Bøger i Film and Media Studies serien

This book explores contemporary German and Austrian cinema  and the trend away from "cinema of consensus" toward a more heterogeneous and critical cinema culture.  Functioning both as a product and as an agent of globalizing processes, this new cinema mediates and influences important political and social debates.

Examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy, emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse. Focusing on debates and films exhibited at Russian and US public festivals where the films have premiered, the volume's contributors examine issues in Russia's transition.

The most extensive study of the life and corpus of any Russian or Soviet filmmaker, this book reinserts Dziga Vertov's films into the complex epoch in which he worked, the theoretical debates in which he participated, and the reception his writings and films have generated.

Showcases the accomplishments and triumphs of women in Russian animation and reveals their past contributions to not only animation, but also world cinema. Through archival research, historical analysis, and close readings of animated films this book recuperates the often-overlooked contributions women made to Russian animation.

Provides an introduction to significant Russian films released between 2005 and 2016 that are also available with English subtitles. The twenty-one essays on individual films provide background information on directors' careers, detailed analyses of selected films, along with suggested further readings both in English and Russian.