{"product_id":"film-critics-and-british-film-culture-new-shots-in-the-dark-9781399510509","title":"Film Critics and British Film Culture: New Shots in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor decades, cinema audiences have turned to the film reviews featured in national and local newspapers, listened to commentators via radio, television and, latterly, the internet, and read fan magazines to learn about the latest releases. These critics helped shape the responses of generations of film fans, creating success and failure, as well as controversy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis wide-ranging collection brings together some of the leading academics on British film history to consider the role of these commentators. It covers the work of influential critics like Dilys Powell and Raymond Durgnat and key magazines such as \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonthly Film Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Contributors include leading scholars such as James Chapman, Pamela Hutchinson and Julian Petley, along with the screenwriter and filmmaker David McGillivray and others who have worked as film journalists themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For film students or cinema enthusiasts anywhere, this volume provides an insightful analysis of the British film critic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShail, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Robert Shail is Professor of Film and Director of Research at Leeds Beckett University. He is the author of The Children's Film Foundation (2016), Tony Richardson (2012), Stanley Baker (2008) and British Directors (2007). He is also the editor or co-editor of several anthologies, including Crank It Up - Jason Statham (2019), Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film (2019) and Seventies British Cinema (2008).\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHall, Sheldon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sheldon Hall is an Emeritus Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. A former film journalist, he has contributed to numerous books and journals on British and American cinema. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eArmchair Cinema: A History of Feature Films on British Television, 1929-1981\u003c\/i\u003e (EUP, 2024) and \u003ci\u003eZulu: With Some Guts Behind It\u003c\/i\u003e (2005\/2014), co-author of Epics\u003ci\u003e, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWidescreen Worldwide\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635427574034,"sku":"9781399510509","price":130.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_63bc8a80-5da5-481a-8db4-584ff8f85853.jpg?v=1759235197","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/film-critics-and-british-film-culture-new-shots-in-the-dark-9781399510509","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}