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Beyond the Land
Publication Date: August 2023
This dynamic understanding of both an Israeli and a Jewish diaspora works to envision a non-hegemonic Jewish nationalism that can negotiate both political imagination and reality.
Queer Imaginings
Publication Date: March 2023
Ultimately, Queer Imaginings is a journey in shared pleasures in which writing for and about cinema makes way for unanticipated cinematic friendships.
Our Blessed Rebel Queen
Publication Date: October 2021
Longtime fans of Carrie Fisher and her body of work will welcome this smart and thoughtful tribute to a multimedia legend.
V. F. Perkins on Movies
Publication Date: November 2020
Perkins on Movies gives unimpeded access to one of the most distinctive and distinguished of critical voices and will be widely welcomed by academics, students of film, and informed film enthusiasts.
The Films of Jess Franco
Publication Date: August 2018
The Films of Jess Franco seeks to address the scholarly neglect of this legendary cult director and to broaden the conversation around the director's work in ways that will be of interest to fans and academics alike.
The Best Laid Plans
Publication Date: December 2017
The Best Laid Plans includes an accessible group of essays that will meet the needs of students and scholars in film and media studies by offering new insights into an important and neglected area in genre criticism.
Queer Mexico
Publication Date: October 2017
The first book to come out of the Queer Screens series, Queer Mexico is a groundbreaking monograph for anyone interested in media or LGBT studies, especially as it relates to the culture of Latin America.
The Apu Trilogy
Publication Date: October 2016
Robin Wood’s The Apu Trilogy offers an excellent account of evaluative criticism that will appeal to film scholars and students alike.
Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema
Publication Date: January 2014
Scholars of cinema and media studies as well as Middle Eastern cultural history will appreciate this introduction to a complex and fascinating cinema.
Documenting the Documentary
Publication Date: December 2013
Documenting the Documentary offers clear, serious, and insightful analyses of documentary films, and is a welcome balance between theory and criticism, abstract conceptualization and concrete analysis.
Montgomery Clift, Queer Star
Publication Date: December 2013
Scholars of gender and film, performance studies, queer and sexuality studies, and masculinity studies will appreciate this compelling study.
Buffoon Men
Publication Date: October 2013
Fans and scholars of film history, gender studies, and broadcast studies will appreciate Balcerzak's thorough exploration of the era's fascinating gender constructs.
The Time of Our Lives
Publication Date: March 2013
Fans of the movie and students and scholars of cultural, performance, and film history will appreciate the insight in The Time of Our Lives.
Ingmar Bergman
Publication Date: December 2012
Film scholars and fans of Bergman's work will enjoy this updated volume.
The Films of Joseph H. Lewis
Publication Date: September 2012
Scholars of film and television studies and fans of Lewis's work will appreciate this comprehensive collection.
Film and Risk
Publication Date: March 2012
Scholars of film studies will appreciate this daring and inventive collection, and readers with a general interest in film studies will enjoy its accessible style.
Shadows of Doubt
Publication Date: November 2010
Scholars of film and television studies as well as readers interested in gender studies will appreciate Shadows of Doubt.
Hollywood Goes Oriental
Publication Date: August 2010
Students, scholars of film, and anyone interested in Asian and cultural studies will appreciate this insightful study.
Cinema at the Periphery
Publication Date: March 2010
In the present era of globalization, this timely examination of the periphery will interest teachers and students of film and media studies.
Crowds, Power, and Transformation in Cinema
Publication Date: January 2006
Film theorists, critics, and historians will value this fresh and intriguing approach to film classics, which has much to say about cinema itself and its unique relationship to mass audiences.
A House Made of Light
Publication Date: September 2001
As film study marks a return to art-centered criticism, A House Made of Light breaks new ground in its assessment of the creation—and enjoyment—of movies.
Reading Cavell's the World Viewed
Publication Date: November 2000
Reading Cavell's The World Viewed will prove invaluable to scholars and students of film and philosophy, and to those in other fields, such as literary studies and American studies, who have found Cavell's work provocative an fruitful.
Cinemas of the Black Diaspora
Publication Date: January 1996
While celebrating the diversity, innovativeness, and fecundity of film-making in different regions of the world, this important collection explicates the historical importance of film-making as a cultural form and political practice.
Cinema and History
Publication Date: July 1988
In developing his arguments, he provides some dozen models, each focusing on a single film or set of films.
