The British Film Institute launched its popular series of compact ‘BFI Classics’ guides devoted to seminal films twenty years ago.

The BFI Film Classics range is a series of expertly written and well illustrated books that honour landmark films of world cinema. The series includes a wide range of approaches and critical styles, reflecting the diverse ways we appreciate, analyse and enjoy great films.

To celebrate, 20th anniversary editions of eleven of the books are being re-released on 1 August with new introductions and specially-designed covers, with a new title added: Victor Perkins’ new guide to Jean Renoir’s La Regle du jeu (Rules of the Game).

Blade Runner (2nd edition)
by Scott Bukatman

Citizen Kane (2nd edition)
by Laura Mulvey

Il conformista (The Conformist)
by Chris Wagstaff

Don’t Look Now (2nd edition)
by Mark Sanderson

Metropolis (2nd edition)
By Thomas Elsaesser

La Regle du jeu (Rules of the Game)
by V.F. Perkins

Singin’ in the Rain
By Peter Wollen

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
by Eric Smoodin

Taxi Driver (2nd edition)
by Amy Taubin

Vertigo (2nd edition)
by Charles Barr

Went the Day Well? (2nd edition)
by Penelope Houston

The Wizard of Oz (2nd edition)
by Salman Rushdie

For further information, including details on the complete range of books, visit the BFI filmstore at: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/