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Film Criticism: Books

Books on film criticism owned by the Penn State Libraries can be found by searching The CAT.

Hint: the Library of Congress subject heading for film criticism is criticism and interpretation.

Example: using the terms Hitchcock and criticism and interpretation (or simply, criticism) will result in a list of titles that focus on the criticism and interpretation of Alfred Hitchcock films.

A more extensive tutorial about searching the CAT is available from the Libraries' Instructional Programs site.

Two book series:

The British Film Institute (BFI) publishes two book series which analyse films:

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