French Language & Literature: French Films in Maag Library

This study is a major contribution to postcolonial research. Race, gender, and geography are central themes throughout this book that presents innovative material that contributes to the history of French cinema and emphasizes how cinema participates in and is a part of national culture.

Critical studies in the history of French cinema

Viewing cross-cultural differences through the lens of cinema.

Incorporating a unique historical overview of the remake with analysis of the transformation process, Encore Hollywood provides a lucid analysis of a controversial topic.

Through an analysis of films as diverse as Jean de Florette, Ma Vie en rose and Nikita, this collection of essays is a comprehensive introduction to the concerns and styles that characterise contemporary popular French film. Set within economic, political and social context, France on Film reconsiders the direction French cinema is taking today, bringing into focus critical questions concerning wide-ranging notions of French culture, identity and nationhood. Examining questions of popular cinema as opposed to art cinema, this book also seeks to (re)present films that have been widely popular in France and internationally and to thus challenge the traditional art-house view of contemporary French cinema.

Phil Powrie's exciting new study of French Cinema in the 1980s focuses on the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia. The book is divided into sections on the retro-nostalgic film, the polar, or police thriller, and the comic film. Each section begins with a brief preface which highlights the major issues for the genre during the 1980s.

Presents an exploration of the impact of three French women filmmakers: Germaine Dulac, Marie Epstein, and Agnes Varda.