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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

	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 'A lucidly written and informative overview of recent British cinema that will serve as an excellent introduction to its subject.' – Andrew Spicer, University of the West of England		WIDESCREEN Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere Mark Cousins October 2008 The new book by filmmaker and critic Mark Cousins, Widescreen: Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere, presents eighty essays on film and ideas, compiled from his columns for Prospect magazine and written across the world in the last decade, reflecting on the changes in film culture in the 21st Century.