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Book Review
24 Jan 2008
Projections 15 (+ The European Film Academy) by Peter Cowie and Pascal Edelmann
The latest addition to Faber's Projections series listens to a multitude of voices connected to European cinema

Book Review
23 Oct 2004
Pocket Essentials: Alfred Hitchcock by Paul Duncan
Ever since the Cahiers du Cinema first began championing Hitchcock as one of the great auteurs, the portly master of suspense has been a regular feature of every film studies syllabus. Deryck Swan reviews the latest book on Hitchcock's work

Book Review
3 Aug 2004
Production Design: Architects of the Screen by Jane Barnwell
While the director and stars take all the applause, the humble production designer is left to quietly create the world in which the film will come to life. Graeme Cole hopes this new book from Wallflower Press will set the record straight

Book Review
29 Sep 2003
Purity and Provocation: Dogme 95 by Scott MacKenzie and Mette Hjort (editors)
The Dogme manifesto revitalised Danish cinema, and its effects are still being felt eight years on in independent filmmaking across the world. Antonio Pasolini gets to grips with a new take on the Dogme movement

Book Review
20 Apr 2003
Pocket Essentials Hal Hartley by Jason Wood
Hal Hartley is one of the unsung heroes of American independent cinema, adored by film students, festival programmers and critics alike, but largely ignored by mainstream audiences. Hannah Patterson reviews a new guide to the director's work by kamera's own Jason Wood