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The BBC has announced that it is to broadcast 'epic film versions' of Richard II, Henry IV parts I and II, and Henry V as part of a season of Shakespeare's history plays to be produced by Oscar-winning...
For the week ending 1st February 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as the Holocaust, marketing, the work of Oscar Wilde and social...
Senate House, University of London, 23 & 24 November 2012 With Madonna’s W.E on the Wallis Simpson-Edward VIII romance attempting to exploit the Oscar-winning success of The King’s Speech and The...
2013. Italy. TDK. Blu-ray or DVD. 156 minutes + 10 minutes of extras. Price: £24.99 About the reviewer: Ann Aungle worked at London Metropolitan University for 31 years and was its Site Library Manager...
During the 1940s, the British Council was charged to promote an idea of ‘Britain and British-ness’ by becoming an enthusiastic commissioner of over 120 documentary films designed to showcase Britain to...
At the Oscars this year THE KING'S SPEECH was awarded the prize for best film, best director, best actor and best screenplay. Details of the night's awards can be accessed here. Director Tom Hooper’s film...
Russian Film Posters 1900-1930 with an introduction by Maria-Christina Boerner (Vivays Publishing, April 2012). 200 pages. ISBN: 978-1908126153 (hardback). Price £19.95 About the reviewer: Birgit Beumers...
The Encyclopedia of British Film edited by Brian McFarlane (Methuen in association with the British Film Institute, 2003), 774 pages, ISBN: 978-0413773012 (paperback) N.B. This review originally appeared in...
Nino Rota: Music, Film and Feeling by Richard Dyer, (Palgrave Macmillan/BFI, 2010), 256 pages ISBN: 978-1844572106 (paperback), Price: £14.99 About the reviewer: Dr Alex Marlow-Mann was previously Lecturer...
Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set by Tony Bill (Workman Publishing, June 2009), 216 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7611-4359-8 (paperback), £6.99 About the Reviewer: Dr Sheldon Hall is a Senior...