Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts is essential reading for anyone interested in film. Providing accessible coverage of a comprehensive range of genres, movements, theories and production terms, this is a must-have guide to a fascinating area of study and arguably the greatest art form of modern times.

Now fully revised and updated for its fifth edition, the book includes entries on topics such as:

• Acting
• Audience
• CGI
• Convergence
• Cult cinema
• Digitisation and globalization
• Distribution
• Experimental film
• Transnational cinema
• World cinemas