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Our 2008 catalogue, listing all new titles for publication this year plus select backlist, is now available via PDF download or you can request a copy to be mailed to you. You can also access details of all forthcoming titles here.

This month’s new titles, as well as other very recent publications, are listed below. Many of these coincide with launch events and so please also see the listings in our news and events page.

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Throughout the site, you will find contents lists for each title, as well as press and academic reviews.

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NEW TITLES

	DOCUMENTARY DISPLAY Re-Viewing Nonfiction Film and Video Keith Beattie July 2008 ‘This book re-defines a cinematic genre, and in the process challenges us to embrace the sensual, poetic and thoroughly entertaining aspects of non-fiction film.’ Adrian Martin, Monash University, Melbourne		THE CINEMA OF JAN SVANKMAJER Dark Alchemy (2nd edition) Peter Hames August 2008 This updated second edition – still the only full-length study of Jan Švankmajer's work – explores the legacy of this legendary Czech surrealist filmmaker and animator.
	GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST CINEMA The World of Light and Shadow Ian Roberts June 2008 ‘An extremely accessible study ... The book provides lucid accounts of several prominent films coupled with illuminating background information about the filmmakers.’ Brad Prager, University of Missouri		CINEMA AND HISTORY The Telling of Stories Mike Chopra-Gant June 2008 ‘A readable, hugely informative volume ... brilliantly illuminate the stakes, the character of, and limitations and potential of media's uses of the past.’ Marcia Landy, University of Pittsburgh
	A FAMILY AFFAIR Cinema Calls Home Murray Pomerance (ed.) May 2008 Discussing a wide range of contemporary and classic films, from Mary Poppins (1964) to Brokeback Mountain (2005), this study addresses the representation of the 'family' in cinema.		CITIES IN TRANSITION The Moving Image and the Modern Metropolis Andrew Webber and Emma Wilson (eds) May 2008 This volume offers an ambitious collection of essays discussing the complex and enduring relationship between film and city, from Metropolis (1926) to The Matrix (1999).