Film History

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.

Considers the history of the American blockbuster—the large-scale, high-cost film—as it evolved from the 1890s to today.

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.

A feminist analysis of the "cinema of uncertainty" through an examination of the crime serials of Louis Feuillade and the work of actress Musidora.

A series of in-depth examinations of the motion picture many consider to be Hollywood’s finest western film.