272 pages | HardcoverAn entirely new and delightful perspective on the history of cinema, this illustrated volume uses timelines to trace its development from the earliest moving images to now.

A Chronology of Filmpresents a fresh perspective on the medium by tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions in the order that they occurred.

Organized around a central timeline that charts the development of film from the earliest moving images to present-day blockbusters, this volume features key films, film commentaries, and contextual information about the period in which they were produced. By revealing the social, political, and cultural environments in which these films were created, this book reveals new insights into great directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Federico Fellini, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion, Barry Jenkins, Pedro Almodovar, and Bong Joon-ho and films such asBonnie and Clyde,The Godfather,Moonlight, andParasite.

The book features lavish film stills, commentaries, and lively In Focus features with information about the social, stylistic, technical, political, and cultural events of each period.