BFI Film Studies

BFI Film Studies brings together a rich body of titles from BFI Publishing’s pre-eminent and foundational list of books on film history, theory, national cinemas, genres, film-makers, and stars. It includes titles published in the BFI Screen Guides, World Directors, Film Stars, BFI Silver and International Screen Industries series, as well as essential companions to film studies such as Pam Cook’s The Cinema Book.

Explore these handpicked highlights, including authoritative overviews, archivally-based cinema histories, landmark works by filmmakers and critics, analyses of film theory and more:

• Silent Cinema: Paolo Cherchi Usai provides a comprehensive introduction to the study, research and preservation of silent cinema from its heyday in the early 20th century to its present-day flourishing.
• Signs and Meaning in the Cinema: Read Peter Wollen’s discussion of auteur theory in this foundational work, the first to bring ideas from semiotics and post-structuralism to bear on film analysis.
• The Cinema Book: The ultimate guide to cinema. This edition features a wealth of in-depth case studies and exciting new sections addressing Hollywood and other World cinema histories, key genres in both fiction and non-fiction film, issues such as stars, technology and authorship, and major theoretical approaches to understanding film.
• Indian Film Stars: Offers original insights and important reappraisals of film stardom in India from the early talkie era of the 1930s to the contemporary period of global blockbusters.
• The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger: Delving into their magical and obsessive worlds, this lavishly–illustrated publication presents fresh perspectives on the filmmaking duo, shining the spotlight not only on them, but also on their circle of talented collaborators.
• The French New Wave: Critical Landmarks: An essential anthology of writings by and about the critics and filmmakers of this revolutionary cinematic movement, which has had a radical impact on film practice and the way we think and write about film.

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About BFI Publishing

The BFI’s publishing imprint features an unrivalled range of books for film enthusiasts, scholars, students and practitioners, written by leading scholars and critics of cinema history and culture.

Screen Studies offers digitised, searchable access to an acclaimed body of content from the BFI Publishing list, with two dedicated collections available for separate purchase.