Where Does One Start Remapping World Cinema?

We wanted The Routledge Companion to World Cinema to be a touchstone publication for a crucial moment, when the industry, ideas and functions of film are in tremendous flux, not just from the effects of digital technologies and new screen media, but from economic and political changes that prompt us to question the very utility of … Continue reading “Where Does One Start Remapping World Cinema?”

How Did The Remapping World Cinema Project Come About?

Professor Paul Cooke of the University of Leeds and I have been collaborating for many years on research workshops, funding bids, co-written articles and edited books. Our latest project is the co-edited book Screening European Heritage, which will soon be published by Palgrave. With Paul being Centenary Chair in World Cinemas and Head of the Centre … Continue reading “How Did The Remapping World Cinema Project Come About?”

Welcome To The B-Film Blog

B-Film: The Birmingham Centre for Film Studies is a research centre in the College of Arts at the University of Birmingham. B-Film is working in collaboration with Routledge, the Centre for World Cinemas and Cultures at the University of Leeds, and the Centre for Film and Media Research at the University of Kent on the … Continue reading “Welcome To The B-Film Blog”