Stage & Screen

With an introduction by Richard Eyre, the contributors include Alan Bates, Eileen Diss, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Gray, David Hare, Ronald Harwood, Douglas Hodge, Patrick Marber, Louis Marks, Ian McDiarmid and Jonathan Kent, Edna O'Brien, Peggy Paterson, John Pilger, Hilary Wainwright, Janet Whitaker, Penelope Wilton, Robert Winder, and Henry Woolf.

One man links The Deer Hunter, Blade Runner and The Man Who Fell to Earth. This tells the stories behind some of the greatest cult movies ever made. It is suitable for any fan of British cinema.

Warm, funny, surprising, and energetic photos of the world's most popular action star - The Rock - featuring twenty years worth of candids, family photographs, and snapshots from movie sets.

American Movie Audiences examines the place of Hollywood cinema in the everyday life of its spectators from its beginnings to the arrival of sound. Previously, little has been known of early audiences and their response to the films of the day and this book brings together an array of fresh research ...

Examining performance and politics in post-revolutionary Cuba, Dangerous Moves challenges the understanding of performance art and political engagement through a sustained analysis of the contemporary experience in Cuba. Coco Fusco analyzes the ways that the Cuban state has wielded influence over artists ...

Dick and Angel Strawbridge share more charming stories from their life at the Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson. The follow-up to the massive Sunday Times bestseller, A Year At The Chateau.

Provides a guide to the wide-ranging cinematic, aesthetic, and cultural forces that shaped Godard's groundbreaking ideas on the history of cinema.

The Hollywood Screenwriting Directory is a specialised resource for discovering where and how to sell your screenplay. It contains over 2,500 listings for Industry insiders such as studios, production companies, and independent financiers - plus, pointers to help you create a quality screenplay submission. ...

The Hollywood Screenwriting Directory is a specialised resource for discovering where and how to sell your screenplay. It contains over 2,500 listings for Industry insiders such as studios, production companies, and independent financiers - plus, pointers to help you create a quality screenplay submission. ...

More Than Just a Kiss presents a collection of the greatest love movies, etched in the public's mind for their romantic stories featuring famous actors, framed in epic surroundings, and delivering memorable words. Fifty memorable films, from the black and white era to today, are handsomely presented and analyzed in words and pictures.

A charismatic politician's assassination leads to a civil war in Shakespeare's drama of ancient Rome. Written in 1599 about an event from more than 2,000 years ago, this historical play continues to captivate modern audiences with its memorable characters, poetic speeches, and profound examination of ...

For example it compares Almodovar's classic feature Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios ('Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown') with his production company El Deseo's first venture into TV production, the 2006 series also known as Mujeres ('Women').

Barbra Paskin was the late Dudley Moore's official biographer, having known him well for many years. In this latest book, she provides an affectionate celebration of this extraordinary comic and musical talent. Although the book examines his extraordinary life and career from the ground-breaking stage ...

Explore 10 years of British History through key broadcasting moments illuminated by images from the BBC archive. Created 100 years ago, on 18 October 1922, the BBC transformed people's lives at the turn of a dial, bringing voices out of the ether and conjuring the magic community of radio. Now, our lives ...

My New York is a lavish celebration of the city by 20 celebrities who know it best and love it most. Who better to capture the sights, sounds, and attitude of the Big Apple than such hometown luminaries as Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Candace Bushnell, Jay McInerny, Mario Batali, and Lady Gaga? Here are ...