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Jeremy Mark Robinson
This book considers all of Jean-Luc Godard's works in cinema.
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A survey of the fiction of Jackie Collins, the undisputed Queen of Hollywood and the blockbuster novel.
A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975).
A CHINESE GHOST STORY
TONY CHING SIU-TUNG. TSUI HARK
A Critical Study
By Jeremy Mark Robinson
This is a study of the Chinese Ghost Story film series produced by Tsui…
THE SWORDSMAN
This is a study of the Swordsman film series produced by Tsui Hark and helmed by…
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA
TSUI HARK
This is a study of the Once Upon a Time In China film series produced…
JEAN-LUC GODARD: THE PASSION OF CINEMA
VOLUME 2: 1968 ONWARDS
There's no one else quite like Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most significant and inspiring filmmakers…
THE CINEMA OF JASON FRIEDBERG AND AARON SELTZER
They're dubbed 'the worst filmmakers in the world' (are they? Hell, no!). Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer are…
HELLSING
KOHTA HIRANO
THE MANGA AND THE ANIME
This is a study of the manga and anime of Kohta Hirano, best-known for the…
Arthur Symons
British author Arthur Symons (1865-1945) was an important poet, critic and translator.
Theophile Gautier
This book by Charles Baudelaire's friend Theophile Gautier is an important early study of the poet.
Charles Baudelaire
This edition of Charles Baudelaire's poems and prose poems is introduced by James Huneker. The book includes a second introduction to Baudelaire.
KURT JACKSON A new book about the British landscape painter Kurt Jackson (b. 1961). This new edition includes a text which has been completely updated. There are also many new…
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL BOOKVOLUME 1: MANGAby Jeremy Mark RobinsonThis is a study of the Ghost In the Shell comic by Masamune Shirow (real name Masanori Ota, born in…
A critical survey of the novelist who died in 1990. The author studies in detail all of Durrell’s work; the late series of novels The Avignon Quintet, the Tunc and…
Both Hardy and Powys created a poetic Wessex landscape. Hardy’s Wessex has entered popular folklore and myth, and is used in the promotion of holidays, walks, tours, museums, hotels, even…
ANDREA DWORKIN Of this study of her work, Andrea Dworkin wrote: It’s amazing for me to see my work treated with such passion and respect. There is nothing resembling it…
A new collection of essays. H.W. Fawkner’s essay A–Venusi explores issues of reading, movement, love and sex, the ‘amorous self’, and affectivity in A Glastonbury Romance. Ian Hughes looks at…
NUCLEAR WAR IN THE U.K. An exploration of how the United Kingdom would fare in a nuclear war. There are chapters on: nuclear politics * nukespeak and ‘nuclear theology’ *…
JEREMY MARK ROBINSON
This is a general guide to British author J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, including ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘The Silmarillion’, and ‘The Hobbit’.
Part one of this book focuses on J.R.R. Tolkien’s texts, principally those dealing with his ‘secondary world’ of Middle-earth. Part two explores the 2001-03 Hollywood movies of ‘The Lord of…
PETER REDGROVE: HERE COMES THE FLOOD A Study of His Poetry by Jeremy Mark Robinson Poems of honey, wasps and bees; orchards and apples; rivers, seas and tides; storms, rain…
SEX-MAGIC-POETRY-CORNWALL: THE POEMS OF PETER REDGROVE A new study of the poems of one of Britain’s best but underrated poets, Peter Redgrove (1932-2003). This book considers some of Redgrove’s wildest…
Walerian Borowczyk (known as ‘Boro’) is one of cinema’s one-offs. Quite simply, there is no filmmaker quite like Borowczyk. Borowczyk’s films have an astonishing, magical quality. They reach a place…
Born on January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Hayao Miyazaki is known as the ‘Japanese Disney’, a filmmaker as revered - and as popular - as Walt Disney or Steven Spielberg…
SPIRITED AWAY: HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE This book focusses on Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 masterpiece Spirited Away, winner of the Best Animated Movie Oscar. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no…
BLADE RUNNER AND THE CINEMA OF PHILIP K. DICK BY JEREMY MARK ROBINSON This book is about the films made from the fiction of Philip K. Dick, which include the…
THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES: POCKET GUIDE A pocket guide to the Hollywood adaptions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, released in 2001, 2002 and…
ANDREI TARKOVSKY: POCKET GUIDE A new pocket guide to Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including Mirror, Andrei Roublyov, Solaris and The Sacrifice. a This book…
This guide explores every aspect of Andrei Tarkovsky’s output, including scripts, budget, production, shooting, editing, camera, sound, music, acting, themes, symbols, motifs, and spirituality. Tarkovsky’s films are analysed in depth…
J.R.R. TOLKIEN: POCKET GUIDE A new guide to the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, the premier British fantasy author of the 20th century, and his great works: The Hobbit…
HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET GUIDE Born on January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Hayao Miyazaki is known as the ‘Japanese Disney’, a filmmaker as revered - and as popular - as Walt…
This book is a guide to the 1982 movie made from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - Blade Runner. A thorough exploration of Blade Runner…
PRINCESS MONONOKE: HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE REVISED AND UPDATED, WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS This book focusses on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 masterpiece Princess Mononoke.
Princess Mononoke is a work of genius…
This is a study of the adaptations of Ghost In the Shell by Masamune Shirow.
A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's most controversial movie, Salo, o Le 120 Giornate di Sodoma (1975).
Immoral Tales (Contes Immoraux, 1974) is a masterpiece. Made in French, it was a collection of four erotic stories.
A major new study of Russian filmmaker Ardrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including ‘Mirror’, ‘Solaris’ and ‘The Sacrifice’. Exploring every aspect of his output, including scripts, budget…
he Devils is a celebrated 1971 picture based on the Loudun demonology trials in the 17th century, scripted by Ken Russell from Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudun (1952) and…
A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's best-known movie, The Gospel According To Matthew (1964), widely regarded as the finest film about Christ.
La Bete (a.k.a. The Beast, The Beast in Heat and Death's Ecstasy, 1975) was Walerian Borowczyk's most controversial film.
PERFORMANCE: DONALD CAMMELL: NIC ROEG: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE by Jeremy Mark Robinson This book explores Performance, a classic movie co-directed by Donald Cammell and Nic Roeg and starring Mick Jagger…
TOMMY: KEN RUSSELL: THE WHO: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE By Jeremy Mark Robinson. Tommy is a 1975 movie based on the rock opera by the British pop band Who and directed…
