Established in 2000 before becoming an imprint of LUP in 2020, Auteur is the home of essential and accessible Film and Media Studies publications. The 'Devil's Advocates' series on horror cinema "perfectly complement[s] the BFI archive volumes" (Independent on Sunday) and "showcases a diverse range of historical, ideological and critical approaches to the genre" (Frames Cinema Journal). 'Constellations' "fills a real need for authoritative, compact studies of science fiction films" (Wheeler Winston Dixon, University of Nebraska). The 'Studying Films' series explores key films and movements from around the world, from Ida to The Hurt Locker, Bollywood to surrealist cinema.