Learning on ScreenViewfinder Reviews
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Minute Bodies
Prof Ian Christie examines the fascinating fusion of Smith’s time-lapse photomicrography modern music.
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Live Cinema and its Techniques
John Wyver of Illuminations reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s reflections on live cinema.
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Fifty Years of The Battle of Algiers
Prof Alan O’Leary at the University of Leeds reviews Sohail Daulatzai’s book on the The Battle of Algiers (1966).
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Trying to Get Over
Adrian Smith, University of Sussex, reviews Keith Corson’s book on an overlooked period of black filmmaking.
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Visions of Avant-Garde Film
Donatella Valente, doctoral candidate at Birkbeck, reviews Kamila Kuc’s study of Polish avant-garde film.
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Jonathan Miller – One Thing and Another
Prof John Cook looks at a new collection of writing by the influential author, writer and director.
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The Wars of the Roses
Dr Jodi-Anne George reviews the BBC’s landmark Shakespeare adaptation The Wars of the Roses, available on DVD from Illuminations.
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Spanish Gothic
Dr Leon Hunt reviews Xavier Reyes’ detailed study of the Spanish Gothic in literature and on film.
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Undead Apocalypse: Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century
Dr Lorna Jowett reviews Stacey Abbott’s new book about the undead in twenty-first century film and television.
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A Special Day
Dr Louis Bayman reviews CultFilm’s Blu-ray/DVD release of Ettore Scola’s A Special Day.
