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Typically British (1995 Video)

Director

Stephen Frears

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 73 min., 1996 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

Explores the wealth of images created by the British film industry in this century. Contains interviews with Alexander Mackendrick, Gavin Lambert, Michael Apted and Alan Parker. Discusses films from the...

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Workers’ Films of the Thirties (2 Parts) (1981 Film, Video)

Director

Victoria Wegg-Prosser

Producer

Victoria Wegg-Prosser

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

This compilation derives exclusively from the archive of the Film and Photo League and is an attempt to present a digest of that archive. Part 1 deals with the origins of the league, the connections with the...

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Story of Children and Film, A (2014)

Director

Mark Cousins

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 minutes), £15.99

Mark Cousins tells the story of children in film through a selection of clips from 53 films from 23 different countries.

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Classified!: A Teachers’ Guide to Film and Video Censorship and Classification (1994 Video)

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 31 min., £27.00 (inclusive)

Aims to teach about film, video and television regulation, classification and censorship. Concepts covered are audience, institution, representation and ideology. Source programmes are the BBC’s GOING...

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From the Sea to the Land Beyond (2013)

Director

Penny Woolcock

Producer

Mark Atkin

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £19.99

Using footage taking from four main sources at the British Film Institute - the Mitchell and Kenyon collection; Topical Budget newsreels; public information films from the COI collection and travelogues from...

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Underground (2013)

Director

Anthony Asquith

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 94 minutes), £19.99

Dual format DVD BluRay release of the British Film Institute’s restoration of Anthony Asquith’s 1928 film. Extras include the transport film SCENES AT PICCADILLY CIRCUS AND HYDE PARK CORNER (1930 - 1932)...

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Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? (1995 Video)

Director

Donald Taylor Black

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 124 min., 1996 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

Examines the struggle of the Irish people to create an Irish cinema, and why the familiar cinematic images of Ireland have been created in Britain and Hollywood. Includes interviews with Neil Jordan, Jim...

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Beaumarchais 1 (1996 Video)

aka: Beaumarchais L’Insolent

Director

Edouard Molinaro

Producer

Charles Gassot

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale (video - retail), Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1997 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

A costume drama based on the life of the 18th-century dramatist Beaumarchais.

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Riddles of the Sphinx (2013)

Director

Laura Mulvey; Peter Wollen

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £19.99

Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen’s 1977 film is a landmark moment in British avant-garde filmmaking which fuses feminist theory with formal experimentation to create an elliptical narrative exploring issues...

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100 Years of Polish Cinema (1996 Video)

Director

Pawel Lozinski

Producer

Krzysztof Kieslowski; Ryszard Straszewski; Irena Strzalkowski; Krzystof Zanussi

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 61 min., 1999 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

Based on an idea by Krzysztof Kieslowski, the film focuses on the cinema audience, using interviews with children, the elderly, and the visually impaired to evoke the magic and power of Polish cinema through...

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