by Dave Bradley | Dec 4, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Neil Archer (Footprint Books) 2015, 119pp, RRP $28.95 One of the lighter-sounding entries in the Studying series (which features offerings upon American Beauty, City Of God, The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth, Fight Club, Disaster Movies and more), Archer’s...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 11, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Edited by Jacqueline Furby and Stuart Joy (Footprint) 2015, 274pp, RRP $57.95 Furby and Joy’s academic tome is intended to delve into the myriad mysteries that run throughout the films of London-born writer, director, producer and sometime cinematographer and editor...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 2, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Clive James (Footprint), 2015, 180pp, RRP $29.95 Author/critic/memoirist/broadcaster/journalist/translator/you name it James’ latest and perhaps last tome is a collection of essays drawn from his ‘final’ reading list, a bunch of books he read and reread while dealing...
by Dave Bradley | Jun 23, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Marcus K. Harmes and Martyn Conterio (Footprint Books) 2015, 100pp/99pp Two of the most recent entries in the ‘Devil’s Advocates’ horror-movie-loving book series offer two very distinct styles: Aussie academic Harmes’ analysis of Curse is serious and scholarly, while...
by Dave Bradley | Feb 3, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Robert Cozzolino, Alethea Rockwell and David Lynch (Footprint Books) 2015, 157pp, RRP $55.95 Before he was a filmmaker (and a rather strange singer) David Lynch was a struggling artist painting and making his first inroads into motion pictures at the Pennsylvania...
