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  1. Curtain Up: Remembering Edinburgh’s Cinemas

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 63 minutes), £19.99

    In 1929 Edinburgh had more than thirty cinemas but was eagerly awaiting the opening of yet another one. This time it would be The Playhouse, a large cinema seating 3000. CURTAIN UP is the story of The...

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  2. Acting Tapes: Acting in the Cinema (2 Parts) (1984 Video)

    Director
    Mark Nash; James Swinson
    Producer
    Mark Nash; James Swinson
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Hire (BFI) or sale (Zero One), Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 54 min.

    Explores the ideas and training methods behind two opposing movements in 20th-century theatre and cinema. Argues that British film and television acting is out of touch with these movements, being too...

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  3. Party, The (2017)

    Director
    Sally Potter
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 71 minutes), £6.99

    Janet has just been appointed as shadow health minister, the crowning achievement of her political career. She and her husband Bill plan to celebrate this with a few close friends. As the guests arrive at...

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  4. Cinema in the 21st Century, The: Art-Form or a Form of Life? (2012)

    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies

    The subject of Elsaesser’s lecture is the question of whether it makes sense to consider the cinema under a somewhat different aspect from the approaches that have dominated discussion in the first...

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  5. From Eastenders to Hollywood: Antonia Bird (2016)

    Subject
    Drama; Film studies; Television studies

    Documentary about director and producer Antonia Bird whose career spanned theatre, television and film, taking her from the Royal Court Theatre to the BBC and eventually a career in Hollywood. [90 minutes]

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  6. British Legends of Stage and Screen (2012)

    Subject
    Drama; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 413 minutes), £13.25

    This Sky Arts TV documentary series features interviews with some of Britain’s finest post-war actors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Sir Michael Gambon, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Christopher Lee,...

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  7. Fairbooths and Fit-Ups (1980 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, 44 slides. col.

    The English fairground saw the latest survival of medieval religious drama, the birth of Mr Punch, the debut of Edmund Kean and the beginning of the cinema. This slide set evokes the theatrical experience of...

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  8. Armchair Cinema (2009)

    Subject
    Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 890 minutes), £18.00

    Armchair Cinema was one of the first projects undertaken by Thames Television’s Euston Films subsidiary. Based on the format of the hugely successful and influential Armchair Theatre, Armchair Cinema...

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  9. Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

    Director
    Arthur Lubin
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 86 minutes), £15.94

    Thriller about a murderous London businessman and the scheming housemaid who shares his dark secret. This is a rare example of British noir cinema and this release comes with valuable extras including...

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  10. Turbulent Landscapes: Chico Buarque’s Brazil (1992 Video)

    Director
    Alex Anderson
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Chico Buarque is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, who has also written for the theatre and cinema and is the author of a best-selling novel. Here he talks and sings about carnival in Rio, football, and his novel.

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