Examines the mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form constructs with documentary. The analysis includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts ranging from "Zelig" and "The Falls" through to examples like "Bob Roberts" and "This is Spinal Tap".

Agnes Varda, one of the major French film-makers of the last 40 years, is here celebrated by Alison Smith, by examining both the early films and the later successes, such as "Sans toit ni loi" (1985), "Jane B. par Agnes V." (1987) and "Jacquot de Nantes" (1991).

A career-length study of Losey's British films, this text incorporates film theory of the past 20 years into an analysis of Losey's work in an accessible format for both students and film enthusiasts.

Presents an array of critical, theoretical, and historical responses that pertain to the arrival of the moving image in contemporary art: its cause, its motivation, and its aesthetic, social, and political significance. This collection also includes seminal historical articles, as well as criticism, including translated and commissioned essays.

An insightful study of the master filmmaker's work, enriched by unprecedented access to the director himself.

Charts Lance Comfort's career in full

A personal and fascinating account of the career and achievement of an important, much-loved director; Jack Clayton.

This book offers an appreciation of all of Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film history

Cinema provides entertainment, but it also communicates a set of values, a vision of the world or an ideology. European cinema has dealt with the tension between these two functions in a variety of ways. Diverse and entertaining, this book explores the complex relationship between entertainment, ideology and audiences in European film.

Looks at the key time periods, genres and key works in world cinema. This title places the world of cinema in the context of social and cultural developments that have taken place since its beginnings. It traces the evolution of cinematic development, from the earliest days of film projection to the multiscreen cinemas and super-technology.

A collection of 20 iconic film posters by one of the greatest American designers of the 20th century, that is suitable for graphic designers and film fans. Each poster is removable and designed to fit the standard frame size 12 x 16 inches.

Featuring exclusive interviews with key players such as Simon Pegg, Irvine Welsh, Michael Winterbottom and Edgar Wright, Britpop Cinema combines eyewitness accounts, close analysis and social history to celebrate a golden age for UK film.

The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. This book offers a comprehensive account of Tarkovsky's entire film output. It examines Tarkovsky's films elementally, grouping them into four sections: Water, Fire, Earth, and Air.

A study of African filmmaking

The Matrix films, along with the video games, anime and toys inspired by them, are rich with philosophical, religious and social references that cry out for interpretation. This work examines these ideas in the context of the history of thought and cinema.

Nicolas Roeg is one of the most distinctive and influential film-makers of his generation. His explosive debut as a director with "Performance", established an approach to film-making that was unconventional and ever-changing. In this book, he intends to pass on the wealth of wisdom and experience he has garnered over fifty years of film-making.

Exploring the influence "action" films have on audiences, this book considers how people relate to and are influenced by such films as Judge Dredd.

Here is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage murder of his wife, returning to Los Angeles, where the seeds of his own self-destruction are quickly planted. Here too is Robert Towne's fabled script, widely considered the greatest original screenplay ever written.

Provides a set of dialogues with one of the writer-directors in American film.

The greatest cocktail party ever thrown in Hollywood.

Colours of Film is an introduction to film through the lens of colour. Taking you from the 1900s to today, it showcases the most extraordinary use of colour and provides visually appealing palettes of some of the best movies ever made.

Foregrounding a fundamental aspect of the Swedish auteur's work that has been routinely ignored, as well as the vibrant connection between postwar American queer culture and European art cinema, this book offers a pioneering reading of Bergman's films as

Derek Jarman's garden is in the flat expanse of shingle that faces the nuclear power station in Dungeness, Kent. He mixed the flint, shells and driftwood of Dungeness with indigenous and introduced plants. This book is his own record of how this garden evolved, from its beginnings in 1985.