Now in its sixth edition, this essential guide for students provides accessible definitions of a comprehensive range of genres, movements, world cinemas, theories and production terms.
Preface, how to use the book and acknowledgements
List of key concepts
THE KEY CONCEPTS
Bibliography
Index of films
Name index
Subject index
Susan Hayward is Emerita Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Exeter. Her publications include Luc Besson (1998), French National Cinema (second edition, 2005), Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign (2004), Les Diaboliques (2005), Nikita (2010), French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics (2010), Film Ecology: Defending the Biosphere - Doughnut Economics and Film Theory and Practice (2020) and Ecology Documentaries: Their Function and Value Seen Through the Lens of Doughnut Economics (2021).