An Autobiography of British Cinema tell the story of British film by those who made it.

The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison and the Lumière brothers . But while th

A fresh, concise but wide-ranging introduction to and overview of British and Irish cinema, this volume contains 24 essays, each on a separate seminal film from

British Cinema: Past and Present responds to the commercial and critical success of British film in the 1990s. Providing a historical perspective to the contemp

British film historians reassess the films, stars, genres, and directors omitted from conventional accounts of the decade and evaluate its forgotten and recentl