SUMARIO: Part I: Genre studies. / Introduction: «A semantic/syntactic approach to film genre» ; Rick Altman / The searchers ; Dead man // Part II: Postcolonialism. Introduction: «Colonialism, racism, and representation: an introduction» ; Robert Stam and Louise Spence / Rabbit-proof fence / Ten canoes // Part III: Feminism. Introduction: «Visual pleasure and narrative cinema» ; Laura Mulvey / To have and have not / The piano // Part IV: Psychoanalysis. Introduction: «Looking for the gaze : Lacanian film theory and its vicissitudes» ; Todd McGowan / Bigger than life / Shutter island // Part V: Queer theory. Introduction: «Imitation and gender insubordination» ; Judith Butler / Rebecca / Heavenly creatures // Coda // Select glossary.