Books in the New Approaches to Film Genre series

Combining historical narrative with close readings of several significant horror films, this brief volume offers a broad and lively introduction to cinematic horror. In doing so, it outlines and investigates important issues in the production, consumption, and cultural interpretation of the genre.

From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western is an original and compelling critical history of the American Western film.

Film Noir offers new perspectives on this highly popular and influential film genre, providing a useful overview of its historical evolution and the many critical debates over its stylistic elements.

A comprehensive analysis of the historical film-a popular and controversial genre that's been with us since the early days of cinema-and Hollywood's unique ability to reshape our viewpoints while it sensually recreates the past.

The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre. Providing in-depth historical and critical overviews of the genre, The Fantasy Film explores the boundaries of fantasy throughout history and the expansion of this important genre in contemporary film.