Photography, Film, Video, TV

The three films comprising director Jia Zhangke”s ”Hometown Trilogy” – Xiao Wu (1997), Platform (2000) and Unknown Pleasures(2002) – represent key contributions to the cinema of contemporary China …

Raymond durgnat was a maverick voice during the golden age of film criticism. From the French new Wave and the rise of auteurism, through the late 1960s counter-culture, to the rejuvenated Hollywood …

This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Featuring the work of leading scholars from around the world, The Grierson Effect e …

Despite being one of the biggest industries in the United States, indeed the World, the internal workings of the ”dream factory” that is Hollywood is little understood outside the business. The Hol …

In Dusan Makavejev”s controversial and explicit WR – Mysteries of the Organism (1971), ”WR” is Wilhelm Reich, the Marxist psychoanalyst who preached sexual enlightenment as a gateway to a better s …

Traces the history and development of Channel 4, one of the UK”s best loved and most controversial TV channels. Identifies key figures and signature programmes such as ”Brookside, ” ”The Big Brea …

Navigating through the challenging process of writing a comedy pilot, this book will help screenwriters to create an original script for television. Practical and accessible, the book presents a step …

Hitchcock was a masterful director, popular with audiences of all ages and critically acclaimed both during and after his unusually long career. What may have been sensed by many viewers but not full …

This work explores the way in which telenovelas (TV serial dramas) give voice to contemporary and historical Argentinian social and political issues. Telenovelas have multiple layers of socio-cultura …