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critical guides

This unique series of reference guides provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers and enthusiasts alike. Through concise short essays containing original information, these books offer valuable insight into the careers of hundreds of filmmakers, giving special emphasis to emerging directors rarely included in film guides yet who are changing the face of contemporary filmmaking.

Entries include brief biographical material, a complete filmography, and a critical analysis of the most important works of the director. They will be updated in future editions to ensure the Wallflower Critical Guides remain an essential resource for anyone interested in the changing world of global cinema.

THE ART OF FILM

John Box and Production Design

Ian Christie

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CINEMA IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Nicholas Rombes

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TOUCH OF EVIL

Rick Schmidlin

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SCREENWRITING

History, Theory and Practice

Steven Maras

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INTERNATIONAL FILM GUIDE 2009 (45TH EDITION)

The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema (OUT JAN 09)

Ian Haydn Smith (ed.)

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THE CINEMA OF JOHN SAYLES

Lone Star

Mark Bould

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SEQUENCES

Contemporary Chronophotography and Experimental Digital Art

Paul St. George (ed.)

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THE CINEMA OF GERMANY

Joseph Garncarz

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DEKALOG 2

On Manoel De Oliveira

Carolin Overhoff Ferreira (ed.)

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CINEPHILIA IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL REPRODUCTION

Film, Pleasure and Digital Culture, vol. 1

Scott Balcerzak and Jason Sperb

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Electric Sheep magazine: Winter 2008

Into the White



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CHΑVEZ: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED

A Case Study of Politics and the Media

Rod Stoneman

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BAD TASTE

Jim Barratt

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SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY

Glyn Davis

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CINEMA OF INDIA

Lalitha Gopalan

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THE CINEMA OF DAVID CRONENBERG

From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero

Ernest Mathijs

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RELIGION AND FILM

Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World

S. Brent Plate

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FILM AND PHILOSOPHY

Taking Movies Seriously

Daniel Shaw

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CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CINEMA

From Heritage to Horror

James Leggott

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THE CINEMA OF SALLY POTTER

The Poetics of Perfomance

Sophie Mayer

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THE HITCHCOCK ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY

Selected Essays from Volumes 10-15

Sidney Gottlieb

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Film Curatorship

Archives, Museums and the Digital Marketplace

Edited by Paolo Cherchi Usai, David Francis, Alexander Horwath, Michael Loebenstein

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WIDESCREEN

Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere

Mark Cousins

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CLOSE-UP 03 The Police Series / Men's Cinema / Weimar Cinema

John Gibbs

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THE CINEMA OF JAN SVANKMAJER

Dark Alchemy (2nd edition)

Peter Hames (ed.)

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SCENES OF LOVE AND MURDER

Renoir, Film and Philosophy

Colin Davis

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PERFORMING ILLUSIONS

Cinema, Special Effects and the Virtual Actor

Dan North

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HAUNTED IMAGES

Film, Ethics, Testimony and the Holocaust

Libby Saxton

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DOCUMENTARY DISPLAY

Re-Viewing Nonfiction Film and Video

Keith Beattie

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GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST CINEMA

The World of Light and Shadow

Ian Roberts

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CINEMA AND HISTORY

The Telling of Stories

Mike Chopra-Gant

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A FAMILY AFFAIR

Cinema Calls Home

Murray Pomerance (ed.)

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CITIES IN TRANSITION

The Moving Image and the Modern Metropolis

Andrew Webber and Emma Wilson (eds)

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DEKALOG 1

On The Five Obstructions

Mette Hjort (ed.)

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FILMS OF FACT

A History of Science in Documentary Films and Television

Timothy Boon

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JAMES BENNING

Barbara Pichler and Claudia Slanar (eds)

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INGMAR BERGMAN REVISITED

Performance, Cinema and the Arts

Maaret Koskinen (ed.)

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BUILDING BRIDGES

The Cinema of Jean Rouch

Joram Ten Brink (ed.)

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JOSEF VON STERNBERG

The Case of Lena Smith

Alexander Howarth and Michael Omasta (eds)

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CRIME FILMS

Investigating the Scene

Kirsten Moana Thompson

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PETER TSCHERKASSKY

Alexander Howarth and Michael Loebenstein (eds)

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THE CINEMA OF NORTH AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST

Gφnόl Dφnmez-Colin (ed.)

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THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Jeffrey Weinstock

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DONNIE DARKO

Geoff King

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THE CINEMA OF LARS VON TRIER

Authenticity and Artifice

Caroline Bainbridge

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CINEMA OF PRAYOGA

Indian Experimental Film and Video 1913-2006

Brad Butler and Karen Mirza (eds)

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THE CINEMA OF TERRENCE MALICK

Poetic Visions of America (2nd edition)

Hannah Patterson (ed.)

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THIS IS SPINAL TAP

Ethan de Seife

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VISION ON

Film, Television and the Arts in Britain

John Wyver

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THE CINEMA OF WERNER HERZOG

Aesthetic Ecstasy and Truth

Brad Prager

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THE IMAGE AND THE WITNESS

Trauma, Memory and Visual Culture

Frances Guerin and Roger Hallas (eds)

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PROJECTING MIGRATION

Transcultural Documentary Practice

Alan Grossman and Αine O'Brien (eds)

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SUBVERSION

The Definitive History of Underground Cinema

Duncan Reekie

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THE CINEMA OF ANG LEE

The Other Side of the Screen

Whitney Crothers Dilley

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THE UNSILVERED SCREEN

Surrealism on Film

Graeme Harper and Rob Stone (eds)

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DIRECT CINEMA

Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties

Dave Saunders

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DZIGA VERTOV

The Vertov Collection at The Austrian Film Museum

Thomas Tode and Barbara Wurm (eds)

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JOHN COOK

Viennese by Choice, Filmemacher von Beruf

Michael Omasta

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THE CINEMA OF RUSSIA & THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

Birgit Beumers (ed.)

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THE CINEMA OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

Geoff Mayer and Keith Beattie (eds)

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THE ANIMATE! BOOK

Benjamin Cook and Gary Thomas (eds)

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THE CINEMA OF CANADA

Jerry White (ed.)

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THE MEMO BOOK

Films, Videos and Installations by Matthias Muller

Peter Todd and Benjamin Cook (eds)

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THE CINEMA OF FRANCE

Phil Powrie (ed.)

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THE CINEMA OF TODD HAYNES

All That Heaven Allows

James Morrison (ed.)

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THE CINEMATIC TANGO

Contemporary Argentine Film

Tamara L. Falicov

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THE CINEMA OF STEVEN SPIELBERG

Empire of Light

Nigel Morris

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THE CINEMA OF ROMAN POLANSKI

Dark Spaces of the World

John Orr and Elzbieta Ostrowska (eds)

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TALKING MOVIES

Contemporary World Filmmakers in Interview

Jason Wood

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FIRES WERE STARTED

British Cinema and Thatcherism (second edition)

Lester Friedman (ed.)

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FEMINIST AUTEURS

Reading Women's Films

Geetha Ramanathan

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