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The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Andrew Ormsby. A special issue of Cahiers...
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism by Michael Williams (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 272 pages, ISBN: 978-0230355446 (hardback) £61 About the reviewer: Dr Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs, is Senior Lecturer in...
Viewfinder 106 was published in March 2016. Contents of the issue: FORGOTTEN TV DRAMA Lez Cooke, John Hill and Billy Smart, Royal Holloway, report on the 'Forgotten TV Dramas' season at the BFI, and...
Viewfinder 97 was published in November 2014. Contents of this issue: VIRTUAL ROME A vivid visual reconstruction can help to express the complex findings of archaeologists and historians in an...
The Armstrong Lie. 2014. GB. Blu-Ray / DVD / Ultraviolet. Sony. 119 minutes + extras. £ 7.99 (DVD); £ 10.99 (Blu-ray). About the reviewer: Before taking up the position at the University of Sussex,...
Is the BBC truly an impartial public broadcaster? Dr Tom Mills, author of The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, charts a brief history of perceived political bias at the Corporation. About the Author: Dr Tom...
The Riddles of the Sphinx (1977/2013). GB. 2013. DVD. BFI home video. 92 minutes + 115 minutes extras. £15.99 About the reviewer: Dr Patti Gaal-Holmes is an artist/filmmaker and historian. Her...
Why are stars often called ‘gods’ or ‘goddesses’? How was antiquity used to boost the image of the developing film industry and its stars? What does this historical association tell us about...
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture edited by Robert Shaughnessy (Cambridge University Press, 2007), ISBN 978-0-521-84429-1 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-521-60580-9 (paperback) About the...