This book offers a lucid introduction to the exciting developments and contentious debates within the philosophy of film. Mapping out the conceptual terrain, it examines both analytic and continental approaches to cinema and puts forward a pluralist film philosophy, grounded in practical examples. Now thoroughly updated to showcase the most recent developments in the field, this 2nd edition features new chapters on phenomenology, cinematic ethics, documentary film and television as philosophy, contemporary case studies including Roma, Melancholia and the Netflix series Black Mirror, and an updated bibliography, filmography and reading lists.

List of Figures
Preface: Philosophical Film Theory Today
Introduction: Why Did Philosophy Go to the Movies?
Part I: The Analytic-Cognitivist Turn
1. The Empire Strikes Back: Critiques of 'Grand Theory'
2. The Rules of the Game: New Ontologies of Film
3. Adaptation: Philosophical Approaches to Narrative
Part II: From Cognitivism to Phenomenology to Film-Philosophy
4. A.I: Cognitivism Goes to the Movies
5. Body Double: Adventures in Phenomenology
6. Bande à part: Deleuze's Cine-Philosophy
7. Now, Voyager: Cavell as Film-Philosopher
8. Scenes from a Marriage: The "Film as Philosophy"
9. What is Cinematic Ethics?: Cuáron's Roma (2018) as Case Study
Part III: Cinematic Thinking
10. Photobiographies: The 'Derrida' Documentaries as Film-Philosophy
11. Planet Melancholia (2011): Romanticism, Mood, and Cinematic Ethics
12. Television as Philosophy: Reflections on Black Mirror
Conclusion: A Dialogue on the Future of Film-Philosophy
Notes
Appendix: Further Reading, Online Resources, Websites
Bibliography
Filmography
Index

Robert Sinnerbrink is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Australia.