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A personal and fascinating account of the career and achievement of an important, much-loved director; Jack Clayton. -- .

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This is the first-ever critical work on Jack Rosenthal, the highly regarded BAFTA-winning British television dramatist. His career began with Coronation Street in the 1960s and he became famous for such plays as The Knowledge, The Chain, Spend, Spend, Spend and Bar Mitzvah Boy, as well as the pilot for the series Londons Burning.

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This entirely new collection of essays is the first book to examine the trilogy as a whole - as well as related products such as The Animatrix and the computer game.

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Few media franchises can match The Matrix for enthusiasm of reception and subsequent proliferation. The Matrix films are rich with mythological and religious references, as well as drawing upon futuristic fiction. This book gathers original articles that comment on the various implications of the Matrix trilogy.

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Jacques Audiard is the first book on one of the most important French directors working today. Focusing on the representation of the physical body, French society and broader transnational contexts, it reveals how Audiards cinema occupies a space both within and beyond the imaginary of French cinema.

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The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language. -- .

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A complete survey - the first in English - of Jacques Rivette's sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day. -- .

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A complete survey - the first in English - of Jacques Rivette's sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day. -- .

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This book provides a film-by-film look at the thirty-two movies James Cagney made during the 1930s, from his supporting role in Sinners Holiday (1930) to the end of the decade as an established star of Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and The Roaring Twenties in 1939.

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This reference book provides comprehensive coverage of his life and career. The volume begins with a brief biography and chronology, followed by an extensive annotated bibliography of works by and about him.

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The bio-bibliography of one of America's most loved actors, spanning six decades of his career. Following a biographical section, it features listings of his credits for stage, screen, radio and television, as well as his own writings.

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Her popularity among peers, directors, and fellow performers, was contradicted by her near paranoia in demanding privacy and remoteness in her private life.

The book's bibliography includes dozens of references to reviews in film periodicals, as well as excerpts from reviews of nearly all her films.

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A comprehensive, original and accessible account of all aspects of Jean Cocteau's work in the cinema. The first major study in English for over forty years. Casts new light on Cocteau's most celebrated films as well as the lesser known ones. -- .

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An analysis of all Jean Renoir's sound films, including those he made in Hollywood. Giving an account of critical debates concerning Renoir, and focusing on areas such as gender, nation and ethnicity, the book asks us to rethink our understanding of Renoir's political commitment.

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"This classic in the literature of cinema represents the convergence of the three leading figures of French film: Jean Renoir, universally considered the greatest French director; Andre Bazin, the outs"

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Film historian Michael Temple explores the intense career of Jean Vigo, one of the legendary figures of world cinema, and asks why he has had such a long-lasting impact on film culture around the world. -- .

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This volume offers a new interpretation of the whole of Godard's career in cinema. Drawing examples from all periods of Godard's filmmaking, it examines the parallels between the director's innovative approach to film form and wider developments in French culture and thought since 1950. -- .

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This reference work on the life and career of Jones, who was married to David O. Selznick, is divided into seven parts: a biography, a chronology, a filmography, a guide to her work in radio, television and theatre, a list of awards and nominations, a bibliography and obituaries.

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Films about religion have a habit of stirring up controversy - witness Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and The Life of Brian! Mel Gibson's film is therefore following in a long tradition.

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Short, medium, and full-length films and monumental mini-series are included--from Evald Schrom's 12-minute Psalm/Zalm to Dan Curtis's 18-hour War and Remembrance.

The second part of the book provides a section of comprehensive indexes, cross-referencing all films by subject (e.g.

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Two major new screenplays by the inimitable, award-winning Stephen Poliakoff made for the BBC and HBO Films and due to be broadcast in autumn 2007 . A stellar cast led by Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie Smith feature in these exquisite, major new films that are linked by a grand house and memories of the past.

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