Depth of Field: Stanley Kubrick Film, and the Uses of History
Geoffrey Cocks, James Diedrick, Glenn Perusek (eds), Depth of Field: Stanley Kubrick Film, and the Uses of History. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. ISBN 0 299 21610 1 (hb)…
Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11: How one film divided a nation
Robert Brent Toplin, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11: How one film divided a nation. University of Kansas Press, 2006. ISBN: 0 7006 1452 4 US$34.95 (hb) 162pp (Review copy supplied by…
Jean-Luc Godard
Douglas Morrey, Jean-Luc Godard. Manchester University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0 7190 6759 6 (pb) £14.99 304pp (Review copy supplied by Manchester University Press) In its essentials, my experience with Godard…
Atom Egoyan’s The Adjuster
Tom McSorley, Atom Egoyan’s The Adjuster. University of Toronto Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4426-1048-4 US$16.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by University of Toronto Press) To his credit, Atom Egoyan has achieved some…
A Foreign Affair: Billy Wilder’s American Films
Gerd Gemünden, A Foreign Affair: Billy Wilder’s American Films. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-84545-419-7 US$27.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Berghahn Books) When asked about the meaning of…
Carol Reed
Peter William Evans, Carol Reed. Manchester University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0 7190 6367 1 224 pp £14.99 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Manchester University Press) Carol Reed may be the…
1001 Movies you must see before you die
Steven Jay Schneider (general editor), 1001 Movies you must see before you die. Quintet Publishing Limited, 2005. ISBN: 0 7641 5701 9 960pp US$35.00 (hb) (Review copy supplied by Barron's…
Nicholas Ray: An American Journey
Bernard Eisenschitz, Nicholas Ray: An American Journey. (Tr. by Tom Milne.) University of Minnesota Press, 2011 ISBN 978-0-8166-7621-7 US $24.95 (pb) 624pp (Review copy supplied by University of Minnesota Press)…
Horizons West: Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood
Jim Kitses, Horizons West: Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood. London: BFI Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 1 84457 050 9 360pp US $24.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by…
Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of the American Western
Mary Lea Bandy and Kevin Stoehr, Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of the American Western University of California Press, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-520-25866-2 US $39.95(hb) 344pp (Review copy supplied by University…
The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood
David Thomson, The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. ISBN: 0 375 40016 8 416pp U.S. $27.95 (hb) (Review copy supplied by Alfred A. Knopf) David…
Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada
Thomas Waugh, Michael Brendan Baker and Ezra Winton (eds), Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010 ISBN 9780773536630 CA$34.95 (pb) 574pp…
Religion and Film: An Introduction
Melanie J. Wright, Religion and Film: An Introduction. I.B.Tauris, 2007. ISBN: 978 1 85043 886 1 US$26.95 (pb) 272pp (Review copy supplied by I.B.Tauris) The subtitle of Melanie Wright’s study…
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.…
Elia Kazan: Interviews
William Baer (ed), Elia Kazan: Interviews. University of Mississipi Press, 2000. ISBN: 1 57806 224 1 (pb) 268pp US $18.00 (review copy supplied by University of Mississippi Press) Uploaded 1…
Walkabout
Louis Nowra, Walkabout. NSW: Currency Press, 2003 ISBN 0 86819 700 9 Au $14.95 (pb) (review copy supplied by Currency Press) Louis Nowra's Walkabout is a succinct, very good, useful close reading…
The Immediate Experience
Robert Warshow, The Immediate Experience. Harvard University Press, 2001. ISBN 0 674 00726 3 US $18.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Harvard University Press) Uploaded 20 September 2002 Three-quarters into…
The Searchers
Edward Buscombe, The Searchers. London: BFI, 2000. ISBN 0 85170 820 X 79pp US$12.95 (pb) Uploaded 25 July 2002 A tricky film, The Searchers (1956). The audience is drawn into identifying with…
Hitchcock and Twentieth Century Cinema
John Orr, Hitchcock and Twentieth Century Cinema. Wallflower Press, 2005. ISBN: 1 904764 55 X 224pp £16.99 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Wallflower Press) Harold Bloom, the prolific and eccentric…
Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film
Cindy Patton, Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. ISBN: 0-8166-3412-2 US$19.50 (pb) 232pp (Review copy supplied by University of Minnesota Press) From the title,…
Night Mail
Scott Anthony, Night Mail. London: British Film Institute, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-1-84457-229-8 £9.99 stg (pb) (Review copy supplied by British Film Institute) Night Mail, the GPO Film Unit’s 1936 paean to…
Movie Greats: A Critical Study of Classic Cinema
Philip Gillett, Movie Greats: A Critical Study of Classic Cinema. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2008 ISBN: 978 1 84520 653 6 US$29.95 (pb) 256pp (Review copy supplied by Berg Publishers) Philip…
Northern Exposures: Photographing and Filming the Canadian North, 1920-45
Peter Geller, Northern Exposures: Photographing and Filming the Canadian North, 1920-45. University of British Columbia Press, 2004. ISBN: 0 7748 0928 0 (pb) 256pp Canadian $29.95 (Review copy supplied by…
Unforgiven
Edward Buscombe, Unforgiven. London: British Film Institute, 2004. ISBN: 1 84457 033 9 96pp £8.99 (pb) (Review copy supplied by British Film Institute) Perhaps the most interesting critical question about…