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Part of a vanguard of Spanish talent claiming success at home and in Hollywood, Penlope Cruz is one of the best known European stars today. Focusing on Cruz's key films and their surrounding discourse, Ann Davies charts the development of Cruz's star persona both at home and abroad and the questions, difficulties and pleasures it inspires.

(Paperback, Main)

Performance is the 'cultiest', and many say the greatest, British film: a study of crime, class, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, jointly directed by the formidable team of Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback)

"Bloomsbury methuen drama"--Titlle page verso.

(Paperback)

In all his films, Peter Greenaway shows obsessive attention to detail, exaggerating the archaic and fabricating his plots out of an artificial realm of caricature and pastiche. This book examines his vision from a number of perspectives and traces a shift of sensibility in his work.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

The only book to bring together the original scripts from all three series of one of Britain's best-loved television comedies

(Paperback)

Regarded by many critics as Britain's best sitcom, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' tales of life inside Slade Prison first hit the screens in 1973. Three series were transmitted before the prison show finally closed its doors in 1977. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of how the series came to be made.

(Paperback)

The must-have companion to the television comedy classic

(Paperback, Main)

Dennis Potter, British playwright, novelist and film-maker, talks about the early influences that shaped him and his career in this book that looks at Potter's pioneering use of non-naturalism, his self-reflexive subversion of film and TV cliches and his approach to sex, politics and religion.

(Paperback)

Mary Poppins is a story of taking practical steps towards happiness. Its looking at the bright side of life. Its setting boundaries, deciding what you want and making it happen. Thats the path to being Practically Perfect

(Paperback)

Mary Poppins is a story of taking practical steps towards happiness. Its looking at the bright side of life. Its setting boundaries, deciding what you want and making it happen. Thats the path to being Practically Perfect

(Paperback)

Invites us to step back into an era when the hourglass figure was in vogue and striptease was a true art form. This title reveals the personal journeys of yesteryear's icons of female sexuality and power, restoring their legacy to an age that has all but forgotten them - despite resurgence of the art of burlesque.

(Paperback, No Edition)

The early exploits of Larry's stand-up career, his days writing for Seinfeld, and the conception of Curb. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good - Larry's key catchphrase - also explores Larry's on- and off-screen relationships with Richard Lewis, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and the cast of Seinfeld.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

The remarkably honest and brilliantly entertaining memoir of one of our finest acting Dames whose long and celebrated career includes her much-loved performance as Livia in I, Claudius and who was married for 20 years to the hell-raising Hollywood star Peter O'Toole.

(Paperback)

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

This expanded second edition offers further reflections on the importance of horror, tracing the cultural history of the American horror film from Dracula (1931) to Get Out (2017), including the changes in horror and horror scholarship in the last 20 years.

(Paperback, Main)

A celebration of twenty years of European Cinema.

(Paperback, Main)

A new edition of the annual volume of film writings containing the diaries of Francis Ford Coppola. 1993 is reflected in the diaries of Sally Potter and Richard Stanley. Other items include John Boorman in conversation with Sydney Pollack, Michael Tolkin on the plight of the screenwriter in Hollywood, and Hal Wilner on the music in "Short Cuts".

(Paperback, FF Classics)

Nominated for seven Oscars and winner of the BAFTA award, this triplet of masterfully interwoven crime stories is witty, gritty and shamelessly violent, displaying Tarantino's visceral approach to character and plot.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

This volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives.

(Hardback)