This book "is an accessible and wide-ranging account of the methods, sources and approaches used by modern film historians ... an excellent book that should open up some interesting and exciting empirical and investigative pathways for the future of film scholarship. Written in an engaging and lively style, the book seeks to overcome the traditional divide between Film Studies and Film History and to offer an overview of the key areas of research, including reception studies, genre, authorship and the historical film." - back cover.