Reviews and writing from the past but here for your viewing… should you be that way inclined. Varied in content and the like but an archive for perusal…
Robson Books 2003 , 288 pages , £16.95 , HB Bitesize: Get off yr horse . . . “John Wayne was a faggot” “The hell he was” – from Repo Man (Alex Cox) “He’s the Duke, he’s A number one” – from Escape From New York (John Carpenter) “John Wayne is big leggy” – unfathomable…
Routledge , 320 pages , £19.99 , HB Bitesize: Fascinating history of gay and lesbian representation in Hollywood films. Screened Out is the history of gay and lesbian representation in Hollywood films from the silent era up to the Stonewall riots of the 1960’s. Unlike for example The Celluloid Closet (which the book applauds for…
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , 176 pages , , HB Bitesize: An idiosyncratic guide to an idiosyncratic guy. Fellini, that flamboyant idiosyncratic director of what’s now called ‘world’ cinema (i.e. anything that isn’t Hollywood… this seemingly includes much of the US cinema scene), has long been an inspiration for writers and critics of film art….
Wallflower Press , 208pp , £9.99 , PB Bitesize: A collection of essays about an enigmatic American director. Terrence Malick’s reputation in cinema is as enigmatic as it is enviable. Reclusive (cue: lots of comparisons with Stanley Kubrick) and with a reluctance to discuss his work, he is often seen as a figure of awe,…
Flame 2003 , 352 pages , £6.99 , PB Bitesize: The (Reasonably) Majestic. For those of us not old enough to remember, there was a time before popcorn multiplex movie theatres, when cinemas were very different. Some were grand theatres, some were seedy fleapits, most were smoke filled, with the light of the projector picking…
