Viewfinder Reviews - page 3

• Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words, Noise

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 27 April 2016

  Jamie Sexton reviews Sarah Piazza’s book on one of America’s most revered independent filmmakers.

• Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 18 April 2016

  Dr Sheldon Hall reviews Mark Glancy’s study on the reception of American movies within Britain.

• Brackett on Wilder – It’s the Pictures That Got Small

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 24 March 2016

  Dr Karen McNally reviews Charles Brackett’s account of his working relationship with Hollywood’s Billy Wilder.

• Breaking Bad: The Official Book

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 3 March 2016

  Patrick O’Neill reviews David Thomson’s book on the award-winning US TV series.

• Double-Act

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 12 February 2016

  Professor Charles Barr reviews Brian McFarlane’s joint biography on actors Googie Withers and John McCallum.

• Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 29 January 2016

  Dr Sheldon Hall reviews Tony Bill’s handy guide on how to belong on a film set.

• Key Concepts in Radio Studies

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 19 January 2016

  Professor Tim Wall reviews Hugh Chignell’s key concept book of radio studies’ prominent ideas.

• Hitchcock Lost and Found: The Forgotten Films

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 8 January 2016

  Professor Sue Vice reviews this detailed analysis of Hitchcock’s forgotten and overlooked works.

• Cinematography: A Modern History of Filmmaking

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 21 December 2015

  Mick Farr reviews this well-researched account on the role of the Cinematographer in the American film industry.

• Zombies: A Cultural History

  Review type: Text | Posted on: 30 November 2015

  We review Roger Luckhurst’s new history of the Zombie genre.