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Guardian Reviews BFI British Cinema Book 3e

The Guardian reviewed the latest addition to the TV Classics series in the Saturday review section on 11th April calling it an ‘excellent illustrated collection’ and describing the range as ‘impressive’.

View the complete review here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/11/film-roundupreviews

Reviews for BFI TV Classic ‘Civilisation’

To celebrate 40 years since the first broadcast of Civilisation, the groundbreaking documentary series presented by Sir Kenneth Clark, BFI/Palgrave Macmillan have published a study of the series in the BFI TV Classics series. Read the reviews from the Guardian, Spectator and New Statesman below:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/28/civilisation-review

http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/3387086/a-monumental-achievement.html

http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/03/series-clark-television

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Featured Title:

The French New Wave 2e
Edited by Glen Creeber

Published in April 2009
Request your inspection copy today!

The updated and expanded new edition of this classic anthology includes articles by and interviews with Bazin, Truffaut, Godard and other key critics and film-makers. Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the New Wave, this is an indispensable point of reference for anyone interested in the movement and its long-lasting effects on the theory and practice of cinema.

Contributions by: Alexandre Astruc, Andre Bazin, Robert Benayoun, Raymond Borde, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Gerard Gozlan, Luc Moullet, Georges Sadoul and Francois Truffaut.

Please 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 title to be published in the series is The Bigamist in May 2009, followed by Star Wars in September 2009.

Other recent titles include Jia Zhangke's 'Hometown Trilogy': Xiao Wu, Platform, Unknown Pleasures, and Bicycle Thieves.

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.

The next titles to publish in this series are 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.