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Issue 36 – Reviews

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Last Day Every Day: Figural Thinking from Auerbach and Kracauer to Agamben and Brenez

  • Post author:Cristina Álvarez López
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

Adrian Martin, Last Day Every Day: Figural Thinking from Auerbach and Kracauer to Agamben and Brenez Brooklyn, New York: Punctum Books, 2012 ISBN: 978 0615719 467 US$9.00 (pb) 54 pp…

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The cinema of Michael Winterbottom

  • Post author:Mas Generis
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

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…

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Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist

  • Post author:Jan-Christopher Horak
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle (eds), Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist Minneapolis/London: University of Minnesota Press, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-8166-8037-5 US$29.95 (pb) 776 pages (Review copy supplied by…

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Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of the American Western

  • Post author:D.B. Jones
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

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…

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The Cinema of Eric Rohmer: Irony, Imagination, and the Social World

  • Post author:Ben McCann
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
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Jacob Leigh, The Cinema of Eric Rohmer: Irony, Imagination, and the Social World New York: Continuum, 2012 ISBN: 9 781441198 310 Au$45 (pb) 384pp (Review copy supplied by Continuum) “I…

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Cinema After Deleuze

  • Post author:Chris Mildren
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

Richard Rushton, Cinema After Deleuze London: Continuum International Publishing, 2012 ISBN: 9 780 8264389 28 US$29.95 (pb) 184pp (Review copy supplied by Bloomsbury publishing) Of the fruits of philosophers of…

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The West Wing

  • Post author:Paul Ramaeker
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
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Janet McCabe, The West Wing (TV Milestones series) Wayne State University Press, 2012 ISBN: 9 780 81433436 2 US$15.95(pb) 133pp (Review copy supplied by Wayne State University Press) The scholarly…

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The British Film Institute, the Government and Film Culture, 1933-2000

  • Post author:Jonathan Rosenbaum
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and Christophe Dupin (ed.) The British Film Institute, the Government and Film Culture, 1933-2000 Manchester/New York: Manchester University Press, 2012 ISBN: 978 0 7190 7908 5 US$95/UK£65 (hb)…

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Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st-Century Cinema?

  • Post author:Daniel Ross
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

J. Hoberman, Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st-Century Cinema? Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1844677511 US$34.95 (hb) 304pp Review copy supplied by Verso Long-time (but now former) Village Voice…

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Through Amateur Eyes: Film and Photography in Nazi Germany

  • Post author:Allen Meek
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
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Frances Guerin, Through Amateur Eyes: Film and Photography in Nazi Germany Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012 ISBN: 9 780 816670 079 US$27.95 (pb) 342 pp (Review copy supplied by University…

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Hyper Material For Our Very Brain

  • Post author:Eloise Ross
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
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Philip Brophy, Hyper Material For Our Very Brain Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2012 ISBN: 9 781 8757927 57 Aud$25 (pb) 136pp (Review copy supplied by IMA publishers) Sonority does…

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The Hollywood Family Film: A History, From Shirley Temple to Harry Potter

  • Post author:Adrian Schober
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
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Noel Brown, The Hollywood Family Film:  A History, From Shirley Temple to Harry Potter I.B. Tauris, London & New York, 2012 ISBN: 978 1 78076 270 8 US$29 (pb) 276pp…

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Richard Linklater (Contemporary Film Directors Series)

  • Post author:Daniel Cape
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
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David T. Johnson, Richard Linklater (Contemporary Film Directors Series) University of Illinois Press, 2012 ISBN: 978 0252078507 US$22 (pb) 200pp (Review copy supplied by University of Illinois Press) “… a…

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Mourning Films: A Critical Study of Loss and Grieving in Cinema

  • Post author:Costas Thrasyvoulou
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
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Richard Armstrong, Mourning Films: A Critical Study of Loss and Grieving in Cinema McFarland & Company Inc., 2012 ISBN: 978-0-7864-6699-3 US$40.00 (sb) 212pp (Review copy supplied by McFarland publishers) In…

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What Are You Laughing At? A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event

  • Post author:Gene Wayne
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At? A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012 ISBN 978 1 4411 6293 9 US$24.95 (pb) 298pp…

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British Cinema Comedy

  • Post author:Tony Williams
  • Post published:May 22, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

I.Q. Hunter & Laraine Porter, British Cinema Comedy London and New York: Routledge, 2012 ISBN: 978 0 415 6666 7 1 UK £24.99 (pb) 228pp (Review copy supplied by Routledge)…

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The Horror Sensorium: Media and the Senses

  • Post author:Lisa Bode
  • Post published:May 20, 2013
  • Post category:Issue 36 - Reviews

Angela Ndalianis, The Horror Sensorium: Media and the Senses Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland, 2012 ISBN: 978 0 7864 6127 1 US$38.00 (pb) 223pp (Review copy supplied by McFarland…

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