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Screen Epiphanies caused a stir with film fans and critics alike

Screen Epiphanies, a fascinating collection of new interviews with leading filmmakers who discuss the films that inspired them, has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from reviewers and film fans.

Empire said: ‘Kudos to film writer Geoffrey Macnab for allowing a simple premise to blossom with such varied, interesting results…’ Click here to read more.

The Sunday Herald reviewer commented that: ‘Geoffrey Macnab’s Screen Epiphanies has the ingenious notion of asking a wide range of filmmakers to recall their first taste of cinema and the impact it made on them’.

The Independent selected it as one of their best film and theatre books in their Xmas round-up on Friday remarking that: ‘Screen Epiphanies is full of such moving narratives. Collaboratively, they create a charming, jigsawed film history’. They also published extracts from interviews with Danny Boyle, Mike Leigh, and Lars Von Trier amongst others, click here to read them.

In their review, Sight & Sound magazine said: ‘Screen Epiphanies is a thought-provoking and often moving insight into the creative process and the way in which artists are inspired by each other’s work, but also into the centrality of cinema in all our lives and its power to change our ambitions and how we see the world around us’

The Evening Standard also featured an extract from the interview with Anthony Minghella, one of the last with this acclaimed director.

We also caught the imagination of film bloggers, read their reactions here, here, and here.

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Featured Title:

The British ‘B’ Film
Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane

Published December 2009

The cheap, thrilling but throwaway pleasure of a ‘B’ Movie seems very remote from today’s blockbusters, red carpet premieres and marketing hype, but as authors Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane explain, there was a time when cinema visits were not a treat but a casual pleasure; where movies were watched, enjoyed, and never thought of again.

In the first book to provide a thorough examination of the ‘B’ movie phenomenon, Chibnall and McFarlane draw on original archival research and interviews with key ‘B’ film-makers in a thoroughly entertaining journey through this low-budget golden age of cinema. Click here for more information.

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Series published by BFI Publishing and Palgrave Macmillan

BFI Film Classics

BFI Film Classics is a series of finely written, illustrated books which honour landmark films of world cinema. The series includes a wide range of approaches and critical styles, reflecting the diverse ways we appreciate, analyse and enjoy great films.

The next titles to be published in the series are Back to the Future, and Sweet Smell of Success in April 2010.

Recent titles include La Grande Illusion, Star Wars and The Bigamist.

To view a full list of titles in this series please click here

Editorial Advisory Board:
Geoff Andrew, Edward Buscombe, Lalitha Gopalan, Lee Grieveson, Nick James, Laura Mulvey, Dana Polan, B. Ruby Rich, Amy Villarejo and Zhen Zhang

BFI TV Classics

BFI TV Classics is a series of books celebrating key individual television programmes and series. Television scholars, critics and novelists provide critical readings underpinned with careful research, alongside a personal response to the programme and an argument for its ‘classic’ status.

The next title to publish in the series is Cracker. Recent titles include Civilisation, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The League of Gentlemen.

To view a full list of titles in this series please click here.

Editorial Advisory Board:
Stella Bruzzi, Glyn Davis, Mark Duguid, Jason Jacobs, Karen Lury, Toby Miller, Rachel Moseley and Phil Wickham

BFI Screen Guides

BFI Screen Guides present concise guides to a hundred key films in a particular genre or area in screen culture. Each volume comprises an editorial introduction to the subject, outlining its history and defining features, followed by individual entries on each title, including key credits information.

Recent titles in the series include 100 Documentary Films, 100 Film Noirs and 100 American Independent Films 2e.

To view a full list of titles in this series please click here.

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About the List

Palgrave Macmillan and the British Film Institute are pleased to announce a new publishing partnership. From January 2008 Palgrave Macmillan will publish, sell and distribute all BFI books.