History Goes to the Movies: Studying History on Film
Marnie Hughes-Warrington, History Goes to the Movies: Studying History on Film. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 0 415 32827 6 (hb) US$90 ISBN: 0 415 32828 4 (pb) US$28.95 218pp (Review…
The Films of Mike Leigh: Embracing the World
Ray Carney and Leonard Quart. The Films of Mike Leigh: Embracing the World. Cambridge Film Classics Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0 521 48518 5 (pb) 292pp Au$34.95…
Building Bridges: The Cinema of Jean Rouch
Joram ten Brink (ed), Building Bridges: The Cinema of Jean Rouch (Preface by Michael Renov). London: Wallflower Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-1-905674-47-3 US$29.50 (pb) 324pp (Review copy supplied by Wallflower Press) The…
Technologies of History: Visual Media and the Eccentricity of the Past
Steve F. Anderson, Technologies of History: Visual Media and the Eccentricity of the Past Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Press, 2011. ISBN: 9 781611680 034 US$35 (pb) 210pp (Review copy…
Understanding Film: Marxist Perspectives
Mike Wayne (ed.), Understanding Film: Marxist Perspectives. London and Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pluto Press, 2005. ISBN: 0 7453 1993 9 (hb) US$85.00 ISBN: 0 7453 1992 0 (pb) US$29.95 253pp…
Movie Mutations: The Changing Face of World Cinephilia
Jonathan Rosenbaum & Adrian Martin (eds.) Movie Mutations: The Changing Face of World Cinephilia. London: BFI, 2003. ISBN: 0 85170 984 2 (pb) £15.99 ISBN: 0 85170 983 4 (hb)…
The cinema of Michael Winterbottom
Deborah Allison, The cinema of Michael Winterbottom Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2013 ISBN: 9780739125847 US$32.99 (pb) 224pp (Review copy supplied by Lexington Books) This is the second book-length study devoted…
Russia on Reels: The Russian Idea in Post-Soviet Cinema
Beumers, Birgit (ed.), Russia on Reels: The Russian Idea in Post-Soviet Cinema. Kino: The Russian cinema series. London and New York: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 1 86064 390 6…
Cinephilia: Movies, Love and Memory
Marijke de Valck and Malte Hagener (eds), Cinephilia: Movies, Love and Memory. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2005. ISBN: 90 5356 768 2 236pp US$33.25 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Amsterdam…
The Documentary: Politics, Emotion, Culture
Belinda Smaill, The Documentary: Politics, Emotion, Culture London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. ISBN: 9780230237513 US$80.00 (hb) 221pp (Review copy supplied by Palgrave Macmillan) One of the strengths of Belinda Smaill’s book…