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  1. Women and Work (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Leonard; Janet McBain
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.

    29 extracts from advertising films, newsreels, drama documentaries and educational films including a study of the life and work of Shetland women.

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  2. Family Life (2002)

    Subject
    Media studies; Mental Health and Counselling; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 103 minutes), £12.99

    A harrowing drama-documentary account of a teenage girl descending into schizophrenia. The film is an attack on contemporary psychiatric practices and the coldness of middle-class life in Britain.

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  3. Jørgen Leth 2: Sports Films

    Director
    Jorgen Leth
    Subject
    Media studies; Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 300 minutes), 39.95 euros

    The second box of the series Jørgen Leth Collection contains Leth’s sports films, primarily emphasising the cycle film classics STARS AND WATER CARRIERS (1974), THE IMPOSSIBLE HOUR(1975), and A SUNDAY IN...

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  4. Importance of Being Earnest (2002), The (2003)

    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £17.99

    An adaptation of the comedy by Oscar Wilde, which tells the story of mistaken identity set during the Victorian era. Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing are a pair of bachelors who both have alter egos in...

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  5. Victorian and Edwardian Stage on Film, The (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Department of Drama University of Manchester
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 53 min.

    Shows excerpts from films held in the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington DC, with annotations and critical commentary. David Mayer introduces the films, talks of their provenance...

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  6. You’Re Human Like the Rest of Them: The Collected Films of B.S. Johnson (2013)

    Director
    B.S. Johnson; Mike Newell
    Subject
    Drama; Film studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    Best known for groundbreaking novels such as "The Unfortunates" and "Christy Malry’s Own Double-Entry", B.S. Johnson was also the director of a number of films that have been out of circulation for...

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  7. Madness of King George, The (1994 Video)

    Director
    Nicholas Hytner
    Producer
    Stephen Evans; David Parfitt
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 110 min., 1999 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Historical drama set in 1788 and based on the play ‘The Madness of George III’ by Alan Bennett, which follows the events surrounding King George III as his mental condition deteriorates. Screenplay by...

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  8. Act Without Words (1983 Video)

    Director
    Margaret Jordan
    Producer
    Robin Browne
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min., 1995 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Film version of Beckett’s puppet play ‘Act without Words’. ‘A puppet finds a palm tree and sits in the shade, but the tree closes its fronds, leaving him in the hot sun. There is a carafe of water,...

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  9. American Buffalo (1995 Video)

    Director
    Michael Corrente
    Producer
    Gregory Mosher
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 83 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

    A three-character, single set piece in which a junk shop the owner and his friend scheme to retrieve a valuable American buffalo coin. Adapted by David Mamet from his play ‘American Buffalo’, first...

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  10. New Tenant, The (1964 Film)

    Director
    George Brandt
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    From the play by Eugene Ionesco. A production by the University of Bristol Drama Department. Note: This is not a film of a stage performance of Ionesco’s play, but a re-treatment of the subject using...

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