History & Criticism

Report copyright infringementby Roger Luckhurst (Author)A richly illustrated history of the Gothic across a wide range of media, including architecture, literature, and film The word...

Report copyright infringementby Brian Barry (Author)Dive into the fascinating world of movie merchandise with Brian Barry's engaging ex-ploration of how films have inspired toys, collectibles,...

Report copyright infringementby Brian Barry (Author)Dive into the fascinating world of movie merchandise with Brian Barry's engaging ex-ploration of how films have inspired toys, collectibles,...

Report copyright infringementby Richard Roat (Author)52 years ago, Richard Roat started his hobby of collecting movie material on the Dead End Kids and Bowery Boys....

Report copyright infringementby Eric Colleary (Author)Harry Houdini (1874-1926) was not only a great magician but a great collector. Every corner of his townhouse at 278...

Report copyright infringementby Margaret B. Goscilo Helena Goscilo (Author), Andrei Andreev (Translator)Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russians have confronted a major...

Report copyright infringementby Lilia Kaganovsky (Author), Natalia Ryabchikova (Translator)Author BiographyLilya Kaganovsky is Professor of Slavic, Comparative Literature, and Media & Cinema Studies, at the University...

Report copyright infringementby Alexander Prokhorov (Editor), Elena Prokhorova (Editor), Rimgaila Salys (Editor)Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition examines contemporary Russian television genres in...

Report copyright infringementby Nancy Condee (Editor), Alexander Prokhorov (Editor), Elena Prokhorova (Editor)Cinemasaurus examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy, emerging over three decades...

Report copyright infringementby Eleanor Rees (Author), Birgit Beumers (Editor), Lilya Kaganovsky (Editor)This book highlights the significant role that production artists played when Russian cinema was...

Report copyright infringementby Terence McSweeney (Author)Beyond the Frame: The Films and Film Theory of Andrei Tarkovsky is a vibrant and critically informed exploration of one...

Report copyright infringementby Danny Boy O'Connor (Author), Jimmie Tramel (Author)The definitive oral history of the 1967 novel for teens, turned blockbuster film turned Tony-winning musical,...

Report copyright infringementby John Malahy (Author)Take a trip back to your favorite video store with this in-depth journey through the highs and lows of '​80s...

Report copyright infringementby Lost in Cult (Author) Embark on a voyage through a chronological history of anime that explores both the marquee cinematic touchstones and...

Report copyright infringementby Christopher Frayling (Author)How Hollywood has portrayed the lives of artists, from Kirk Douglas' Vincent van Gogh to Salma Hayek's Frida KahloEver since...

Report copyright infringementby Peter Biskind (Author)Named one of the 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time by The Hollywood ReporterBased on long-lost recordings between Orson...

Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Egner (Author)From The New York Times's Jeremy Egner, the definitive book on Ted Lasso, returning for Season 4 in Summer 2026...

Report copyright infringementby Richard Wolinsky (Editor)In these highly-candid radio interviews, more than fifty legendary, larger-than-life personalities trade anecdotes about the Golden Age of science fiction....

Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (Author)From the New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia, the definitive story of the creation and legacy of Parks...

Report copyright infringementby Eleonora Paklons (Editor), Kristof Smeyers (Editor), Kurt Vanhoutte (Editor)The cultural and scientific significance of animal magnetism as performance.The long nineteenth century bears...

Report copyright infringementby Sam Kasule (Author)Contemporary Uganda and other East African states are connected by the experience of Idi Amin's tyranny, rapacious and murderous regime,...

Report copyright infringementby Marika Takanishi Knowles (Author)Pierrot, a theatrical stock character known by his distinctive costume of loose white tunic and trousers, is a ubiquitous...

Report copyright infringementby Alonso Duralde (Author)For generations, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood needed to be discreet about their lives but--make no mistake--they were...

Report copyright infringementby Michael Roberson (Author), Mikelle Street (Contribution by)A gorgeous, authoritative, and image-filled celebration of pageantry and community created by ballroom culture for Black...

Report copyright infringementby Cat Voleur (Author)Censorship, problematic tropes, and extreme violence-it's no wonder the queer community feels so underrepresented in horror cinema. Pansexual author Cat...

Report copyright infringementby Scott Ryan (Author), David Bushman (Author), Mädchen Amick (Featuring)David Lynch has been accused for decades of sexism and even misogyny in his...

Report copyright infringementby Ilka Kressner (Editor), Ana María Mutis (Editor), Elizabeth Marcela Pettinaroli (Editor)Reframing traditional conceptions of ecologyEcologies of Resistance brings together fourteen groundbreaking studies...

Report copyright infringementby Fredric Jameson (Author)Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson's most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of "postmodernism". Jameson's inquiry looks at the...