Presents the biography of one of Hollywood's leading ladies of the 1940s and 1950s. This book covers her childhood, school years, early modeling career, development as an actress, and her break into the movie business.  Meer

Using the Regenerative economic model – also known as Doughnut Economics – Susan Hayward offers a thought-provoking sketch for a renewed, tentatively revolutionary approach to both film theory and film practice.  Meer

Companion piece to Susan Hayward’s Film Ecology focusing on ecology-documentaries produced since the new millennia. Using Kate Raworth’s regenerative economic theoretical model as set out in Doughnut Economics, this book examines some 57 films emanating from Europe and the four areas of concern they raise about energy-production, pollution and waste-management, agribusiness, disrupted ecosystems and the migratory flow.  Meer

A one-stop-shop that introduces students to the field and provides an essential guide to key terms and concepts. Ideal summer reading for students before their degree course and an essential reference to keep to hand throughout the degree program.  Meer

Luc Besson is considered one of the hottest international properties to emerge from the new wave of French film directors in the 1980s. This is a study of Besson's film-making career to date, placing the films within their socio-historical and political context.  Meer

This revised and updated version of a successful and established text, French National Cinema offers a thorough and much-needed historical overview of French cinema at a time when it continues to grow in popularity with films such as Amelie and Belleville Rendez-vous.  Meer

This revised and updated version of a successful and established text, French National Cinema offers a thorough and much-needed historical overview of French cinema at a time when it continues to grow in popularity with films such as Amelie and Belleville Rendez-vous.  Meer

A one-stop-shop that introduces students to the field and provides an essential guide to key terms and concepts. Ideal summer reading for students before their degree course and an essential reference to keep to hand throughout the degree program.  Meer

Companion piece to Susan Hayward’s Film Ecology focusing on ecology-documentaries produced since the new millennia. Using Kate Raworth’s regenerative economic theoretical model as set out in Doughnut Economics, this book examines some 57 films emanating from Europe and the four areas of concern they raise about energy-production, pollution and waste-management, agribusiness, disrupted ecosystems and the migratory flow.  Meer

Using the Regenerative economic model – also known as Doughnut Economics – Susan Hayward offers a thought-provoking sketch for a renewed, tentatively revolutionary approach to both film theory and film practice.  Meer

Explores a diverse range of films including Guitry's "Napoleon" (1955), Vernay's "Le Comte de Monte Cristo" (1953), and Le Chanois' "Les Miserables" (1958) to expose the political cultural paradox between nostalgia for a lost past and the drive for modernization.  Meer

"Les Diaboliques" was a top grossing film in 1955. The author sets "Les Diaboliques" against the political culture of its time, and demonstrates the importance of Clouzot as a master of the thriller genre.  Meer

Wayward Souls is the sensational sequel to Strange Beasts - following Sam and Hel as they fight monsters and men in Ireland, that most enchanted and eldritch of isles .  Meer