How would you like someone who has read your book to sum it up in one sentence? Irish cinema in the twenty-first century is a clearly written, original, and comprehensive survey of contemporary Irish... READ MORE
When I wrote my previous monograph on Irish cinema, Irish National Cinema (Routledge, 2004), I was one of a series of writers trying to tease out just what a national cinema might be. Even then, I... READ MORE
Trick or treat! Things are getting seriously spooky with these 13 Gothic books to keep you up at night this Halloween. Scroll down… if you dare! Clive Barker: Dark imaginer Edited by... READ MORE
Bang! Bang! You’re…dead, right? Just as ‘once upon’ ends with ‘a time,’ and ‘happily’ precedes ‘ever after,’ ‘Bang! Bang!’ produces... READ MORE
We hope you enjoy this first post in our new blog series ’10 books for…’ Joss Whedon By Matthew Pateman This book assesses Joss Whedon’s contribution to US television and popular... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? Richard Slotkin’s three-volume study of the American Western genre, The Fatal Environment, Regeneration through Violence, and Gunfighter Nation, is... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? V.F Perkins’ Film as Film (Penguin, 1972). Did your research take you to any unexpected places? Not unexpected as such, but it was exciting to... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? There have been so many trail blazers but among the ones I return to most are Nikki Stafford’s Bite Me and Once Bitten – brilliant examples of... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? It was the lack of books and scholarship considering Leigh’s contribution to theatre and film that inspired us. Most books about focus solely on... READ MORE
Andrew Dix, Loughborough University “Few holidays have a cinematic potential that equals Halloween’s,” wrote the American cultural critic David J. Skal. For over a century now, US film studios... READ MORE