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Ever since its inception, British cinema has been obsessed with crime and the criminal. The Britain of British cinema is often written about in terms of national history, ethnic diversity, or cultural tradition, yet very rarely in terms of its criminal tendencies and dark underbelly.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 105).

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Tracing the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer - such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958) - this book covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early apprenticeship work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work.

Tracing the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer - such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958) - this book covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early apprenticeship work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work.

Co-written by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan and British novelist Angela Carter, and based on several short stories from Carter's collection The Bloody Chamber, The Company of Wolves (1984) is a provocative reinvention of the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood.

Adopting a textual, chronological approach, Studying German Cinema is for students of German and film studies and the general reader with an interest in German cinema. Each film is embedded in its cultural and political context, and together they provide an overview of German history from the end of World War I to the present.

Pan's Labyrinth, Stranger than Fiction, The Science of Sleep... Surreal and fantastic cinema is enjoying a resurgence. A movement that goes back to the earliest days of cinema, it provides an exemplary case study to introduce all sorts of concepts -- Auteur study, representations, 'shocking cinema', textual analysis. Neil Coombs' guide is ideal for students new to the field, providing an explanation of the origins of Surrealism followed by det...

Wong Kar-wai's 1994 Chungking Express has quickly been recognised as one of the most important examples of 'World Cinema' in the last two decades. It explores time and desire and, on an allegorical level, the perceived loss of independence that many felt would take place post-1997. Studying Chungking Express considers these historical details but also the key issues of film form, author-ship, representation and identity. Required reading for a...

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