Ford At Fox Part Two
Ford At Fox Part Two (a) A Brief(er) Introduction Born Reckless (1930) - Addendum: Cast and Character Issues Up The River (1930) What would you think of an architect who arrived at…
Scientific Mythologies: How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs
James Herrick, Scientific Mythologies: How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs. InterVarsityPress Academic, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0830825882 US$23.00 (pb) 288pp (Review copy supplied by IVP Academic) It was perhaps…
“What is Modern Cinema?”
Adrian Martin, “What is Modern Cinema?”. Santiago: Uqbar, 2008 ISBN: 9 78999568 601256 $18900 Chile Pesos (pb) 278pp This book Que es el cine moderno?, I see it as a kind…
Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View
Alison Griffiths, Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-231-12988-6 US$45.00 (hb) 392pp (Review copy supplied by Columbia University Press)…
The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer
Louis Kaplan, The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008 ISBN: 978 0 8166 5156 6 US$24.95 (pb) 264pp (Review copy supplied by University…
Hitchcock’s Romantic Irony
Richard Allen, Hitchcock’s Romantic Irony. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-231-13575-7 US$24.50 (pb) 295pp (Review copy supplied by Footprint Books) Looking over the history of film theory and…
Rape: A History from 1860 to the Present
Joanna Bourke, Rape: A History from 1860 to the Present. Virago Press, 2007 ISBN-13: 978 184408154 7 UK£12.99 (pb) 576pp In the introduction to her exhaustive Rape: A History from 1860…
Theatres of Occupation. Hollywood and the Reeducation of Postwar Germany
Jennifer Fay, Theatres of Occupation. Hollywood and the Reeducation of Postwar Germany. London / Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4744-6 US$22.50 (pb) 228pp (Review copy supplied by…
Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts
Alistair Phillips and Julian Stringer (eds.), Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. Oxford: Routledge, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-415-32848-7 US$35.95 (pb) 363pp (Review copy supplied by Routledge) The study of Japanese cinema has…
Forest of Pressure – Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary
Abé Mark Nornes, Forest of Pressure – Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary. University of Minnesota Press, 2007 ISBN: 0 8166 4908 1 US$25.00 (pb) 317pp (Review copy supplied by…
Fred Astaire
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…
Pedro Almodóvar
Marvin D’Lugo, Pedro Almodóvar. Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006 ISBN-10: 0-252-07361-4 US$19.95 (pb) 192pp (Review copy supplied by University of Illinois Press) Auteur on the Global Scene: Pedro…
Residual Media
Charles R. Acland (ed), Residual Media. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007 ISBN-10: 0-8166-4472-1 US$25.00 (pb) 400pp (Review copy supplied by the University of Minnesota Press) Obituaries for old media,…
Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir
Paul Meehan, Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2008 ISBN: 978 0 7864 3325 4 US$55.00 (hb) 272pp (Review copy supplied by…
From Perversion to Purity: The Stardom of Catherine Deneuve
Lisa Downing and Sue Harris, eds., From Perversion to Purity: The Stardom of Catherine Deneuve. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7190-7338-0 Au$152.00 (hb) 188pp (Review copy…
Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
Geneviève Sellier, Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema (trans Kristin Ross). Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0822341925 US$22.95 (pb) 280pp (Review copy supplied by Duke University Press) Anyone…
Black: The History of a Colour
Michel Pastoureau, Black: The History of a Colour (trans Jody Gladding). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-691-13930-2 US$35.00 (hb) 216pp (Review copy supplied by Princeton University Press) Every colour has…
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…
Jesus: Made in America
Stephen J. Nichols, Jesus: Made in America. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-8308-2849-4 US$20.00 (pb) 237pp (Review copy supplied by InterVarsity Press) From the rise of the Christian…
Screening Sex
Linda Williams, Screening Sex. A John Hope Franklin Book, Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-8223-4285-4 US$25.00 (pb) 412pp (Review copy supplied by Duke University Press) Linda Williams…
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…
Deleuze and Horror Film
Anna Powell, Deleuze and Horror Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0-7486-1747-7 US$36.00 (pb) 232pp (Review copy supplied by Edinburgh University Press) The rhizome has bloomed. The leaves now…