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  1. Swimming to Cambodia (1987 Film)

    Director
    Jonathan Demme
    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Spalding Gray is a raconteur, writer and actor and the subject of his own performance piece. His monologue is based on his experiences of acting a minor role in THE KILLING FIELDS and he roams through a wide...

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  2. Class, The (1961 Film, Television)

    Series
    Monitor
    Director
    John Schlesinger

    Presents a series of exercises relating to basic acting problems. Shows the work of a first-year group of students at the Central School of Speech and Drama; their activities guided by the actor Harold Lang....

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  3. Animal Farm (1954)

    Director
    John Halas; Joy Batchelor
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 69 minutes), £6.98

    John Halas and Joy Batchelor’s adaptation of George Orwell’s novel was the first feature-length British animated film to be given a theatrical release. Actor and singer Gordon Heath narrates, and the...

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  4. Akenfield (1974)

    Director
    Peter Hall
    Subject
    Agriculture; English language and literature; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £14.99

    Loosely based on Ronald Blythe’s book, this film traces three generations of one Suffolk family and their lives in the farming industry. The film features a cast of non-professional actors drawn from the...

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  5. If: A Film About Rudyard Kipling (1997 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Actor Mace Richards visits Batemans, the Sussex home of writer Rudyard Kipling, picking up some clues about Kipling’s first, seemingly unpublished, novel. The film mimics a favoured story form, with a...

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  6. Hored Hand, The (1971)

    Director
    Peter Fonda
    Subject
    American Studies; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 90 minutes), £14.99

    Western starring Peter Fonda as Harry, a drifter who, with his friend Archie, has crossed the plains of America in search of a better life. But tiring of the transient existence Harry heads for home and the...

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  7. In Search of Stability (1986 Television)

    Series
    Africans: A Triple Heritage, The

    Series on Africa written and presented by Professor Ali A. Mazrui. Episode 6 looks at the history of governance in Africa. Includes an extract (5 mins) in which an actor delivers Mark Antony’s funeral...

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  8. Upstream (1927 Film)

    aka: Footlight Glamour

    Director
    John Ford

    Feature film. A comedic melodrama telling the story of a love triangle between a vaudeville knife-thrower, his target girl and a hammy Shakespearean actor.

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  9. Cinema of Unease (1995 Video)

    Director
    Sam Neill; Judy Rymer
    Producer
    Grant Campbell; Paula Jalfon
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 52 min.

    Actor Sam Neill’s personal journey through the cinema of his native New Zealand, finding echoes of his own memories and formative experiences in the emerging national film culture. Features the work of...

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  10. Re Lear (1910 Film)

    aka: King Lear Roi Lear, Le

    Director
    Gerolamo Lo Savio

    Shortened version of the play which depicts most of the main events but omits the Edgar subplot. Ball (op cit) comments ‘Without subtitles this film could not be understood at all...one sees only tirades...

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