Film Critics and British Film Culture: New Shots in the Dark - Hardcover

Name: Film Critics and British Film Culture: New Shots in the Dark
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert Shail (Editor), Sheldon Hall (Editor)Publish date:8/31/2025Pages:256

Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399510509ISBN-10:1399510509UPC:9781399510509Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & Criticism, ReferenceSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SC2921KJPZ

For decades, cinema audiences have turned to the film reviews featured in national and local newspapers, listened to commentators via radio, television and, latterly, the internet, and read fan magazines to learn about the latest releases. These critics helped shape the responses of generations of film fans, creating success and failure, as well as controversy.

This wide-ranging collection brings together some of the leading academics on British film history to consider the role of these commentators. It covers the work of influential critics like Dilys Powell and Raymond Durgnat and key magazines such as Time Out, Monthly Film Bulletin and Radio Times. Contributors include leading scholars such as James Chapman, Pamela Hutchinson and Julian Petley, along with the screenwriter and filmmaker David McGillivray and others who have worked as film journalists themselves.

For film students or cinema enthusiasts anywhere, this volume provides an insightful analysis of the British film critic.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399510509ISBN-10:1399510509UPC:9781399510509Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & Criticism, ReferenceSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SC2921KJPZ

Shail, Robert: - "Robert Shail is Professor of Film and Director of Research at Leeds Beckett University. He is the author of The Children's Film Foundation (2016), Tony Richardson (2012), Stanley Baker (2008) and British Directors (2007). He is also the editor or co-editor of several anthologies, including Crank It Up - Jason Statham (2019), Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film (2019) and Seventies British Cinema (2008)."Hall, Sheldon: - Sheldon Hall is an Emeritus Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. A former film journalist, he has contributed to numerous books and journals on British and American cinema. He is the author of Armchair Cinema: A History of Feature Films on British Television, 1929-1981 (EUP, 2024) and Zulu: With Some Guts Behind It (2005/2014), co-author of Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History (2010), and co-editor of Widescreen Worldwide (2010).

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Contributor(s)

Robert Shail (Editor), Sheldon Hall (Editor)

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For decades, cinema audiences have turned to the film reviews featured in national and local newspapers, listened to commentators via radio, television and, latterly, the internet, and read fan magazines to learn about the latest releases. These critics helped shape the responses of generations of film fans, creating success and failure, as well as controversy.

This wide-ranging collection brings together some of the leading academics on British film history to consider the role of these commentators. It covers the work of influential critics like Dilys Powell and Raymond Durgnat and key magazines such as Time Out, Monthly Film Bulletin and Radio Times. Contributors include leading scholars such as James Chapman, Pamela Hutchinson and Julian Petley, along with the screenwriter and filmmaker David McGillivray and others who have worked as film journalists themselves.

For film students or cinema enthusiasts anywhere, this volume provides an insightful analysis of the British film critic.

Shail, Robert: - "Robert Shail is Professor of Film and Director of Research at Leeds Beckett University. He is the author of The Children's Film Foundation (2016), Tony Richardson (2012), Stanley Baker (2008) and British Directors (2007). He is also the editor or co-editor of several anthologies, including Crank It Up - Jason Statham (2019), Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film (2019) and Seventies British Cinema (2008)."Hall, Sheldon: - Sheldon Hall is an Emeritus Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. A former film journalist, he has contributed to numerous books and journals on British and American cinema. He is the author of Armchair Cinema: A History of Feature Films on British Television, 1929-1981 (EUP, 2024) and Zulu: With Some Guts Behind It (2005/2014), co-author of Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History (2010), and co-editor of Widescreen Worldwide (2010).

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Contributor(s)

Robert Shail (Editor), Sheldon Hall (Editor)

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