Film History

Examines how uncanny films of the Weimar Republic engage with and respond to changing gender norms and women’s emancipation.

Essays on important documentary films from a wide range of critical and theoretical perspectives.

Investigates how progressivism structured many aspects of understudied era of cinema.

An expanded version of Robin Wood's influential study of Ingmar Bergman, including more recent essays on the director.

A cultural history of gay filmmaking in Israel that explores its role in the rise of gay consciousness over the past three decades.

Analyzes a diverse body of films and investigates the renaissance that has taken place in German cinema since the turn of the twenty-first century.

Illustrates the rich relationship between film history and feminist theory.

This volume addresses the influence of Italian neorealist films on world cinema well beyond the post–World War II period associated with the movement.

A noted critic brings crowd theory to Film Studies, offering a bold new analysis of the pervasive cinematic themes of transformation and power.