In 20 close studies of single films, leading figures in cinema studies consider how received notions of indie style, politics, and practitioners can be questioned, and in this way account for a larger body of work than the dominant canon reflects.
Develops an account of non-normative feminist cinematic ethics and a fresh methodological approach to film-philosophy.
Drawing on interviews with leading film executives, politicians and industry stakeholders, including Alan Parker, Stewart Till and Tim Bevan, this book provides an empirically grounded analysis of the rise and unexpected fall of the UK Film Council.
The Besieged Ego critically appraises the representation, or mediation, of identity in film and television through a thorough analysis of doppelgangers and split or fragmentary characters.
This book focuses on amateur fiction film-making
This book looks again at the filmic and televised spaces we think we know so well. How are these spaces built up? What is it... Læs mere
This new book provides graduate students, scholars and professionals with critical and detailed insights into recent, yet significant, independent documentary makers and their varied works, practices and uses.
This reader is the first to bring together a selection of Mann's own interviews where he reflects on his work with critical essays on his films and television programmes.
Through a connected investigation of cultural and cinematic concepts, Wang weaves a critical narrative of the formation of a unique post-socialist... Læs mere
A study of how Italian films re-envisage male identity in response to sexual liberation.
Through detailed analyses of key contemporary documentary titles, this book reveals the ways in which independent films probe, question and challenge the dominant ideas and narratives circulating in China’s state-sanctioned media.
The various essays in this volume, all written by prominent experts in the field, offer critical discussions of every feature film Cukor directed and include a rich trove of valuable information about their production histories.