Between 1918-1928 British film was poised between a Victorian past and a future marked out as American. Examining a cinema inextricably intertwined with notions of theatricality, pictorialism and literariness, in which the high cultural, middlebrow and popular intersect, this book re-evaluates films of the 1920s.

Engagingly written and profusely illustrated, this book offers readers a close-up "view from the scaffolding" of some of the greatest Renaissance wall paintings at the Vatican.

From the author of The Mistress of Paris, a lavish biography of a remarkable 19th-century woman.

Alternating between frenetic violence and comic banter, this film constantly undercut the audience's expectations. This script for "Reservoir Dogs" depicts an exuberant, amoral universe with blood, guts and razor-sharp dialogue.

One of a hand-picked selection of some of the most popular and cult-worthy titles on Faber and Faber's extensive list of film scripts.

While the arts continue to flourish in Africa, addressing questions about marginalization, what is center and what periphery, what traditional or conservative, and what progressive or modern requires an expansive view of creative production.

A well-researched and thoughtfully written biography of Richard Burton.

Robert Mitchum was one of Hollywood's best-loved actors. This book reveals, Mitchum was one of the few Hollywood icons whose real-life exploits were yet more compelling than his on-screen persona. It offers the life story of a man who redefined cinematic cool.

Roger who? The name may not ring a bell but his films certainly will: Attack Of The Crab Monsters, The Little Shop Of Horrors, The Masque Of The Red Death, A Bucket Of Blood and dozens more. Roger Corman was the king of the B-movies, directing around fifty movies between 1954 and 1970. Shot at breakneck speed on shoestring...

In a fresh and invigorating look at British cinema that considers film as an art form among other arts, John Orr takes a critical look at the intriguing relationship between romanticism and modernism in British cinema.

The first publication to showcase the visual art of the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood

The extraordinary (and typically unconventional) memoir from visionary filmmaker David Lynch, co-creator of Twin Peaks

Suitable for those studying film history for the first time, this title incorporates a series of 11 introductory, critical essays on key subject areas, with a dictionary of key names and terms.

The Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, born on June 28, 1577, died May 30, 1640 was the most renowned northern European artist of his day, and and is now widely recognised as one of the foremost painters in Western art history.