End of Film

The Heretical Archive (2013)

Digital Memory at the End of Film

by Domietta Torlasco

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema and Experience:Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno

Cinema and Experience (2011)

Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno

Dir. Miriam Bratu Hansen

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

Hitchcock and the Cinema of Sensations:Embodied Film Theory and Cinematic Reception

Hitchcock and the Cinema of Sensations (2011)

Embodied Film Theory and Cinematic Reception

by Paul Elliott

Publisher: I.B.Tauris

Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock

The Lacanian Thing:Psychoanalysis, Postmodern Culture, and Cinema

The Lacanian Thing (2011)

Psychoanalysis, Postmodern Culture, and Cinema

by Mario Vrbancic

Publisher: Cambria Press

Subject: Theory

The Illusion of Life II:More Essays on Animation

The Illusion of Life II (2011)

More Essays on Animation

Dir. Alan Cholodenko

Publisher: Power Publication

Subject: Technique > Animation

The Reality of Film:Theories of Filmic Reality

The Reality of Film (2010)

Theories of Filmic Reality

by Richard Rushton

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Subject: Theory

Sync:Stylistics of Hieroglyphic Time

Sync (2010)

Stylistics of Hieroglyphic Time

by James Tobias

Publisher: Temple University Press

Subject: Technique > Sound

Animating Space:From Mickey to Wall-E

Animating Space (2010)

From Mickey to Wall-E

by J. P. Telotte

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Subject: Genre > Animation

History and Film:Moving Pictures and the Study of the Past

History and Film (2010)

Moving Pictures and the Study of the Past

by Maarten Pereboom

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Film After Jung:Post-Jungian Approaches to Film Theory

Film After Jung (2009)

Post-Jungian Approaches to Film Theory

by Greg Singh

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

The Tactile Eye:Touch and the Cinematic Experience

The Tactile Eye (2009)

Touch and the Cinematic Experience

by Jennifer M. Barker

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

The Horse Who Drank the Sky:Film Experience Beyond Narrative and Theory

The Horse Who Drank the Sky (2008)

Film Experience Beyond Narrative and Theory

by Murray Pomerance

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Subject: Theory

The Witch's Flight:The Cinematic, the Black Femme, and the Image of Common Sense

The Witch's Flight (2007)

The Cinematic, the Black Femme, and the Image of Common Sense

by Kara Keeling

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Theory

The Cinematic Mode of Production:Attention Economy and the Society of the Spectacle

The Cinematic Mode of Production (2006)

Attention Economy and the Society of the Spectacle

by Jonathan Beller

Publisher: University Press of New England

Subject: Theory

Death 24x a Second:Stillness and the Moving Image

Death 24x a Second (2006)

Stillness and the Moving Image

by Laura Mulvey

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Subject: Theory

Film as Art:50th Anniversary Printing

Film as Art (2006)

50th Anniversary Printing

by Rudolf Arnheim

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

Thinking in Images:Film Theory, Feminist Philosophy and Marlene Dietrich

Thinking in Images (2006)

Film Theory, Feminist Philosophy and Marlene Dietrich

by Catherine Constable

Publisher: BFI Publishing

Subject: Theory

Projecting a Camera:Language-Games in Film Theory

Projecting a Camera (2006)

Language-Games in Film Theory

by Edward Branigan

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Image and Identity:Reflections on Canadian Film and Culture

Image and Identity (2006)

Reflections on Canadian Film and Culture

by R. Bruce Elder

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Subject: Countries > Canada

Derrida:Screenplay and Essays on the Film

Derrida (2005)

Screenplay and Essays on the Film

Dir. Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Essential Cinema:On the Necessity of Film Canons

Essential Cinema (2004)

On the Necessity of Film Canons

by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject: Film Analysis

The 'I' of the Camera:Essays in Film Criticism, History, and Aesthetics

The 'I' of the Camera (2003)

Essays in Film Criticism, History, and Aesthetics

by William Rothman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Subject: Theory

Organs without Bodies:Deleuze and Consequences

Organs without Bodies (2003)

Deleuze and Consequences

by Slavoj Zizek

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Screening the Text:Intertextuality in New Wave French Cinema

Screening the Text (2003)

Intertextuality in New Wave French Cinema

by Jefferson T. Kline

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject: Theory

Vanishing Women:Magic, Film, and Feminism

Vanishing Women (2003)

Magic, Film, and Feminism

by Karen Redrobe

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Theory

Film and Knowledge:Essays on the Integration of Images and Ideas

Film and Knowledge (2002)

Essays on the Integration of Images and Ideas

Dir. Kevin L. Stoehr

Publisher: McFarland & Co

Subject: Theory

Hugo Munsterberg on Film:The Photoplay:  A Psychological Study and Other Writings

Hugo Munsterberg on Film (2001)

The Photoplay: A Psychological Study and Other Writings

by Hugo Münsterberg and Allan Langdale

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Toward Cinema and Its Double:Cross-Cultural Mimesis

Toward Cinema and Its Double (2001)

Cross-Cultural Mimesis

by Laleen Jayamanne

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject: Theory

The Material Ghost:Films and Their Medium

The Material Ghost (2000)

Films and Their Medium

by Gilberto Perez

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject: Film Analysis

Deleuze and Cinema:The Aesthetics of Sensation

Deleuze and Cinema (2000)

The Aesthetics of Sensation

by Barbara Kennedy

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

British Cinema in the Fifties:Gender, Genre and the 'New Look'

British Cinema in the Fifties (2000)

Gender, Genre and the 'New Look'

by Christine Geraghty

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Countries > Great Britain

The Skin of the Film:Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses

The Skin of the Film (2000)

Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses

by Laura U. Marks

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Theory

Out Takes:Essays on Queer Theory and Film

Out Takes (1999)

Essays on Queer Theory and Film

by Ellis Hanson

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Sociology

Moving Pictures:A New Theory of Film Genres, Feelings, and Cognition

Moving Pictures (1999)

A New Theory of Film Genres, Feelings, and Cognition

by Torben Grodal

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Camera Obscura:An Archeological Survey from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age

Camera Obscura (1998)

An Archeological Survey from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age

by Sarah Kofman

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Subject: Theory

The Memory of Tiresias:Intertextuality and Film

The Memory of Tiresias (1998)

Intertextuality and Film

by Mikhail Iampolski

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

Theory of Film:The Redemption of Physical Reality

Theory of Film (1997)

The Redemption of Physical Reality

by Siegfried Kracauer

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Theory

Post-Theory:Reconstructing Film Studies

Post-Theory (1996)

Reconstructing Film Studies

Dir. David Bordwell

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Subject: Theory

A Certain Realism:Making Use of Pasolini's Film Theory and Practice

A Certain Realism (1993)

Making Use of Pasolini's Film Theory and Practice

by Maurizio Viano

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Director > Pier Paolo Pasolini

Modernist Montage:The Obscurity of Vision in Cinema and Literature

Modernist Montage (1992)

The Obscurity of Vision in Cinema and Literature

by P. Adams Sitney

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: Theory

Interpreting Films:Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

Interpreting Films (1992)

Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

by Janet Staiger

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Sociology

The Address of the Eye:A Phenomenology of Film Experience

The Address of the Eye (1991)

A Phenomenology of Film Experience

by Vivian Sobchack

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Theory

The Illusion of life:Essays on animation

The Illusion of life (1991)

Essays on animation

by Alan Cholodenko

Publisher: Power Publication

Subject: Technique > Animation

Transcendental Style In Film:Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

Transcendental Style In Film (1988)

Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

by Paul Schrader

Publisher: Da Capo Press
(previous edition)

Subject: Theory

Narrative, Apparatus, Ideology:A Film Theory Reader

Narrative, Apparatus, Ideology (1986)

A Film Theory Reader

Dir. Philip Rosen

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: Theory

The Imaginary Signifier:Psychoanalysis and the Cinema

The Imaginary Signifier (1977)

Psychoanalysis and the Cinema

by Christian Metz

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject: Sociology

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Towards a Film Theory from Below:Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up

Towards a Film Theory from Below (2025)

Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up

by Jiri Anger

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Cinematic Intermediality:Theory and Practice

Cinematic Intermediality (2025)

Theory and Practice

Dir. Kim Knowles and Marion Schmid

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Film Figures:An Organological Approach

Film Figures (2025)

An Organological Approach

by Warwick Mules

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Contemporary Screen Ethics:Absences, Identities, Belonging, Looking Anew

Contemporary Screen Ethics (2025)

Absences, Identities, Belonging, Looking Anew

Dir. Lucy Bolton, David Martin-Jones and Robert Sinnerbrink

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema of/for the Anthropocene:Affect, Ecology, and More-Than-Human Kinship

Cinema of/for the Anthropocene (2025)

Affect, Ecology, and More-Than-Human Kinship

Dir. Katarzyna Paszkiewicz and Andrea Ruthven

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Screens and Illusionism:Alternative Teleologies of Mediation

Screens and Illusionism (2024)

Alternative Teleologies of Mediation

Dir. Peter Bloom and Dominique Jullien

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Comedy in Literature and Popular Culture:From Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live

Comedy in Literature and Popular Culture (2024)

From Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live

by James V. Morrison

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor

Perspective as Logic:Positioning Film in Architecture

Perspective as Logic (2024)

Positioning Film in Architecture

by Stefanos Roimpas

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Technique > Set Design

Black Screens, White Frames:Gilles Deleuze and the Filmmaking Machine

Black Screens, White Frames (2024)

Gilles Deleuze and the Filmmaking Machine

by Tanya Shilina-Conte

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Digital Space and Embodiment in Contemporary Cinema:Screening Composite Spaces

Digital Space and Embodiment in Contemporary Cinema (2024)

Screening Composite Spaces

by Jennifer Kirby

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Ingmar Bergman at the Crossroads:Between Theory and Practice

Ingmar Bergman at the Crossroads (2024)

Between Theory and Practice

Dir. Maaret Koskinen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Director > Ingmar Bergman

Beyond Realism:Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice

Beyond Realism (2024)

Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice

by Robert Singer

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Puzzling Stories:The Aesthetic Appeal of Cognitive Challenge in Film, Television and Literature

Puzzling Stories (2024)

The Aesthetic Appeal of Cognitive Challenge in Film, Television and Literature

Dir. Steven Willemsen and Miklós Kiss

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Subject: Theory

The Prison of Time:Stanley Kubrick, Adrian Lyne, Michael Bay and Quentin Tarantino

The Prison of Time (2024)

Stanley Kubrick, Adrian Lyne, Michael Bay and Quentin Tarantino

by Elisa Pezzotta

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Making History Move:Five Principles of the Historical Film

Making History Move (2024)

Five Principles of the Historical Film

by Kim Nelson

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Subject: Theory

Art and Entertainment:A Philosophical Exploration

Art and Entertainment (2024)

A Philosophical Exploration

by Andy Hamilton

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Spaces:Exploring Spatial Experiences of Representation and Reception in Screen Media

Spaces (2024)

Exploring Spatial Experiences of Representation and Reception in Screen Media

Dir. Ian Christie

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Theory

Ambiguous Cinema:From Simone de Beauvoir to Feminist Film-Phenomenology

Ambiguous Cinema (2024)

From Simone de Beauvoir to Feminist Film-Phenomenology

by Kelli Fuery

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Sociology

The Synergy of Music and Image in Audiovisual Culture:Half-Heard Sounds and Peripheral Visions

The Synergy of Music and Image in Audiovisual Culture (2023)

Half-Heard Sounds and Peripheral Visions

by K.J. Donnelly

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Technique > Music

Uncanny Cinema:Agonies of the Viewing Experience

Uncanny Cinema (2023)

Agonies of the Viewing Experience

by Murray Pomerance

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Between Images:Montage and the Problem of Relation

Between Images (2023)

Montage and the Problem of Relation

by Ryan Conrath

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Technique > Editing

Listening Deafly and the Rhetoric of Sound:Voice, Silence, and Listening in Hollywood Films

Listening Deafly and the Rhetoric of Sound (2023)

Voice, Silence, and Listening in Hollywood Films

by Sarah Mayberry Scott

Publisher: Lexington Books

Subject: Technique > Sound

Ecological Film Theory and Psychoanalysis:Surviving the Environmental Apocalypse in Cinema

Ecological Film Theory and Psychoanalysis (2023)

Surviving the Environmental Apocalypse in Cinema

by Robert Geal

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Chaoid Cinema:Deleuze & Guattari and the Topological Vector of Silence

Chaoid Cinema (2023)

Deleuze & Guattari and the Topological Vector of Silence

by Colin Gardner

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Moving Form of Film:Historicising the Medium through Other Media

The Moving Form of Film (2023)

Historicising the Medium through Other Media

Dir. Lúcia Nagib and Stefan Solomon

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Constructions of the Real:Intersections of Documentary-based Film Practice and Theory

Constructions of the Real (2023)

Intersections of Documentary-based Film Practice and Theory

Dir. Christine Rogers, Kim Munro and Liz Burke

Publisher: Intellect Books

Subject: Genre > Documentary

Dreams and Atrocity:The Oneiric in Representations of Trauma

Dreams and Atrocity (2023)

The Oneiric in Representations of Trauma

Dir. Emily-Rose Baker and Diane Otosaka

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Subject: Theory

The Practical Critic:André Bazin on Film, 1945-1958

The Practical Critic (2023)

André Bazin on Film, 1945-1958

by James R. Russo

Publisher: Academica Press

Subject: Theory

Endless Intervals:Cinema, Psychology, and Semiotechnics Around 1900

Endless Intervals (2022)

Cinema, Psychology, and Semiotechnics Around 1900

by Jeffrey West Kirkwood

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema Studies:The Key Concepts

Cinema Studies (2022)

The Key Concepts

by Susan Hayward

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

New Philosophies of Film:An Introduction to Cinema as a Way of Thinking

New Philosophies of Film (2022)

An Introduction to Cinema as a Way of Thinking

by Robert Sinnerbrink

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Video Theories:A Transdisciplinary Reader

Video Theories (2022)

A Transdisciplinary Reader

Dir. Dieter Daniels and Jan Thoben

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Fredric Jameson and Film Theory:Marxism, Allegory, and Geopolitics in World Cinema

Fredric Jameson and Film Theory (2022)

Marxism, Allegory, and Geopolitics in World Cinema

Dir. Keith B. Wagner, Jeremi Szaniawski and Michael Cramer

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Subject: Theory

The Real of Reality:The Realist Turn in Contemporary Film Theory

The Real of Reality (2021)

The Realist Turn in Contemporary Film Theory

Dir. Christine Reeh-Peters, Stefan W. Schmidt and Peter Weibel

Publisher: Brill

Subject: Theory

Emotions, Ethics, and Cinematic Experience:New Phenomenological and Cognitivist Perspectives

Emotions, Ethics, and Cinematic Experience (2021)

New Phenomenological and Cognitivist Perspectives

Dir. Robert Sinnerbrink

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Subject: Sociology

The Rhythm of Images:Cinema Beyond Measure

The Rhythm of Images (2021)

Cinema Beyond Measure

by Domietta Torlasco

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

The Stuff of Spectatorship:Material Cultures of Film and Television

The Stuff of Spectatorship (2021)

Material Cultures of Film and Television

by Caetlin Benson-Allott

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

Deep Mediations:Thinking Space in Cinema and Digital Cultures

Deep Mediations (2021)

Thinking Space in Cinema and Digital Cultures

Dir. Karen Redrobe and Jeff Scheible

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Organic Cinema:Film, Architecture, and the Work of Béla Tarr

Organic Cinema (2021)

Film, Architecture, and the Work of Béla Tarr

by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Subject: Director > Béla Tarr

Cinematic Realism:Lukács, Kracauer and Theories of the Filmic Real

Cinematic Realism (2020)

Lukács, Kracauer and Theories of the Filmic Real

by Ian Aitken

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

New Takes on Film and Imagination:Paragraph, Volume 43, Issue 3

New Takes on Film and Imagination (2020)

Paragraph, Volume 43, Issue 3

Dir. Sarah Cooper

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Film Cheat:Screen Artifice and Viewing Pleasure

The Film Cheat (2020)

Screen Artifice and Viewing Pleasure

by Murray Pomerance

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Theory

Screening Characters:Theories of Character in Film, Television, and Interactive Media

Screening Characters (2020)

Theories of Character in Film, Television, and Interactive Media

Dir. Johannes Riis and Aaron Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: On Films > Characters

Isn't that Clever:A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy

Isn't that Clever (2020)

A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy

by Steven Gimbel

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor

Dialectics without Synthesis:Japanese Film Theory and Realism in a Global Frame

Dialectics without Synthesis (2020)

Japanese Film Theory and Realism in a Global Frame

by Naoki Yamamoto

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

Gesture and Film:Signalling New Critical Perspectives

Gesture and Film (2020)

Signalling New Critical Perspectives

Dir. Nicholas Chare and Liz Watkins

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Film, Art, and the Third Culture:A Naturalized Aesthetics of Film

Film, Art, and the Third Culture (2020)

A Naturalized Aesthetics of Film

by Murray Smith

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Expanded Cinema:Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Expanded Cinema (2020)

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

by Gene Youngblood

Publisher: Fordham University Press

Subject: Film Analysis

André Bazin's Film Theory:Art, Science, Religion

André Bazin's Film Theory (2020)

Art, Science, Religion

by Angela Dalle Vacche

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Philosophy-Screens:From Cinema to the Digital Revolution

Philosophy-Screens (2020)

From Cinema to the Digital Revolution

by Mauro Carbone

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Subject: Theory

Title Sequences as Paratexts:Narrative Anticipation and Recapitulation

Title Sequences as Paratexts (2019)

Narrative Anticipation and Recapitulation

by Michael Betancourt

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Semiotics and Title Sequences:Text-Image Composites in Motion Graphics

Semiotics and Title Sequences (2019)

Text-Image Composites in Motion Graphics

by Michael Betancourt

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Cinema Pessimism:A Political Theory of Representation and Reciprocity

Cinema Pessimism (2019)

A Political Theory of Representation and Reciprocity

by Joshua Foa Dienstag

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Sociology

Sound Design is the New Score:Theory, Aesthetics, and Erotics of the Integrated Soundtrack

Sound Design is the New Score (2019)

Theory, Aesthetics, and Erotics of the Integrated Soundtrack

by Danijela Kulezic-Wilson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Technique > Sound

Performing Ethics Through Film Style:Levinas with the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader

Performing Ethics Through Film Style (2019)

Levinas with the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader

by Edward Lamberti

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Structures of the Film Experience by Jean-Pierre Meunier:Historical Assessments and Phenomenological Expansions

The Structures of the Film Experience by Jean-Pierre Meunier (2019)

Historical Assessments and Phenomenological Expansions

Dir. Julian Hanich and Daniel Fairfax

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Film Analysis

The Eloquent Screen:A Rhetoric of Film

The Eloquent Screen (2019)

A Rhetoric of Film

by Gilberto Perez

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Static in the System:Noise and the Soundscape of American Cinema Culture

Static in the System (2019)

Noise and the Soundscape of American Cinema Culture

by Meredith C. Ward

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Technique > Sound

Metafilm:Materialist Rhetoric and Reflexive Cinema

Metafilm (2018)

Materialist Rhetoric and Reflexive Cinema

by Christopher Carter

Publisher: Ohio State University Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema Between Media:An Intermediality Approach

Cinema Between Media (2018)

An Intermediality Approach

by Jørgen Bruhn and Anne Gjelsvik

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: General

Technology and Film Scholarship:Experience, Study, Theory

Technology and Film Scholarship (2018)

Experience, Study, Theory

Dir. Santiago Hidalgo

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Theory

Raymond Bellour:Cinema and the Moving Image

Raymond Bellour (2018)

Cinema and the Moving Image

by Hilary Radner and Alistair Fox

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Between Film, Video, and the Digital:Hybrid Moving Images in the Post-Media Age

Between Film, Video, and the Digital (2018)

Hybrid Moving Images in the Post-Media Age

by Jihoon Kim

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Subject: Genre > Experimental

The Screenwriters Taxonomy:A Roadmap to Collaborative Storytelling

The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017)

A Roadmap to Collaborative Storytelling

by Eric Williams

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Acinemas:Lyotard's Philosophy of Film

Acinemas (2017)

Lyotard's Philosophy of Film

Dir. Graham Jones and Ashley Woodward

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Speaking in Subtitles:Revaluing Screen Translation

Speaking in Subtitles (2017)

Revaluing Screen Translation

by Tessa Dwyer

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Bodies in Suspense:Time and Affect in Cinema

Bodies in Suspense (2017)

Time and Affect in Cinema

by Alanna Thain

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Locating the Voice in Film:Critical Approaches and Global Practices

Locating the Voice in Film (2017)

Critical Approaches and Global Practices

Dir. Tom Whittaker and Sarah Wright

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination:Animation, Storytelling, and Digital Culture

Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination (2017)

Animation, Storytelling, and Digital Culture

by Eric Herhuth

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Studio > Pixar

The Philosophy of Documentary Film:Image, Sound, Fiction, Truth

The Philosophy of Documentary Film (2016)

Image, Sound, Fiction, Truth

Dir. David LaRocca

Publisher: Lexington Books

Subject: Genre > Documentary

Politics, Theory, and Film:Critical Encounters with Lars von Trier

Politics, Theory, and Film (2016)

Critical Encounters with Lars von Trier

Dir. Bonnie Honig and Lori J. Marso

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Deleuze's Cinema Books:Three Introductions to the Taxonomy of Images

Deleuze's Cinema Books (2016)

Three Introductions to the Taxonomy of Images

by David Deamer

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Projections of Memory:Romanticism, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of Film

Projections of Memory (2016)

Romanticism, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of Film

by Richard I. Suchenski

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Melodrama:An Aesthetics of Impossibility

Melodrama (2016)

An Aesthetics of Impossibility

by Jonathan Goldberg

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Genre > Drama

The Major Realist Film Theorists:A Critical Anthology

The Major Realist Film Theorists (2016)

A Critical Anthology

Dir. Ian Aitken

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Documentary Film Reader:History, Theory, Criticism

The Documentary Film Reader (2016)

History, Theory, Criticism

Dir. Jonathan Kahana

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Genre > Documentary

Beyond Spatial Montage:Windowing, or the Cinematic Displacement of Time, Motion, and Space

Beyond Spatial Montage (2016)

Windowing, or the Cinematic Displacement of Time, Motion, and Space

by Michael Betancourt

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Technique > Editing

The Promise of Cinema:German Film Theory, 1907–1933

The Promise of Cinema (2016)

German Film Theory, 1907–1933

Dir. Anton Kaes, Nicholas Baer and Michael Cowan

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

The Self and its Shadows:A Book of Essays on Individuality as Negation in Philosophy and the Arts

The Self and its Shadows (2016)

A Book of Essays on Individuality as Negation in Philosophy and the Arts

by Stephen Mulhall

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Thinking in the Dark:Cinema, Theory, Practice

Thinking in the Dark (2015)

Cinema, Theory, Practice

Dir. Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Subject: Theory

All Thoughts Are Equal:Laruelle and Nonhuman Philosophy

All Thoughts Are Equal (2015)

Laruelle and Nonhuman Philosophy

by John Ó Maoilearca

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Genre > Documentary

Special Affects:Cinema, Animation and the Translation of Consumer Culture

Special Affects (2014)

Cinema, Animation and the Translation of Consumer Culture

by Eric Jenkins

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Between the Eye and the World:The Emergence of the Point-View Shot

Between the Eye and the World (2014)

The Emergence of the Point-View Shot

by Elena Dagrada

Publisher: Peter Lang

Subject: Theory

Occult Aesthetics:Synchronization in Sound Film

Occult Aesthetics (2014)

Synchronization in Sound Film

by K.J. Donnelly

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Technique > Sound

The Besieged Ego:Doppelgangers and Split Identity Onscreen

The Besieged Ego (2013)

Doppelgangers and Split Identity Onscreen

by Caroline Ruddell

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Music and Levels of Narration in Film:Steps across the Border

Music and Levels of Narration in Film (2013)

Steps across the Border

by Guido Heldt

Publisher: Intellect Books

Subject: Technique > Music

Seeing Fictions in Film:The Epistemology of Movies

Seeing Fictions in Film (2013)

The Epistemology of Movies

by George M. Wilson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Untimely Affects:Gilles Deleuze and an Ethics of Cinema

Untimely Affects (2013)

Gilles Deleuze and an Ethics of Cinema

by Nadine Boljkovac

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Utopia of Film:Cinema and Its Futures in Godard, Kluge, and Tahimik

The Utopia of Film (2013)

Cinema and Its Futures in Godard, Kluge, and Tahimik

by Christopher Pavsek

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: Theory

Body Double:The Author Incarnate in the Cinema

Body Double (2013)

The Author Incarnate in the Cinema

by Lucy Fischer

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Subject: Theory

Acting and Performance in Moving Image Culture:Bodies, Screens, Renderings. With a Foreword by Lesley Stern

Acting and Performance in Moving Image Culture (2012)

Bodies, Screens, Renderings. With a Foreword by Lesley Stern

Dir. Jörg Sternagel, Deborah Levitt and Dieter Mersch

Publisher: transcript publishing

Subject: Technique > Acting

Polanski and Perception:The Psychology of Seeing and the Cinema of Roman Polanski

Polanski and Perception (2012)

The Psychology of Seeing and the Cinema of Roman Polanski

by Davide Caputo

Publisher: Intellect Books

Subject: Director > Roman Polanski

Breaking the Fourth Wall:Direct Address in the Cinema

Breaking the Fourth Wall (2012)

Direct Address in the Cinema

by Tom Brown

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema, Philosophy, Bergman:On Film as Philosophy

Cinema, Philosophy, Bergman (2012)

On Film as Philosophy

by Paisley Livingston

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Culture in the Anteroom:The Legacies of Siegfried Kracauer

Culture in the Anteroom (2012)

The Legacies of Siegfried Kracauer

Dir. Gerd Gemünden and Johannes von Moltke

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Subject: Theory

When Stories Travel:Cross-Cultural Encounters Between Fiction and Film

When Stories Travel (2012)

Cross-Cultural Encounters Between Fiction and Film

by Cristina Della Coletta

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject: Technique > Adaptation

Film Theory:Rational Reconstructions

Film Theory (2012)

Rational Reconstructions

by Warren Buckland

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Eye for Music:Popular Music and the Audiovisual Surreal

Eye for Music (2011)

Popular Music and the Audiovisual Surreal

by John Richardson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Technique > Music

Taking Place:Location and the Moving Image

Taking Place (2011)

Location and the Moving Image

Dir. John David Rhodes and Elena Gorfinkel

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Béla Balázs:Early Film Theory: Visible Man and The Spirit of Film

Béla Balázs (2011)

Early Film Theory: Visible Man and The Spirit of Film

by Béla Balázs and Erica Carter

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Subject: Theory

Seeing Things:From Shakespeare to Pixar

Seeing Things (2011)

From Shakespeare to Pixar

by Alan Ackerman

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Subject: Theory

Jung and Film II:The Return: Further Post-Jungian Takes on the Moving Image

Jung and Film II (2011)

The Return: Further Post-Jungian Takes on the Moving Image

Dir. Christopher Hauke and Luke Hockley

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Film Analysis

Framing Pictures:Film and the Visual Arts

Framing Pictures (2011)

Film and the Visual Arts

by Steven Jacobs

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

Opening Bazin:Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife

Opening Bazin (2011)

Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife

Dir. Dudley Andrew and Herve Joubert-Laurencin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Out of Time:Desire in Atemporal Cinema

Out of Time (2011)

Desire in Atemporal Cinema

by Todd McGowan

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Dancefilm:Choreography and the Moving Image

Dancefilm (2011)

Choreography and the Moving Image

by Erin Brannigan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Genre > Musicals

Cinema Beyond Film:Media Epistemology in the Modern Era

Cinema Beyond Film (2010)

Media Epistemology in the Modern Era

Dir. François Albera and Maria Tortajada

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Silent Cinema

The Film Theory Reader:Debates and Arguments

The Film Theory Reader (2010)

Debates and Arguments

Dir. Marc Furstenau

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Memory and the Moving Image:French Film in the Digital Era

Memory and the Moving Image (2010)

French Film in the Digital Era

by Isabelle McNeill

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Subject: Theory

The Anime Machine:A Media Theory of Animation

The Anime Machine (2009)

A Media Theory of Animation

by Thomas Lamarre

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Adapting Philosophy:Jean Baudrillard and *The Matrix Trilogy*

Adapting Philosophy (2009)

Jean Baudrillard and *The Matrix Trilogy*

by Catherine Constable

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Subject: One Film > The Matrix

Refractions of Reality:Philosophy and the Moving Image

Refractions of Reality (2008)

Philosophy and the Moving Image

by John Mullarkey

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Subject: Theory

Visconti:Insights into Flesh and Blood

Visconti (2008)

Insights into Flesh and Blood

by Alexander García Düttmann

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Subject: Director > Luchino Visconti

Still Moving:Between Cinema and Photography

Still Moving (2008)

Between Cinema and Photography

Dir. Karen Redrobe and Jean Ma

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Theory

Framed Time:Toward a Postfilmic Cinema

Framed Time (2008)

Toward a Postfilmic Cinema

by Garrett Stewart

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Subject: Theory

Doubting Vision:Film and the Revelationist Tradition

Doubting Vision (2008)

Film and the Revelationist Tradition

by Malcolm Turvey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Film Analysis

Eye of the Century:Film, Experience, Modernity

Eye of the Century (2008)

Film, Experience, Modernity

by Francesco Casetti

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: History of Cinema

Documentary Time:Film and Phenomenology

Documentary Time (2008)

Film and Phenomenology

by Malin Wahlberg

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Cinema Babel:Translating Global Cinema

Cinema Babel (2007)

Translating Global Cinema

by Abe Mark Nornes

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Looking Past the Screen:Case Studies in American Film History and Method

Looking Past the Screen (2007)

Case Studies in American Film History and Method

Dir. Jon Lewis and Eric Smoodin

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Countries > United States

The Terministic Screen:Rhetorical Perspectives on Film

The Terministic Screen (2007)

Rhetorical Perspectives on Film

by David Blakesley

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press

Subject: Theory

Film Hieroglyphs:Ruptures in Classical Cinema

Film Hieroglyphs (2006)

Ruptures in Classical Cinema

by Tom Conley

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

Realist Film Theory and Cinema:The Nineteenth-Century Lukácsian and Intuitionist Realist Traditions

Realist Film Theory and Cinema (2006)

The Nineteenth-Century Lukácsian and Intuitionist Realist Traditions

by Ian Aitken

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Subject: Theory

Screen Methods:Comparative Readings in Film Studies

Screen Methods (2006)

Comparative Readings in Film Studies

Dir. Jacqueline Furby and Karen Randell

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Subject: Film Analysis

Cinema And Semiotic:Peirce And Film Aesthetics, Narration, And Representation

Cinema And Semiotic (2005)

Peirce And Film Aesthetics, Narration, And Representation

by Johannes Ehrat

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Subject: Film Analysis

Cinema's Conversion to Sound:Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.

Cinema's Conversion to Sound (2005)

Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.

by Charles O’Brien

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject: History of Cinema

Narrated Films:Storytelling Situations in Cinema History

Narrated Films (2004)

Storytelling Situations in Cinema History

by Avrom Fleishman

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject: Theory

The Face on the Screen:Death, Recognition & Spectatorship

The Face on the Screen (2003)

Death, Recognition & Spectatorship

by Therese Davis

Publisher: Intellect Books

Subject: Theory

Rites of Realism:Essays on Corporeal Cinema

Rites of Realism (2003)

Essays on Corporeal Cinema

Dir. Ivone Margulies

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Theory

Change Mummified:Cinema, Historicity, Theory

Change Mummified (2001)

Cinema, Historicity, Theory

by Philip Rosen

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Subject: Theory

European Film Theory and Cinema:A Critical Introduction

European Film Theory and Cinema (2001)

A Critical Introduction

by Ian Aitken

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Subject: Countries > Europe

Jung and Film:Post-Jungian Takes on the Moving Image

Jung and Film (2001)

Post-Jungian Takes on the Moving Image

Dir. Christopher Hauke and Ian Alister

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Film Analysis

European Film Theory and Cinema:A Critical Introduction

European Film Theory and Cinema (2001)

A Critical Introduction

by Ian Aitken

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
(previous edition)

Subject: Countries > Europe

Endless Night:Cinema and Psychoanalysis, Parallel Histories

Endless Night (1999)

Cinema and Psychoanalysis, Parallel Histories

Dir. Janet Bergstrom

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

The Reality of Illusion:An Ecological Approach to Cognitive Film Theory

The Reality of Illusion (1998)

An Ecological Approach to Cognitive Film Theory

by Joseph D. Anderson

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press

Subject: Theory

Fields of Vision:Essays in Film Studies, Visual Anthropology, and Photography

Fields of Vision (1995)

Essays in Film Studies, Visual Anthropology, and Photography

by Leslie Devereaux and Roger Hillman

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Theory

The Crisis of Political Modernism:Criticism and Ideology in Contemporary Film Criticism

The Crisis of Political Modernism (1995)

Criticism and Ideology in Contemporary Film Criticism

by D. N. Rodowick

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: Film Analysis

Mists of Regret:Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film

Mists of Regret (1995)

Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film

by Dudley Andrew

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Countries > France

Terminal identity:the virtual subject in postmodern science fiction

Terminal identity (1993)

the virtual subject in postmodern science fiction

by Scott Bukatman

Publisher: Duke University Press

Subject: Genre > Science Fiction

Reflexivity in Film and Culture:From Don Quixote to Jean-Luc Godard

Reflexivity in Film and Culture (1992)

From Don Quixote to Jean-Luc Godard

by Robert Stam

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: Theory

Beyond the Stars 2:Plot Conventions in American Popular Film

Beyond the Stars 2 (1991)

Plot Conventions in American Popular Film

Dir. Paul Loukides and Linda K. Fuller

Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press

Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting

Film Language:A Semiotics of the Cinema

Film Language (1990)

A Semiotics of the Cinema

by Christian Metz

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Subject: Theory

Early Cinema:Space, Frame, Narrative

Early Cinema (1990)

Space, Frame, Narrative

Dir. Thomas Elsaesser

Publisher: BFI Publishing

Subject: Silent Cinema

•  Interviews (2 books)(0 book)

Conversations with Christian Metz:Selected Interviews on Film Theory

Conversations with Christian Metz (2017)

Selected Interviews on Film Theory

Dir. Warren Buckland and Daniel Fairfax

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Subject: Theory

•  Didactic (17 books)(0 book)

Film Art:An Introduction

Film Art (2023)

An Introduction

by David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson and Jeff Smith

Publisher: McGraw Hill

Subject: Theory

Film Theory:The Basics

Film Theory (2022)

The Basics

by Kevin McDonald

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Theory

Film Studies:An Introduction

Film Studies (2020)

An Introduction

by Ed Sikov

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Subject: Technique > All techniques

Sound Design Theory and Practice:Working with Sound

Sound Design Theory and Practice (2019)

Working with Sound

by Leo Murray

Publisher: Routledge

Subject: Technique > Sound

Critical Cinema:Beyond the Theory of Practice

Critical Cinema (2012)

Beyond the Theory of Practice

Dir. Clive Myer

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Subject: Film Analysis

Film:A Very Short Introduction

Film (2012)

A Very Short Introduction

by Michael Wood

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Subject: Theory

Film and Philosophy:Taking Movies Seriously

Film and Philosophy (2008)

Taking Movies Seriously

by Daniel C. Shaw

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Subject: Theory

•  Filmmakers' writings (6 books)(0 book)

•  Writings (2 books)(0 book)

V. F. Perkins on Movies:Collected Shorter Film Criticism

V. F. Perkins on Movies (2020)

Collected Shorter Film Criticism

Dir. V. F. Perkins and Douglas Pye

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Subject: Theory


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