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This month's new titles, as well as other very recent publications, are listed below. Many of these books coincide with launch events and so please see the listings in our news and events page.

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Throughout the site, you will find contents lists for each title, as well as press and academic reviews.

Our 2008 catalogue, listing all new books for publication this year plus select backlist, is now available via PDF download or you can request a copy to be mailed to you. You can also access details of all forthcoming titles here.

NEW TITLES

	DEKALOG 2 On Manoel De Oliveira Carolin Overhoff Ferreira (ed.) December 2008 On 11 December 2008 the Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira will celebrate his 100th birthday. This special issue of Dekalog is a way to pay tribute to an outstanding artist who has as much captivated as bewildered spectators during his 77-year-long career.		BAD TASTE Jim Barratt December 2008 In the gifted hands of Peter Jackson and his collaborators, Bad Taste has become a steady-earning cult classic... This book recounts the fascinating story of the film's unconventional, homemade production and its unexpected success.
	SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY Glyn Davis December 2008 Banned by the Carpenter Estate, Todd Haynes' experimental biopic has attained significant cult status due to its illegality and lack of availability. This study details the film's fascinating history.		ELECTRIC SHEEP MAGAZINE: Winter 2008 Into the White December 2008 ‘Electric Sheep marks a refreshing new voice in film publications. Neither too intellectual nor too populist, it offers an intelligent analysis of a broad spectrum of films, filmmakers and filmmaking issues'. Jason Wood
	CHÁVEZ: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED A Case Study of Politics and the Media Rod Stoneman December 2008 This special DVD and book project outlines how a popular and prize-winning documentary fast became controversial and subject to extensive attack including a formal BBC enquiry.		THE CINEMA OF DAVID CRONENBERG From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero Ernest Mathijs November 2008 'A smart new analysis of Cronenberg's cinema, highly useful for its meticulous summaries, solid and detailed factual accounts of production and exhibition, and the connections drawn between the films and all kinds of contexts – social, critical and industrial.' – Bill Beard, University of Alberta
	RELIGION AND FILM Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World S. Brent Plate November 2008 'A truly compelling comparative study. The analogues between filmic and religious ‘worldmaking' are richly illuminating, bringing the reader to fresh insights about the structure and dynamics of both mediums.' – William Paden, University of Vermont		FILM AND PHILOSOPHY Taking Movies Seriously Daniel Shaw November 2008 'This lucid and lively book introduces virtually all key topics at the intersection of film and philosophy.' – Deborah Knight, Queen's University, Canada
	CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CINEMA From Heritage to Horror James Leggott November 2008 'An informative, discursive and wide-ranging survey of home-produced cinema of the Blair and Brown eras." – Top 5 Christmas Books (Film), Time Out London		THE CINEMA OF JAN SVANKMAJER Dark Alchemy (2nd edition) Peter Hames (ed.) September 2008 This updated second edition – still the only full-length study of Jan Švankmajer's work – explores the legacy of this legendary Czech surrealist filmmaker and animator.