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…
Pocket Essentials , 96 pp , £3.99 , PB Bitesize: A guide to one of America’s most underrated filmmakers. Why isn’t Hal Hartley more famous? He belongs to that fascinating group of American independent film-makers who are well respected and critically acclaimed but apparently unable to raise much beyond the cost of a couple of…
Serpent’s Tail 2002 , 318 pages , £12.00 , PB What would happen if, as a writer of hardboiled fiction (for the uninitiated this is like tough detective stuff or other machismo and slang drenched literature), you ditched the novels and short stories and turned to Hollywood as an outlet for your talents? That’s the…
Titan Books 2002 , 144 pages , £6.99 , PB So you’ve decided to be a big-shot movie star and live a life of luxury and adulation for the rest of your days? Wake up buddy, it ain’t happening! But that doesn’t mean that you can’t achieve a few seconds of celluloid glory and even…
Titan Books 2003 , 415 pages , £16.99 , HB Bitesize: Hugely entertaining compendium of film location paraphernalia! Ever wanted to know where they filmed your favourite film? Then this is the book to have. It comprises a comprehensive listing of movies indicating where in the world key scenes were shot. It’s indexed by film…
Pocket Essentials , 96 pages , £3.99 , PB Spike Lee’s work comes intrinsically linked with the man himself – opinionated, outspoken and independent. If he has never produced a blockbuster hit (the nearest he has come to this is in his biopic of Malcolm X) it is down to his refusal to compromise his…
