Since the 1927 release of Fritz Lang's pioneer film Metropolis, science fiction cinema has
largely been regarded a Western genre. In Simultaneous Worlds, Jennifer L. Feeley and …

The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film offers critical insights into SF far
beyond the more common Anglo-American narratives. Contributors take either a national or …

This book critically analyses the role of transnational interactions and cosmopolitan ideals in
the science fiction cinemas of twenty-first century. It looks at how cosmopolitan concerns …

For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the most important and
successful products of American cinema, and are worthy of study for that reason alone. On a …

Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. The science fiction genre has
produced some of the most extraordinary films ever made, yet science fiction cinema is …

Endangering Science Fiction Film explores the ways in which science fiction film is a
dangerous and endangering genre. The collection argues that science fiction's cinematic …

World Cinema: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to film
industries across the globe. From the 1980s onwards, new technologies and increased …

Much of 20th century science fiction foretold technological and social developments beyond
the year 2000. Since then, a key theme has been: what happens when the future no one …

This essay explores a body of films that has emerged relatively recently and can be loosely
grouped under the rubric of found-footage sf. They include Craig Baldwin's Tribulation 99 …

From the inception of the science fiction film, writers, directors, producers, and actors have
understood that the genre lends itself to a level of social commentary not available in other …