Ford At Fox Part Two (b)
Note: this is the third tranche of a multi-tranche review. It deals with some of the films made by John Ford at the Fox Studios in the first half of…
Terror and Joy. The Films of Dusan Makavejev
A Whole Account of a Great Soul Lorraine Mortimer, Terror and Joy. The Films of Dusan Makavejev. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8166-4887-0 US$25.00 (pb) 336pp (Review copy…
Blade Runner, Deer Hunters & Blowing The Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies
Michael Deeley and Matthew Field, Blade Runner, Deer Hunters & Blowing The Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies. London: Faber & Faber, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-571-23919-1 Au$49.95 (hb) 304pp…
Andy Warhol’s Blow Job
Peter Gidal, Andy Warhol’s Blow Job. London: Afterall Books, 2008. ISBN: 1-846380-41-3 US$16.00 (pb) 112pp (Review copy supplied by MIT Press) During its most influential “Silver” period, Andy Warhol’s factory…
Alvin Purple
Catherine Lumby, Alvin Purple. Australian Screen Classics series Currency Press/AFC/NFSA, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-86819-844-6 Au$16.95 (pb) 80pp Henry Reynolds, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Australian Screen Classics series Currency Press/AFC/NFSA, 2008…
Screen Adaptations: Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations: The Relationship Between Text and Film
Brian McFarlane, Screen Adaptations: Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations: The Relationship Between Text and Film. London: Methuen Publishing Ltd. 2008 ISBN: 978-0713679093 US$19.95 (pb) 224pp The cover of this book features…
Inventing Film Studies
Lee Grieveson and Haidee Wasson (eds), Inventing Film Studies. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2008 ISBN: 978 0 8223 4289-2 US$27.95 (pb) 446pp (Review Copy supplied by Duke University…
Street Scenes: Staging the Self in Immigrant New York 1880-1924
Esther Romeyn, Street Scenes: Staging the Self in Immigrant New York 1880-1924. University of Minnesota Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-081664522 0 US$25.00 (pb) 320pp (Review copy supplied by University of Minnesota…
Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma and Memory
Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi, Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma and Memory. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN: 9 780 74863408 8 UK£16.99 (pb) 256pp (Review copy supplied by Edinburgh University…
Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach
Christopher Wagstaff, Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach. University of Toronto Press, 2007. ISBN: 9 7808020 95206 US$39.95 (pb) 514pp (Review copy supplied by University of Toronto Press) Italian neo-realism…
Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity
Irving Singer, Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity. MIT Press, 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-19563-8 US$24.95 (hb) 240pp Irving Singer, Cinematic Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film. MIT Press, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-19589-8…
Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance
Sangita Gopal and Sujata Moorti (eds), Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-8166-4579-4 US$25.00 (pb) 340pp (Review copy supplied by University…
Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia
Wheeler Winston Dixon, Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia. Edinburgh University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978 0 7486 2400 3 £18.99 (pb) 208pp Review copy supplied by Edinburgh University Press.…
Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema: Resonance Between Realms
James Walters, Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema: Resonance Between Realms. Chicago: Intellect Books, The University of Chicago Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-84150-202-1 US$30.00 (pb) 232pp (Review copy supplied by Unireps) The…
Film: The Key Concepts
Nitzan Ben-Shaul, Film: The Key Concepts. Oxford: Berg, 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1845203665 US$19.95 (pb) 192pp (Review copy supplied by Berg Publishers) Nitzan Ben-Shaul’s Film: The Key Concepts is part of a “Key Concepts”…