Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large gr

Takes you on a cinematic journey through the controversial portrayal of history on film - from the swashbuckling epics of the silent era to up-to-the-minute dra

This aims to show how media critics and historians have written about history as portrayed in cinema and television by historical films and documentaries, focus

Broad in scope, this interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on historical film features essays that explore the many facets of this expanding fiel

Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large gr