Announcing the publication of: *The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory* Edited by Edward Branigan and Warren Buckland Published in November 2013 (526 pages; hardback) - out in paperback in late 2014. *The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory* contains 83 entries on the ideas and concepts that constitute the core knowledge of film theory: familiar concepts such as 'Apparatus', 'Classic Realist Text', 'Diegesis', 'Enunciation', 'Gaze', 'Ideology', and 'Identification', combined with less well-known but equally important concepts, such as 'Pixel/Cut/Vector', 'Mimetic Innervation', Alain Badiou's concept of 'Inaesthetics', and Jean-Luc Nancy's concept of 'Evidence'. The editors commissioned over 50 scholars from around the globe to address the difficult formulations and propositions in a theory, reduce these difficult formulations to straightforward propositions, rewrite and clarify inexact formulations, and avoid abstract generalities. The conceptual links between the 83 entries are represented on the *Encyclopedia'*s cover in the form of a cluster map (visualized using open source Gephi software). The complete map can be seen (and enlarged/downloaded) on the book's website (under the Additional Resources tab): http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415781800/ The first Introduction to the *Encyclopedia* can also be read and downloaded from the same website. Warren Buckland Reader in Film Studies Oxford Brookes University "Branigan and Buckland's *Encyclopedia of Film Theory* is an extraordinary accomplishment. The entries present with clarity and order concepts from the entire history of film theory, often revealing surprising connections and filiations among ideas and authors. In the crowded field of theory overviews, this will be the essential reference work for many years to come for both beginning and advanced researchers." D. N. Rodowick, Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Cinema and Media Studies, The University of Chicago "*The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory* is both a wonderful map and intriguing maze. The encyclopedia retraces the history of film theory through more than eighty entries. Each reconstructs a debate, but also offers an up-dated perspective. My advice to the reader: (1) investigate your question; (2) then proceed randomly, as if you were surfing the Internet; (3) make connections be as strange as possible; (4) challenge the path from light to dark suggested by Branigan in the Epilogue, and disrupt it by finding new ways to make film live. Above all, savour the reading: it brings to light important chapters in the history of thought, and rediscovers what we thought we knew and what we think now." Francesco Casetti, Professor, Film Studies Program, Yale University "*The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory* is an astonishing achievement. Comprehensive – organized around no fewer than 83 distinct concepts – and authored by recognized specialists, it is sure to establish itself as a great teaching resource. Entries are concise and informative, written in clear language, which makes them especially helpful to students coming to film theory for the first time and seeking a user-friendly, but focused guide. The Editors are to be highly commended for the way they cross-list entries and map the connections between them." Thomas Elsaesser, Professor Emeritus, University of Amsterdam ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org