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  1. Outcast of the Islands (1951)

    Director
    Carol Reed
    Subject
    Film studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £15.99

    A vivid and stormy film from 1951 based on a Joseph Conrad novel and directed by Carol Reed.

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  2. Outcast of the Islands

    Date
    6 Feb 2013, 12:21
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Outcast of the Islands. 2011. GB. DVD. 95 minutes. STUDIOCANAL/Moviemail. £15.99 About the Reviewer: Dr Katherine Isobel Baxter is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Northumbria University. Recent...

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  3. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Alabama 40 Years on (1979 Film)

    Director
    Carol Bell
    Producer
    Alan Yentob
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    At the height of the American depression in the summer of 1936, writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) travelled south to Alabama. They lived with a family of poor white white farmers...

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  4. Poor Cow (1967 Video)

    Director
    Ken Loach
    Producer
    Joseph Janni
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    DVD

    Feature film based on a novel by Nell Dunn in which a young London woman has to cope with poverty and squalor while her husband is in prison. Sadly clutching at any slight hope of happiness, she enters into...

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  5. Lola MontÈs (1955 Video)

    Director
    Max Ophüls
    Producer
    Albert Caraco
    Subject
    Film studies; French studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £19.99

    A new version of the acclaimed French feature film restored and remastered by the Cinematheque Francaise with Max Ophuls’ approval. The tragic life of a famous courtesan and her romance with the King of...

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  6. Cathy Come Home (1966)

    Director
    Ken Loach
    Producer
    Tony Garnett
    Subject
    Drama; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 77 minutes), £15.99

    Dramatised documentary on the inadequacy of welfare and housing facilities in Britain. Through a variety of circumstances a young family in 1960s’ London becomes a ‘problem’ family - Cathy’s husband...

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  7. Ken Loach at the BBC (2011)

    Director
    Ken Loach
    Producer
    Tony Garnett
    Subject
    Drama; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1100 minutes), £49.99

    This six disc collection spans Ken Loach’s years at the BBC from 1965 - 1977, including films he made for the WEDNESDAY PLAY slot as well as his four-part period drama DAYS OF HOPE. The complete contents...

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  8. Ken Loach Collection Vol 1 (2007)

    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 768 minutes), £59.99

    This collection brings together many of Ken Loach’s most celebrated films, along with some that are ripe for rediscovery. Featured titles are Poor Cow (1967), Kes (1969), The Gamekeeper (1980), Riff Raff...

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  9. Ken Loach Collection Vol 2 (2007)

    Director
    Ken Loach
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 691 minutes), £59.99

    This collection brings together many of Ken Loach’s most celebrated films, along with some that are ripe for rediscovery. This second collection brings together many of his most celebrated films, along...

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  10. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture

    Date
    28 May 2014, 12:18
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture edited by Robert Shaughnessy (Cambridge University Press, 2007), ISBN 978-0-521-84429-1 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-521-60580-9 (paperback) About the...

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