Film history, theory or criticism

This is the first full-length monograph in English about one of France's most important contemporary filmmakers, perhaps best known in the English speaking world for his award winning Les Roseaux sauvages/Wild Reeds of 1994.

This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate.

In formulating a notion of filmic reality, The Reality of Film offers a novel way of understanding our relationship to cinema.

Adapting Philosophy looks at the ways in which The Matrix Trilogy adapts Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, and in doing so creates its own distinctive philosophical position.

One of the most gifted directors of the post New Wave, Maurice Pialat is frequently compared to such legendary filmmakers as Jean Renoir and Robert Bresson.

By formulating a notion of 'filmic reality', The reality of film offers new ways of understanding our relationship with cinema.

Taking the Long View is a study of documentary series such as Michael Apted's world-famous Seven Up films that set out to trace the life-journeys of individuals from their earliest schooldays till they are fully grown adults, often with children of their own.

Adapting Philosophy looks at the ways in which The Matrix Trilogy adapts Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, and in doing so creates its own distinctive philosophical position.

Alex de la Iglesia, initially championed by Pedro Almodovar, and at one time the enfant terrible of Spanish film, still makes film critics nervous.

This book explores the changing representation of the couple, focusing on themes of marriage, equality and desire.

Despite his controversial reputation and international notoriety as a film-maker, no full-length study of Clouzot has ever been published in English.

This is the first full-length monograph in English about one of France's most important contemporary filmmakers, perhaps best known in the English speaking world for his award winning Les Roseaux sauvages/Wild Reeds of 1994.

This book undertakes a unique, coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema.

This thorough account of the life and films of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem is the first book in English on the internationally renowned writer-director of Vacas, La ardilla roja (Red Squirrel), Tierra, Los amantes del Circulo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle), Lucia y el sexo (Sex and Lucia), La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra (Basque Ball) and Caotica Ana (Chaotic Ana),Initial chapters explore Medem's childhood, adolescence and education and examine his earliest short films and critical writings against a background of a dramatically changing Spain.

This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate.

Mike Leigh may well be Britain's greatest living film director; his worldview has permeated our national consciousness.

Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced.

For as long as people have been migrating to London, so has their music.

Against the Machine is a fascinating look at how the Internet is reshaping the way we think about ourselves and the world.

Fills a gap in the international literature by offering new insights into the heterogeneous ways in which African men are performing, negotiating and experiencing masculinity.

While the historical influence of psychoanalysis on Hollywood cinema has received considerable attention, the same cannot be said for its influence on British cinema.

While the historical influence of psychoanalysis on Hollywood cinema has received considerable attention, the same cannot be said for its influence on British cinema.

Josef von Sternberg s 1930 film The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel) is among the best known films of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933).

A series of limiting definitions have tended to delineate the Franco-British cinematic relationship.

Jerzy Skolimowski is one of the most original Polish directors and one of only a handful who has gained genuine recognition abroad.

Bela Balazs s two works, Visible Man (1924) and The Spirit of Film (1930), are published here for the first time in full English translation.

Dealing with some of the major themes in film narratives, this book draws on the theories of French psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva.

This comprehensive history of Japanese animation draws on Japanese primary sources and testimony from industry professionals to explore the production and reception of anime, from its origins in Japanese cartoons of the 1920s and 30s to the international successes of companies such as Studio Ghibli and Nintendo, films such as Spirited Away and video game characters such as Pok mon.

Some films should never have been made.

"e;I have, by the way, seen 943 of the 1001 movies, and am carefully rationing the remaining titles to prolong my life.

The new wave of documentaries that prominently feature their filmmakers, such as the works of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, have attracted fresh, new audiences to the form but they have also drawn criticism that documentaries now promote entertainment at the expense of truth.

When the sun set on the British Empire, the resultant fragmentation of British identity emerged most tellingly in artistic works: cinematic works such as Howards End depicted a richly historical land steeped in tradition and tragedy, while the more modern Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels revealed a brutal yet sharply humorous portrayal of contemporary English life.

For more than thirty years, David Cronenberg has made independent films such as Scanners and A History of Violence which aim to disturb, surprise, and challenge audiences.

Through the looking-glass of Russian national cinema, Pride and Panic explores Russia's anxious adjustment towards the expansion of Western culture.

The identity of European cinema, like the identity of Europe itself, is multiple, complex, and fascinating.

This book focuses on the emerging historical relations between British television and film culture in the 1950s.

Hollywood special effects offer spectacular creations or re-creations that make claims to our attention on the grounds of their 'incredible-seeming reality'.

This book is the first collection of essays to explore the changing relationships between war, media and the public from a multidisciplinary perspective and over an extended historical period.

World Film Locations: Glasgow explores Scotland's biggest city and the many locations in which its films are viewed, set and shot.

Part of Intellect's World Film Locations series, World Film Locations: Helsinki explores the relationship between the city, cinema and Finnish cultural history.

Brian De Palma is perhaps best known as the director behind the gangster classic Scarface.

Popular films can do more than merely entertain us; they can contribute to our understanding of human nature and the ethical theory that informs it.

One of the most dynamic capital cities of the twenty-first century, Berlin also has one of the most tumultuous modern histories.

Fascinating, incommensurable and chaotic, Mumbai is a megalopolis of dramatic diversity and heartbreaking extremes, where immense wealth is just steps away from the searing poverty of its huge slums.

In a series of spotlight essays and illustrated scene reviews, a cast of seasoned scholars and fresh new voices explore the vast range of films - encompassing drama, madcap comedy, martial arts escapism and magical realism - that have been set in Beijing.

An important addition to Intellect's popular series, Directory of World Cinema: Finland provides historical and cultural overviews of the country's cinema.

Bringing to mind rockers and royals, Buckingham Palace and the Scottish Highlands, Britain holds a special interest for international audiences who have flocked in recent years to quality exports like Fish Tank, Trainspotting and The King's Speech.

Building on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first instalment of Directory of World Cinema: Japan, this volume continues the exploration of the enduring classics, cult favourites and contemporary blockbusters of Japanese cinema with new contributions from leading critics and film scholars.

Commended for their social relevance and artistic value, Chinese films remain at the forefront of international cinema, bolstered in recent years by a new generation of talented young filmmakers.