Author Archive for: ‘Darren Tofts’

Beyond the finale of seem Joshua Clover, The Matrix. (BFI Modern Classics) London: BFI Publishing. 2004. ISBN: 1 84457 045 2 95pp UK£8.99 (pb) (Review copy supplied by BFI Publishing) Joshua Clover’s elegant and eloquent study of the Wachowski Brothers’ landmark film The Matrix (USA, 1999) is a welcome addition to the impressive list of titles in this smart series of books from …

William J. Mitchell, e-topia: “Urban life, Jim – but not as we know it” Cambridge, MA., MIT Press, 1999 ISBN 0 262 13355 5 184pp. US$22.50 (Review copy supplied by MIT Press) Uploaded 1 March 2000 In his stand-up comedy days back in the 1960s, Woody Allen used to tell a great story about mechanical objects with attitude. He details the …

Roger Beebe and Jason Middleton (eds.), Medium Cool: Music Videos from Soundies to Cellphones. Durham, Duke University Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-8223-4162-8 US$23.95 (pb) 360pp (Review copy supplied by Duke University Press) The beat goes on? Medium Cool is in many respects a very timely volume. As its subtitle suggests, it is a book that seeks to chart the progress of the …

“Strange, I’ve Seen That Interface Before” Martin Rieser & Andrea Zapp, (eds.) New Screen Media: Cinema/Art/Narrative London: British Film Institute, 2002. ISBN 0 85170 864 1 335 pp DVD-ROM. UK£4.99 (pb) (Review copy supplied by BFI publishing) As with discussions of “new” media, there is a certain repetitive quality about the assessment of the impact of digital technologies on cinema. At …