The actions, images and stories within films can impact upon the political consciousness of viewers, enabling their audience to imagine ways of resisting the st

This book utilizes philosophical tools to build up a framework for the classification, analysis and assessment of political cinema. The author first maps the ca

Almost fifty years ago, Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni published the manifesto “Cinema/Ideology/Criticism,” helping to set the agenda for a generation

The book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. Th

The Politics of Hollywood Cinema radically transforms our understanding of cinema's potential to be politically engaging and challenging. Examining several film