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The tragic true story of the Cathars, a peaceful sect who were wiped out in Europe's first geonocide, the Albigensian Crusade.
Who is Holmes? The world's most famous detective? A drug addict with a heart as cold as ice? A millstone around the neck of his creator? He's all of these things and much more. Holmes' deerstalker, curved pipe and cries of 'Elementary, my dear Watson!' have been immortalised in …
This Guide reviews and analyses all of the major films in the movement and offers profiles of its principal stars, such as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina and Brigitte Bardot. There is also an introductory essay, Making Waves, which examines the social context of the movement in…
The directors of the French new wave - most notably, Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol - changed the rules of film-making forever in the 1950s and 1960s. This book profiles their work and influence.
The directors of the French New Wave were the original film geeks - a collection of celluloid-crazed cinéphiles with a background in film criticism and a love for American auteurs. Having spent countless hours slumped in Parisian cinémathèques, they armed themselves with handhel…
Classical purists say it isn't 'real' music, yet it regularly tops charts and plays to sell-out concert hall audiences. Chart music followers consider the orchestral form pass, ̌ yet artists are increasingly sampling from cinema classics. Many cinemagoers are unaware there is mus…