Preface
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations and tables
Introduction
Part 1 Cinema as institution
Chapter 1 Early cinema
2 US cinema
3 British cinema
4 World cinemas
5 Alternative cinema
6 Production,distribution and exhibition
7 Cinema,the media and globalization
Part 2 Film as text
8 The language of film
9 Film form and narrative
10 Film technology
Part 3 Movies and audiences
11 Cinema,audiences and society
12 Meaning and spectatorship
13 Authorship
14 Genre
15 Stars
Glossary
Index
