Individual film directors Books
Edinburgh University Press BMovie Gothic
Book SynopsisExamines the influence of Gothic B-movies on the cinematic traditions of the United States, Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, Turkey, Japan, Hong Kong and India, highlighting their transgressive, transnational and provocative nature.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of William Castle
Book SynopsisWith an influence felt on directors like Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis and John Waters, this volume reappraises Castle's legacy as an innovator as much as a showman.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Cold War Film Genres
Book SynopsisWith case studies of the Cold War comedy, the 'rogue cop' film, the brainwashing thriller and the urban romances, Cold War Film Genres explores these myriad productions, redefining American cinematic history with a more inclusive view of the types of films that post-war audiences actually enjoyed, and that the studios provided for them.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Moving Figures
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how the 'Reform Era' has been constructed in the work of the director Jia Zhangke, analysing the archetypal class figures of worker, peasant, soldier, intellectual and entrepreneur that are found in his films.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on Stanley Cavell's account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, which proposes the remarkable thesis that most truly great Hollywood films reflect the struggle to become who we are that is foregrounded in the characteristically American theory of Emersonian perfectionism.
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press The Films of Michel Gondry
Book SynopsisIn this book, a range of international scholars offers a comprehensive study of this significant and influential figure, covering his French and English-language films and videos, and framing Gondry as a transnational auteur whose work provides insight into both French/European and American cinematic and cultural identity.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Cinema and Soft Power
Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between soft power and film in relation to national and transnational cinemas.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Sohrab ShahidSaless
Book SynopsisIn this the first English-language book to reflect on his work and its implications for creativity in the diasporic conditions of urban displacement a range of international scholars provide a comprehensive account of Shahid Saless's films and production methods.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Sohrab ShahidSaless
Book SynopsisIn this the first English-language book to reflect on his work and its implications for creativity in the diasporic conditions of urban displacement a range of international scholars provide a comprehensive account of Shahid Saless's films and production methods.
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Joao Pedro Rodrigues and
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the films of Joao Pedro Rodrigues and Joao Rui Guerra da Mata.
£90.00
Edinburgh University Press A History of Danish Cinema
Book SynopsisThe first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present day.Trade Review"Danish cinema has had a worldwide impact at least twice, through the Nordisk company's spectacular success before the First World War, then when Dogme 95 revitalised independent filmmaking on the threshold of the digital era. But of course there's much more to discover and assess. This shrewdly planned new history sheds fresh light on many aspects of Denmark's rich screen heritage, and also offers an exemplary model for 'small country' media history." -Ian Christie, Birkbeck College, University of London
£22.49
Edinburgh University Press Asian Cinema
Book SynopsisThis book explores the collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have enabled greater co-operation and integration between Asia's film industries.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Jacques Ranciere and the Politics of Art Cinema
Book SynopsisDrawing on case studies of films including Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Climates and John Akomfrah's The Nine Muses, this books asks to what extent is politics shaping art cinema? And, in turn, could art cinema possibly affect the political structure of the world as we know it?
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press No Power without an Image
Book SynopsisThe first detailed study of what filmic images can tell us about iconic photographs, No Power Without an Image reveals the multifaceted connections between seven celebrated photographs of political struggles, taken between 1936 and 1968, and cinema in all its forms.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Journey to Poland
Book SynopsisJourney to Poland addresses crucial issues of memory and history in relation to the Holocaust as it unfolded in the territories of the Second Polish Republic.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Creative Practice Research in the Age of
Book SynopsisAddresses the very notion of what creative practice research is, its challenges within the academy and the ways in which it contributes to scholarship and knowledge
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press The Films of Rachid Bouchareb
Book SynopsisExamines the diverse oeuvre of internationally recognised French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press New Blood in Contemporary Cinema
Book SynopsisTher book investigates contemporary women directors who put 'a poetics of horror' to new use in their work, expanding the range of gendered and racialized perspectives in the horror genre
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Experimental and Independent Italian Cinema
Book SynopsisDiscussing a variety of independent and experimental Italian films, this book gives voice to a critcically neglected form of Italian cinema and explores the character of independent films and their related practices within the Italian historical, cultural and cinematic landscape.
£90.00
Edinburgh University Press Exotic Cinema
Book SynopsisA critical reassessment of the aesthetic strategies and cultural value of exoticism in contemporary transnational cinemasTrade Review"Exoticism is not 'bad' by default, nor is it necessarily 'colonialist'. Daniela Berghahn's wide-ranging study of contemporary world cinema goes provocatively against the grain, arguing in favour of a 'decentred' exoticism that challenges ethnic essentialism, and that is attuned to the ethical complexities of a globalised world." -Graham Huggan, University of Leeds
£99.62
Edinburgh University Press Journeys on Screen
Book SynopsisAddressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collection reveals the journey to be a persistent presence across cinema and in cultural modernity.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press Rethinking Brechtian Film Theory and Cinema
Book SynopsisMaking a compelling argument for the continuing relevance of Brechtian film theory and cinema, this book offers new research and analysis of Brecht the film and media theorist, placing his scattered writings on the subject within the lively film theory debates that took place in Europe between the 1920s?1960s.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press The Pulse in Cinema
Book SynopsisThe Pulse in Cinema acknowledges that the pulse is felt in the body, yet also argues that the pulse has a wider reaching effect in cinema than simply the physiological response of the spectator to the image it's the affective force in cinema.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press PostHorror
Book SynopsisPost-Horror is the first full-length study of one of the most important and divisive movements in twenty-first-century horror cinema.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Zoya Akhtar
Book SynopsisExamines the work of Hindi film director, screenwriter and producer Zoya Akhtar
£90.00
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Zoya Akhtar
Book SynopsisExamines the work of Hindi film director, screenwriter and producer Zoya Akhtar
£17.99
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Rakhshan Banietemad
Book SynopsisThis book, the first English language study of her films and career, Iranian director Rakhshan Banietemad contains chapters by some of the most prominent scholars of Iranian cinema, as well as younger scholars with fresh points of view.Trade Review"Aspects of Iranian cinema race, gender, class, social and artistic history have been blessed with generations of groundbreaking scholarship. Maryam Ghorbankarimi's edited volume brings together a collection of insightful essays on a seminal figure in Iranian cinema. With impeccable attention to details, full command of archival material, and inquisitive prose, these essays push the boundaries of the whole discipline of cinema studies to unprecedented levels. This book is a model of scholarship for the new generation of cinema studies. ? ?" -Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad, SOAS, author of The Politics of Iranian Cinema
£24.69
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Ken Russell
Book SynopsisShowcases the most contemporary scholarly and archival research into Ken Russell's career and workTrade Review"Covering the totality of Ken Russell's career, ReFocus: The Films of Ken Russell uncovers new perspectives about his directing, writing, and biography, and features case studies of some of his most celebrated collaborations not least with actor Oliver Reed an essential collection about one of Britain's most innovative filmmakers." -James Fenwick, Sheffield Hallam University
£106.10
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Ken Russell
Book SynopsisShowcases the most contemporary scholarly and archival research into Ken Russell's career and work
£22.49
Edinburgh University Press Moroccan Cinema Uncut
Book SynopsisTaking a transnational approach to Moroccan cinema, this book examines diversity in its production models, its barriers to international distribution and success, its key markets and audiences, as well as the consequences of digital disruption upon it.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Refocus The Later Films and Legacy of Robert
Book SynopsisExamines an under-analysed period of Robert Altman's career.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Later Films and Legacy of Robert
Book SynopsisExamines an under-analysed period of Robert Altman's career.Trade Review"Moving beyond Robert Altman's early film career, ReFocus turns to the active, though critically overlooked, last 25 years of it. Each chapter teems with new takes and perspectives. A must for anyone interested in independent cinema, and for those who find Altman's work as innovative and observant as the director himself was." -Caryl Flinn, University of Michigan
£18.99
Edinburgh University Press Nahid Persson Sarvestani
£90.00
Edinburgh University Press Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Book Synopsis
£17.99
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Francois Ozon
Book SynopsisExamines Francois Ozon, one of France's most prolific and best known international (queer) directors.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press George A. Romeros Independent Cinema
Book SynopsisExamines George A. Romero's regional production company Laurel Entertainment and its contribution to American cinema.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press George A. Romeros Independent Cinema
Book SynopsisExamines George A. Romero's regional production company Laurel Entertainment and its contribution to American cinema.Trade Review"In this excellent book, Fallows provides a rigorously researched analysis of the practices, economies and realities of independent filmmaking through the most compelling and illuminating of case studies. Essential reading for anyone interested in horror, cult and independent cinema, as well as film history and media industry studies." -Kate Egan, Northumbria University
£18.99
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Jocelyne Saab
Book SynopsisIn this book, a range of international scholars integrates her work into a cohesive study of all aspects of her oeuvre filmic, activist and artistic representing the global significance of Saab's work and the ongoing resonance of her ideals and activism in a worldwide perspective.Trade Review"This tantalizing compilation of a great variety of authors and perspectives, well-informed and original, rightly mirrors the multi-faceted and challenging oeuvre of Lebanese artist-filmmaker Jocelyne Saab and her truly global and internationalist stature." -Viola Shafik, filmmaker
£24.69
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Doris Wishman
Book SynopsisReFocus: The Films of Doris Wishman positions Wishman as a significant and overlooked force in American independent film.Trade Review"This book is a must for scholars in a range of different areas. The collection explores the sexual politics of Wishman's films and provoke fascinating questions about our understanding of genre. It also explores what it means to consider Wishman an artist" and, in the process, explores her relationship to other filmmakers and film movements. In short, this book is much more than a study of a fascinating figure: it provides a fascinating take on film history in particular, and cultural history more generally, that demands to be read by those who have never heard of Wishman and who may consider themselves uninterested in lowbrow culture more generally."" -Mark Jancovich, University of East Anglia
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Film Regulation in a Cultural Context
Book SynopsisCompares censorship's distinct and varying profiles across five different national contexts - U.S.A., Britain, Canada, Australia, and FranceTrade Review"A rich multi-modal account of international censorship as the conceptual and historical backdrop to films that linger at the far reaches of notoriety. Measured and thoughtful about this most heated of global conversations, this is essential reading for anyone engaged by limit cases of media representation." -Tim Palmer, Author of Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema and Irreversible
£76.50
Edinburgh University Press Film Censorship in a Cultural Context
Book SynopsisCompares censorship's distinct and varying profiles across five different national contexts - U.S.A., Britain, Canada, Australia, and France.
£17.99
Edinburgh University Press Transgressive Art Films
Book SynopsisExplores extremity in films and it's ethical, theoretical and film-philosophical implicationsTrade Review"Proposing a refreshingly precise new framework for thinking about transgressive art cinema, Oliver Kenny's compelling book offers an important intervention into debates surrounding extreme, pornographic, and contentious filmmaking. Paying equal attention to aspects of form, reception, and theory, it promises to revitalise scholarship on transgression in twenty-first-century art cinema." -Tina Kendall, Anglia Ruskin University
£95.00
Edinburgh University Press Transgressive Art Films
Book SynopsisExplores extremity in films and it's ethical, theoretical and film-philosophical implications
£22.49
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Antoinetta Angelidi
Book SynopsisThe first English-language book on the Greek Experimental Cinema director, Antoinetta AngelidiTrade Review"This insightful and thorough collection of essays introduces the iconoclastic work of feminist experimental filmmaker Antoinetta Angelidi to the Anglophone world. Greek weird wave fans will discover a cinematic precursor. A very welcome contribution to the history of Greek and avant-garde cinema." -Lydia Papadimitriou, Liverpool John Moores University
£105.79
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Antoinetta Angelidi
Book SynopsisThe first English-language book on the Greek Experimental Cinema director, Antoinetta Angelidi
£18.99
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Richard Linklater
Book SynopsisThe first edited collection of critical essays on American filmmaker Richard LinklaterTrade Review"Rather than trying to fit Linklater's filmmaking and its shifts between scales of production and variances in narrative, style and theme into a singular auteurist vision, this collection skillfully promotes the value of approaching artistic achievement from different perspectives. What emerges is a critically rich exploration of resemblance and relationality." -Lucy Fife Donaldson, University of St Andrews
£101.75
Edinburgh University Press Refocus the Films of Richard Linklater
Book SynopsisThe first edited collection of critical essays on American filmmaker Richard Linklater
£18.99
Edinburgh University Press Chaoid Cinema
Book SynopsisA Deleuzian analysis of the role of silence as chaotic interstice in sound film.
£85.50
