James Baldwin was deeply concerned with cinema and its culture, particularly its power to define and affirm dominant cultural ideologies — with all their racism,...
Spanning twenty essays and critical texts, this book delves into cinema’s aesthetic dimensions and its most influential auteurs—including Parajanov, Lopushansky, Tarkovsky, Godard, Pasolini, Makhmalbaf, Rahimi,...
This book presents a selection of interviews conducted with Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986), widely regarded as a pioneer—if not the founder—of poetic cinema. These...
This book revisits Hegel’s aesthetic theory and its critiques as a prelude to exploring the philosophy of naturalist aesthetics. The author then applies these reflections...
This book presents a cinematic monologue that explores the inner workings and mysteries of the film world—a unique realm and a universal art form built...
Structured into an introduction, nine chapters, and a conclusion, this book begins by tracing the early history of Saudi cinema, dating back to the 1930s...