

Film Analysis offers concise analyses of fifty diverse and historically significant films--each written exclusively for the text by a leading scholar. Written with the undergraduate in mind, the essays are clear, readable, and great models for students to follow in helping them...

In these 44 critical reviews, contributors examine American and European films as artifacts of their times, as indicators of changes and innovations in ways of thinking about and approaching reality, and as influences upon each other and on the viewer. Starting with the silent...