Examines the cinematic vision of the renowned Italian filmmaker.

The Films of Roberto Rossellini traces the career of one of the most influential Italian filmmakers through close analysis of the seven films that mark important turning points in his evolution.

The Films of Roberto Rossellini traces the career of one of the most influential Italian filmmakers through close analysis of the seven films that mark important turning points in his evolution.

The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriot director through a close analysis of five of his most important and challenging films.

Since his death in 1989, John Cassavetes has become increasingly renowned as a cinematic hero - a maverick loner who fought the Hollywood system, steering his own creative course in a career spanning 30 years. Carney's book presents Cassavetes through his own words - passionate about life and art.

This is a study of the film Shadows , directed by John Cassavetes. The film tells the story of three beatnik siblings living together. The film deals with racial issues but the director wished it to be a human film concerned to rescue the small feelings of life.

Sterritt's work explains the importance of Godard's films in modernist and postmodernist art.

The Films of Paul Morrissey is the first appraisal of one of the major figures of American independent cinema.

Carney examines one of the most important directors of British independent filmmaking.

The past years have seen the proliferation of forms of independent cinema that challenge the conventions of mass-market commercial movies. Examining fifteen of such films from this tradition, the author takes viewers on a critical circumnavigation of the conventions of movie going as seen by filmmakers who have rebelled against the conventions.

The first book to tell in detail the story of the maverick filmmaker who worked outside the studio system.

Carney examines one of the most important directors of British independent filmmaking.

The Films of Vincente Minnelli examines the career of MGM's leading director of musicals, melodramas, and comedies in the 1940s and 1950s.

An overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work.

Sterritt's work explains the importance of Godard's films in modernist and postmodernist art.

The first book to tell in detail the story of the maverick filmmaker who worked outside the studio system.

A concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema.

An analysis of the life and work of the Italian director, Michelangelo Antonioni.