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The Search For Bond

The Search For Bond: How the 007 Role Was Won and Lost by Robert Sellers tells the often-extraordinary story of how cinema’s most famous secret agent was cast … or not. Released
October 16, 2024

Carry On Girls!

Whether it’s Barbara Windsor’s seaside-postcard bubbly blonde, Joan Sims’ hysterically historical leading lady, Hattie Jacques’ authoritarian maiden aunt, or Valerie Leon’s statuesque strumpet, the Carry On girls were stoic, sexy, and fiercely
November 15, 2023

1971: 100 Films From Cinema’s Greatest Year

1971 was a great year for cinema. Robert Altman, Dario Argento, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Nicolas Roeg and Steven Spielberg, among many others, were
September 7, 2023

Vampire Cinema: The First 100 Years

Written by acclaimed cultural historian, Christopher Frayling, Vampire Cinema: The First 100 Years emerges from the publishing vaults into the harsh light of day this October. Those familiar with Frayling’s work will know
October 27, 2022

The Art Of Film: Terry Ackland-Snow

You may not know his name, but you certainly know his work. Terry Ackland-Snow has worked on more than 80 feature films, including two James Bonds (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and The
February 20, 2022

The Art And Soul Of Dune

Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, Dune, was the starting point. A novel that won award after award—and, despite being discussed as the archetypal ‘un-filmable’ novel—went on to inspire an hugely successful TV and
November 1, 2021
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