Parsing The Perverse Pamela Church Gibson, More Dirty Looks: Gender, Pornography and Power. London: British Film Institute, 2004. ISBN: 0851709397 (pb) £16.99 ISBN: 0851709362 (hb) £55.00 360pp (Review copy supplied…
Scott Nygren, Time Frames: Japanese Cinema and the Unfolding of History. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. ISBN-13: 978 0 8166 4708 8 US$25.00 (pb) 304pp (Review copy supplied by University…
A smorgasboard for actors Adam Macauley, Don’t Tell Me, Show Me: Directors Talk about Acting. NSW: Currency Press, 2003 ISBN 0 86819 669 X 211 pp Au$29.95 (Review copy supplied…
Joseph Epstein, Fred Astaire. Yale University Press, 2008 (Review copy supplied by Yale University Press) The question that engages Joseph Epstein concerns Fred Astaire’s enduring magic: why his movies still…
Paula Marantz Cohen, Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 0195 14 094X 240pp US$18.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Oxford University Press)…
Steven Cohan, Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value and the MGM Musical. Duke University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0 8223 3595 6 US$23.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Duke University Press) Steven…