Rolls Alistair Rolls & Hamilton Emma Hamilton 
Unbridling the Western Film Auteur [PDF ebook] 
Contemporary, Transnational and Intertextual Explorations

The digital video revolution has blurred the lines between professional and amateur equipment, with some Hollywood movies being shot and edited using the same technology that families use for their v …

In this unique study of the star, Sunny Singh examines Amitabh Bachchan»s film performances and his star persona, locating them in the context of cultural phenomena and global branding, and explores …

This collection of new essays by leading film scholarsaddresses Michelangelo Antonionias apre-eminent figure in European art cinema, explores his continuing influence and legacy, and engages with his …

Humphrey Jennings was one of Britain»s greatest documentary film-makers, described by Lindsay Anderson in 1954 as »the only real poet the British cinema has yet produced». A member of the GPO Film …

Seventies British Cinema provides a comprehensive re-evaluation of British film in the 1970s. The decade has long been written off in critical discussions as a »doldrums» period in British cinema, …

Hugely impressive in its scope, with introductory chapters on social history, the film industry and theories of realism, this indispensable history of these vital years contains unusually fresh discu …

The past four decades have seen the Spanish film industry rise from isolation in the 1970s to international recognition within European and World Cinema today. Exploring the cultural and political im …

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 …

This volume explores the philosophical and metaphysical manifestations of contemporary cinema. Starting with the hypothesis that movies provide an experience that is both a pathway into the thinking …

This intimate book draws extensively on research in the archives of Francois Truffaut»s company, Les Films du Carrosse, and on interviews with many of La Nuit américaine cast and crew. They bear wit …