Film Figures develops a figural account of the memory structure of films. Employing theoretical concepts drawn from a range of sources, including French post-hu

An application of the classical figures of speech to the criticism of the motion picture. The author defines and illustrates each figure by literary analysis, t

"An important contribution to film theory. . . . Williams has a fluid, assured style. She is clearly in command of the subject. She's made a strong and original

"Dick Figures," created by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller, started as a simple web-series about two dysfunctional friends, Red and Blue, who make up for what they l

The third of five volumes of new scholarship on American movie conventions. The 19 essays explore cinematic representations of such material items as food, weap