Author Archive for: ‘David Neo’

Where are the Borders? William Van Der Heide. Malaysian cinema, Asian film: border crossings and national cultures. Amsterdam University Press. 2002. ISBN: 9 05356519 1 336pp US$32.00 (pb) The dearth of publications on Malaysian cinema makes William Van Der Heide’s comprehensive study of Malaysian film culture valuable. Malaysian cnema, Asian film: border crossings and national cultures, is the first book published …

Anne Tereska Ciecko (ed), Contemporary Asian Cinema: Popular Culture in a Global Frame. New York: Berg, 2006. ISBN: 1 845 20237 6 250pp US$29.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Berg Publishers) Contemporary Asian Cinema: Popular Culture in a Global Frame is a much needed book given that more than half of the world’s population is concentrated in Asia and more than …