The Language and Style of Film Criticism
The Language and Style of Film Criticism

TheLanguageandStyleofFilmCriticismbringstogetheroriginalessaysfromaninternationalrangeofacademicsandfilmcriticshighlightingtheachievements,complexitiesandpotentialoffilmcri

A Companion to Film Theory (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies)
A Companion to Film Theory (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies)

Thisvolumeofspeciallycommissionedworkbyexpertsinthefieldoffilmstudiesprovidesacomprehensiveoverviewofthefield.Itsinternationalandinterdisciplinaryapproachwillhaveabroadap

Hong Sangsoo - Korean Film Directors
Hong Sangsoo - Korean Film Directors

WhenHONGSangsoo'sdebutwork,"TheDayaPigFellintotheWell,"wasreleasedinMay1996,thenation'sfilmcriticswerethrownintoshock.Thecinematiclanguageinthefilmwasunprecedentedin

Film Structure and the Emotion System
Film Structure and the Emotion System

Filmsevokebroadmoodsandcueparticularemotionsthatcanbebroadlysharedaswellasindividuallyexperienced.Althoughtheexperienceofemotioniscentraltotheviewingofmovies,filmstudies

The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968
The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968

TheMasterMagicianAfantasticvoyagethroughWaltDisney’sanimationworks“It’skindoffuntodotheimpossible.”–WaltDisneyOneofthemostcreativemindsofthe20thcentury,Walt

Walter Benjamin and the Aesthetics of Film
Walter Benjamin and the Aesthetics of Film

WalterBenjaministodayregardedasoneoftheleadingthinkersofthetwentiethcentury.Oftencapturedinpensivepose,hisimageisnowthatofaseriousintellectual.ButBenjaminwasalsoafan

Film As a Subversive Art
Film As a Subversive Art

Aclassicreturns.TheoriginaleditionofAmosVogel'sseminalbook,FilmasaSubversiveArtwasfirstpublishedin1974,andhasbeenoutofprintsince1987.AccordingtoVogel--founderofCinema

Stanley Cavell and Film
Stanley Cavell and Film

“Filmismadeforphilosophy,”assertedStanleyCavell.Inadditiontohisworkonscepticism,morality,andtheintentionsandmeaningsofordinarylanguage,theAmericanphilosopherwrotefascinatin

Reflexivity in Film and Literature
Reflexivity in Film and Literature

Reflexivityreferstothosemomentsinfictionandfilmwhentheworksuddenlycallsattentiontoitselfasafictionalconstruct.Forexample,inliteratureacharactermightsuddenlystepoutofthe

The Philosophy of Film Noir
The Philosophy of Film Noir

FromTheMalteseFalcon(1941)toTouchofEvil(1958),theclassicfilmnoiriseasilyrecognizableforitsunusuallighting,sinisterplots,andfeelingofparanoia.Forcriticsandfansalike,thes