David Bordwell’s new book is at once a history of film criticism, an analysis of how critics i...

Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the "e;historical poetics o...

Acclaimed for its breakthrough approach and its combination of theoretical analysis and empirical...

Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the "e;historical poetics o...

'A dense, challenging and important book.' Philip French Observer'At the very least, this blockbu...

For nearly half a century, Roger Ebert's wide knowledge, keen judgment, prodigious energy, and sh...

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell, Kri...

This new edition of Film History has been revised to include recent films, new examples, and upda...

'A dense, challenging and important book.' Philip French Observer'At the very least, this blockbu...

In the 1940s, American movies changed. Flashbacks began to be used in outrageous, unpredictable w...

David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson are two of America's preeminent film scholars. You would be h...

Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since...