This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film.
This new edition includes:
- an expanded examination of digital filmmaking and distribution in the age of streaming;
- attention to superhero films throughout; a significantly longer chapter on global cinema with new or enlarged sections on a variety of national cinemas (including cinema from Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Korea, Japan, India, Belgium, and Iran);
- new or expanded discussions of directors, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Oscar Micheaux, Agnès Varda, Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Jafar Panahi, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Penny Lane;
- and new, in-depth explorations of films, including Within Our Gates (1919), Black Girl (1966), Creed (2015), Moonlight (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Parasite (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), RRR (2022), and Tár (2022).
This textbook is an invaluable and exciting resource for students beginning film studies at undergraduate level.
Additional resources for students and teachers can be found on the eResource, which includes case studies, discussion questions, and links to useful websites.