Contemporary Directors Cinema

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Contemporary Directors Cinema refreshes the argument about the role of the director through the practice of evaluative criticism. The book identifies what makes nine recent films successful achievements by their directors and collaborators. Each chapter gives some context for the directors work, but the central argument focuses on the style, form and themes of each film, while explicating aspects of point of view and tone. Contemporary Directors Cinema argues that in each of its nine case studies the directors work is central to the achievement of economy, unity, eloquence, subtlety, depth, vigour, vividness and intensity. By offering critical readings of nine films from mainstream film culture, Contemporary Directors Cinema demonstrates that cinema remains vital as a directors medium. The films discussed in this book are: Pain and Glory (2019); Shoplifters (2018); Parasite (2019); The White Ribbon (2009); Les Chansons d'amour (2007); The Bling Ring (2013); The Great Beauty (2013); Leviathan (2014); and Winter Sleep (2014).

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Jacob Leigh is Senior Lecturer in the department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of The Cinema of Ken Loach (2002), The Cinema of Eric Rohmer (Bloomsbury, 2012), and The Late Films of Claude Chabrol (Bloomsbury, 2017).