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  1. Einstein on the Beach: An Opera in Four Acts (2016)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 264 minutes), £29.99

    Avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson. The plot revolves, loosely, around Einstein’s relationship to the creation of the atomic bomb. Originally premiered in 1976, this...

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  2. Marcel Duchamp: The Large Glass and Readymades/Film Montage: The Projection of Modernity (2005)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 50 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    MARCEL DUCHAMP: THE LARGE GLASS AND READYMADES looks at details of the work of Marcel Duchamp who was a central figure in 20th century art. Several of his pieces such as ‘Nude Descending a Staircase’,...

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  3. Media Screen Roundup - October 2014

    Date
    13 Nov 2014, 10:29
    Author
    Linda
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. There is a definite widespread...

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  4. Movie Lover’s Guide to Film Language, A (2005)

    Subject
    FE; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £19.99

    A general introduction to film language and five "lessons" covering the major elements of cinematic language: LIGHTING, CAMERA, MISE EN SCENE, SOUND and EDITING. For each of these lessons there is a short...

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  5. Science is Fiction/ The Sounds of Science (2007)

    Director
    Jean Painlevé
    Subject
    Biology; Film studies; Music; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £24.99

    Before David Attenborough and Jacques Cousteau - there was Jean Painlevé, Poetic pioneer of science films, Painlevé explored a twilight realm of vampire bats, seahorses, octopi, and liquid crystals. In...

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  6. Labor Union Films (2011)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $14.99

    A 2-DVD set comprising 15 short films made between 1917 and 1951 dealing with US labour history and America’s struggle to ensure a decent life for all its citizens. Contents: 17 DAYS: THE STORY OF...

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  7. Cinematic Fictions

    Date
    22 Aug 2013, 10:52
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Cinematic Fictions: The Impact of the Cinema on the American Novel up to the Second World War by David Seed (Liverpool University Press, 2009). ISBN 978-1846312120 (hardback), £65 About the reviewer:...

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  8. Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, The (2006)

    Director
    Sophie Fiennes
    Subject
    Film Studies; Media studies; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 150 minutes), £21.99

    THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on a ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst, who...

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  9. 100 Silent Films

    Date
    10 Jul 2013, 13:31
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    100 Silent Films by Bryony Dixon (BFI, 2011). 227 pages. ISBN: 978-1844573080 (paperback). £16.99 About the reviewer: Michael Hammond took his BA in History at California State University Los Angeles, his...

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  10. Projecting Tomorrow

    Date
    17 May 2013, 11:46
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Projecting Tomorrow: Science Fiction and Popular Cinema by James Chapman and Nicholas J. Cull, (I.B. Tauris, 2013), 240 pages, ISBN: 978-1-78076-410-8 (paperback), £14.99 About the reviewer: Mark Bould...

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