AFTRS Library New Titles. On display 31 May to 14 June 2019

This is an intimate, revealing and funny behind-the-scenes story of Aardman, told in their own words by co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton and featuring Nick Park. The colourful account follows Peter and David's extraordinary journey from their humble beginnings as penniless students, teaching themselves the craft of animation, and recounts the key moments that defined their careers and shaped Aardman into the British success story it is today.

This book recovers the neglected story of movie production in Africa. At the same time as Hollywood was starting, a film industry in Southern Africa was surging ahead in integrating production, distribution, and exhibition. In this lavishly illustrated book, fifty movies are reconstructed with graphic photographs and plot synopses so that readers can rediscover this long-lost treasure trove of silent cinema.

When David Lynch's film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me premiered it was met with hostility. In the years since the film's release, a gradual wave of reappraisal and appreciation has occurred, one that accelerated with the broadcast of Twin Peaks: The Return. Central to this reevaluation is the realisation that Lynch had not created a parody of soap opera and detective television, but a horror movie. Lindsay Hallam explores how the film was an attempt to take back ownership of the material and to re-examine the film's reception.

Introduction to Cinematography offers a practical, stage-by-stage guide to the creative and technical foundations of cinematography. Building from a skills-based approach focused on professional practice, cinematographer and author Tania Hoser provides a step-by-step introduction for both cinematographers and camera assistants to the techniques, processes, and procedures of working with cameras, lenses, and light.

The Fall 2018 issue of 'Lapham's Quarterly' is dedicated to strife. We live in contentious times, and we often lament the lack of comity and cooperation in our social realm. Yet--as the 'Rivalry & Feud' issue shows--not all opposition is bad, and not all feuds are destructive. 'To outwit an enemy,' writes Plutarch, 'is not only just and glorious but profitable and sweet.' 'Rivalry & Feud' shows us how humans can rise to challenges and make the best of their myriad disagreements.

Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain examines queer theory as it has emerged in the past three decades and discusses how Brokeback Mountain can be understood through the terms of this field of scholarship and activism.