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