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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...
Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham (Lawrence King Publishers, November 2011). 424 pages. ISBN: 978-1856697521 (hardback). £48. About the Reviewer: Dr Rob Banham is...
Frank Borzage volumes 1 & 2. 2009. GB. DVD (Region 2 PAL), BFI. Volume One - 7th Heaven / Street Angel (114 mins + 97 mins); Volume Two – Lucky Star / Liliom (95 mins + 90 mins) About the reviewer: Dr...
The Innocents. GB.. bfi. Blu-ray (Region B) and DVD (Region 2 PAL). 96 minutes + extras. £19.99 About the reviewer: Dr Suzanne Speidel is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Sheffield Hallam University....
Chair Sean Thornton has over 20 years’ experience as a factual video producer. After graduating from Bournemouth, via a stint freelancing for BBC local radio, Sean ran a production unit for the...