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Books  on  Foreign  Cinema

	"The Holt Foreign Film Guide: The Indispensable Guide For All Film Fans" [1989] by Ronald Bergan & Robyn Karney Originally published in Britain in 1988 under the title "Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide", thus the films are listed under their British release title Henry Holt & Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/89] out of print/used
	"The Faber Companion To Foreign Films" [1992] by Ronald Bergan & Robyn Karney Faber & Faber 9x6 pb [10/92] out of print/many used
	"Nordic National Cinemas" [1998] by Tytti Soila Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [2/98] for $33.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ [2/98] for $125.00
	"The International Movie Industry" [2000] by Gorham Kindem Southern Illinois Univ 8¾x5¾ pb [8/2000] for $38.50 Southern Illinois Univ 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2000] for $59.95
	"Split Screen: Belgian Cinema & Cultural Identity" [2000] by Philip Mosley S.U.N.Y. Press 9x6 pb [11/2000] for $24.95 S.U.N.Y. Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2000] for $72.50
	"Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People" [2001] by Jack G. Shaheen Interlink Publng Group 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2001] for $16.50
	"Polish National Cinema" [2002] by Marek Haltof Berghahn Books 8¾x6 [6/2002] for $24.95 Berghahn Books 9x6 hardcover [6/2002] for $75.00
	"The Off-Hollywood Film Guide: The Definitive Guide To Independent and Foreign Films On Video & DVD" [2002] by Tom Wiener over 650 films (in alphabetical order) reviewed by longtime freelance U.S. film critic Kindle Edition from Random House [2002 edition] for $12.99 Random House Trade 9x6 pb [8/2002] out of print/used
	"Cinema of The Other Europe: The Industry & Artistry of East Central European Film" [2003] by Dina Iordanova Wallflower Press 9x6¾ pb [7/2003] for $22.00 Wallflower Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2003] for $80.00
	"European Cinema" [2004] Edited by Elizabeth Ezra Oxford Univ Press 9¾x6½ pb [2/2004] for $29.95
	"The Czechoslovak New Wave" [orig 1985, rev 2005] by Peter Hames Discusses directors Milos Forman, Jirí Menzel, Jan Nemec & Jan Švankmajer, as well as Czech & Slovak history during the XXth Century. Wallflower Press 2nd edition 9x6 pb [5/2005] for $25.00 Wallflower Press 2nd edition 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2005] for $80.00
	"The Cinema of Spain & Portugal" [24 essays 2005] Edited by Alberto Mira, Preface by Román Gubern Wallflower Press 9¼x7¼ pb [5/2005] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9¼x7¼ hardcover [5/2005] for $80.00
	"Small Nation, Global Cinema: The New Danish Cinema" [2005] by Mette Hjort Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [8/2005] for $23.50 Univ MN Press 9x6 hardcover [8/2005] for $70.50
	"East European Cinemas" [2005] by Anikó Imre Routledge 8¾x6 pb [9/2005] for $27.95 Routledge 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $95.00
	"Austria Cinema: A History" [2005] by Robert von Dassanowsky McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $65.00
	"Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader" [2006] Edited by Elizabeth Ezra & Terry Rowden Routledge 9x6 pb [3/2006] for $46.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2006] for $150.00
	"Contemporary World Cinema: Europe, The Middle East, East Asia & South Asia" [2006] by Shohini Chaudhuri Edinburgh Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $30.60 Edinburgh Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2006] out of print/scarce
	"The Cinema of North Africa and The Middle East (24 Frames Series)" [2007] by Gönül Dönmez-Colin Films examined include "Cairo Station" [Egypt 1958], "Once Upon A Time, Beirut" [Lebanon 1994], "The Runner" [Iran 1989], "Ten" [Iran 2002], and "Uzak" [Turkey 2003] Wallflower Press 9¼x6½ pb [5/2007] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9½x7¾ hardcover [5/2007] for $80.00
	"Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict On Arabs After 9/11" [2008] by Jack G. Shaheen Olive Branch Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $12.06
	"Screening Modernism: European Art Cinema, 1950-1980" [2008] by Andras Balint Kovacs Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $22.50 Univ Chicago Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2008] for $55.00
	"Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film In America" [2008] by James N. Selvidge Truline Legacy, Inc. hardcover [12/2008] out of print/used book available at official booksite see also Magic Lantern's Bergman, Fellini, and Kurosawa Pages
	"Cinema and Politics: Turkish Cinema and The New Europe" [2009] edited by Deniz Bayrakdar, with Asli Kotaman & Ahu Samav Ugursoy Cambridge Scholars Publng 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2009] for $67.99
	"New Turkish Cinema: Belonging, Identity, and Memory" [2010] by Asuman Suner The first full examination of contemporary Turkish cinema to be published in English; a sharp and engaging analysis of the films of 'new wave' Turkish directors Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Zeki Demirkubuz, Yesim Ustaoglu, Dervis Zaim, Serdar Akar, Yilmaz Erdogan, and others. I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [1/2010] for $29.50 I.B. Tauris 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2010] for $65.70
	"Israeli Cinema: East/West and The Politics of Representation" [2010] by Ella Shohat I.B. Tauris 9¼x6 pb [8/2010] for $24.69 I.B. Tauris 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2010] for $85.00
	"Nordic Exposures: Scandinavian Identities In Classical Hollywood Cinema" [2010] by Arne Lunde Univ WA Press 9x6 pb [10/2010] for $22.44
	"Cinema In Turkey: A New Critical History" [2010] by Savas Arslan Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/2010] for $19.01 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2010] for $84.69
	"Visions, Images and Dreams: Yiddish Film Past & Present" [orig 2006, rev 2011] by Eric A. Goldman Holmes & Meier Publrs 9x6 pb [2/2011] for $19.95
	"The Vikings On Film: Essays On Depictions of The Nordic Middle Ages" [2011] Edited by Kevin J. Harty McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [4/2011] for $38.00 lots of Vikings movies on Magic Lantern's Muscle-Head Film Festival Page
	"New Austrian Film" [2011] Edited by Robert Von Dassanowsky & Oliver C. Speck Berghahn Books 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2011] for $128.95
	"Israeli Cinema: Identities In Motion" [2011] Edited by Miri Talmon & Yaron Peleg Univ TX Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2011] for $55.00 out of print/used
	"Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities" [2011] Edited by Lydia Papadimitriou & Yannis Tzioumakis Intellect Ltd. 9¾x6 pb [9/2011] for $40.00
	"The Poetics of Iranian Cinema: Aesthetics, Modernity & Film After The Revolution" [2011] by Khatereh Sheibani Tauris Academic Studies hardcover [11/2011] for $77.14

"Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory by Nurith Gertz
http://www.amazon.com/Palestinian-Cinema-Landscape-Trauma-Memory/dp/0253220076/
"Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema by Hamid Dabashi
http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Nation-Palestinian-Hamid-Dabashi/dp/1844670880/
"Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future by Hamid Dabashi
http://www.amazon.com/Close-Up-Iranian-Cinema-Present/dp/1859843328/
http://www.amazon.com/Israeli-Film-Reference-Guides-Worlds/dp/0313321442/
http://www.amazon.com/Identity-Politics-Israeli-Screen-Loshitzky/dp/0292747241/
http://www.amazon.com/European-Cinema-Introduction-Jill-Forbes/dp/0333752104/
"Avant-Garde to New Wave: Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties by Jonathan L. Owen (Feb 15, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Avant-Garde-New-Wave-Czechoslovak-Surrealism/dp/085745126X/
"Polish Cinema Now! by Mateusz Werner (Dec 22, 2010)
http://www.amazon.com/Polish-Cinema-Now-Mateusz-Werner/dp/0861966910/
"European Cinema: An Introduction" [1/2001] by Jill Forbes & Sarah Street /0333752104/
"Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema" [March 2010] by Terri Ginsberg & Chris Lippard
http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Dictionary-Eastern-Dictionaries-Literature/dp/0810860902/
"Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film" [Oct 2001] by Oliver Leaman
http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Encyclopedia-Middle-Eastern-African/dp/0415187036/

Books on Cinema of Britain, Ireland & Scotland

	"The Dream That Kicks: The Prehistory & Early Years of Cinema In Britain" [1980] by Michael Chanan Routledge 2nd edition 8¼x5½ pb [12/95] for $39.54 Routledge hardcover [1980] out of print/used
	"The History of The British Film" in seven volumes [1997] Edited by Rachael Low, Introduction by Jeffrey Richards One of the cornerstones of film scholarship, documenting all aspects of film-making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939; first published between 1948 and 1985 7 volume set: Routledge hardcover set [6/97] for $1,495.00 Volume 1, 1896-1906: Routledge 9½x6¼ pb [7/2011] for $42.95 Volume 2, 1906-1914: Routledge 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $42.95 Volume 3, 1914-18: Routledge 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $42.95 Volume 4, 1918-29: Routledge 9¼x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95 Volume 5, 1929-39: Routledge 9x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95 Volume 6, 1929-39: Routledge 9¼x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95 Volume 7, 1929-39: Routledge 9¼x6 pb [6/2011] for $42.95
	"British National Cinema" [1997] by Sarah Street Routledge 2nd edition 9x6 pb [10/2008] for $37.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [3/97] for $35.95 Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/97] for $140.00
	"The Finest Years: British Cinema of The 1940s" [1998] by Charles Drazin I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $19.95 Andre Deutsch Ltd. hardcover [3/98] out of print/used
	"Guide To British Cinema" [2003] by Geoff Mayer Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $109.95
	"Irish National Cinema" [2004] by Ruth Barton Routledge 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2004] for $125.00
	"British Film Posters: An Illustrated History" [2007] by Sim Branaghan, edited by Steve Chibnall British Film Institute 10¾x8 pb [2/2007] for $26.40 British Film Institute 11x8 hardcover [2/2007] for $85.00
	"Early Irish Cinema, 1895-1921" [2008] by Denis Condon Irish Academic Press pb [11/2008] out of print/used Irish Academic Press 9¼x6 hardcover [11/2008] out of print/used
	"Cinemas of Ireland" [2009] 14 essays edited by Isabelle le Corff & Estelle Epinoux Cambridge Scholars Publng 8¼x6 hardcover [3/2009] for $59.99

"The Story of Irish Film" [] by Arthur Flynn 9781856079143

"Scotland: Global Cinema: Genres, Modes and Identities" [8/2010] by David Martin-Jones
http://www.amazon.com/Scotland-Global-Cinema-Genres-Identities/dp/0748633928/

"The Irish-American in Film & Pop Culture: an illustrated history" [6/2011] by Steven G. Farrell
http://www.amazon.com/Irish-American-Film-Pop-Culture-illustrated/dp/1463610211/

Books on Cinema of Australia & New Zealand

	"Images of Australia: 100 Films of The New Australian Cinema" [1991] by Neil Rattigan S.M.U. Press 9¼x6 pb [6/91] for $15.95 S.M.U. Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/91] for $24.95
	"New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels In American & British Film" [1992] by Brian McFarlane & Geoff Mayer Cambridge Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [6/92] for $38.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [6/92] out of print/used
	"Australian National Cinema" [1996] by Tom O'Regan Routledge 9¼x¼ pb [7/2005] for $31.95 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [10/96] for $125.00
	"The Cinema of Australia & New Zealand (24 Frames Series)" [2006] Edited by Geoff Mayer & Keith Beattie Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [12/2006] for $29.50 Wallflower Press hardcover [12/2006] for $80.00
	"New Zealand Filmmakers" [2007] Edited by Ian Conrich & Stuart Murray Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2007] for $34.95 Filmmakers covered include Barry Barclay, David Blyth, Jane Campion, Roger Donaldson, Rudall Hayward, Peter Jackson, John Laing, Bruno Lawrence, Len Lye, Alison Maclean, Merata Mita, Ian Mune, Geoff Murphy, Leon Narbey, John O'Shea, Gaylene Preston, John Reid, Vincent Ward, Jennifer Ward-Lealand & Peter Wells
	"Contemporary New Zealand Cinema: From New Wave To Blockbuster" [2008] Edited by Ian Conrich & Stuart Murray I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [11/2008] for $29.50
	"Diasporas of Australian Cinema" [2009] Edited by Catherine Simpson, Renata Murawska & Anthony Lambert contains previously unpublished articles by experts on Australian cinema; key feature films discussed include: "40,000 Horsemen" [1941] by Charles & Elsa Chauvel; "Silver City" [1984] by Sophia Turkiewicz; "Head On" [1998]; "The Wog Boy" [2000]; "Russian Doll" [2001] by Stavros Kazantzidis; "Japanese Story" [2003]; and "Lucky Miles" [2007] Intellect, Ltd. 9x6¾ pb [8/2009] for $40.00

http://www.amazon.com/Australian-New-Zealand-Cinema-Guide/dp/0810868318/
http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Dictionary-Australian-Dictionaries-Literature/dp/0810854597/
"Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years" [] by Brian Adams, Graham Shirley
"New Zealand Cinema by Ian Conrich (Jun 20, 2011
http://www.amazon.com/New-Zealand-Cinema-Ian-Conrich/dp/0748624635/

Books on Cinema of Latin America

	"Brazilian Cinema" [1981] Edited by Randal Johnson & Robert Stam Columbia Univ Press pb [4/95] for $33.50
	"Contemporary Argentine Cinema" [1992] by David William Foster Univ MO Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [1992] for $34.95
	"New Latin American Cinema, Volume 1: Theory, Practices & Transcontinental Articulations" [1997] Edited by Michael T. Martin Wayne State Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [2/97] for $21.95 Wayne State Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [2/97] for $34.16
	"New Latin American Cinema, Volume 2: Studies of National Cinemas" [1997] Edited by Michael T. Martin Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/97] for $24.95 Wayne State Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/97] for $40.11
	"Magical Reels: A History of Cinema In Latin America" [orig 1990, rev 2000] by John King Verso 9x6¼ pb [10/2000] for $22.56 Verso hardcover [11/90] out of print/used
	"Cuban Cinema" [2004] by Michael Chanan Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [2/2004] for $26.50 9x6 hardcover [2/2004] for $79.50
	"The Cinema of Latin America (24 Frames Series)" [2004] Edited by Alberto Elena & Marina Díaz López Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [3/2004] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9¼x7½ hardcover [3/2004] for $50.40
	"Brazilian National Cinema" [2007] by Lisa Shaw & Stephanie Dennison Routledge pb [9/2007] for $33.95 Routledge hardcover [9/2007] for $125.00
	"New Argentine Cinema" [2011] by Jens Andermann I.B. Tauris 9½x6¼ pb [12/2011] for $28.00 I.B. Tauris 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2011] for $95.00

http://www.amazon.com/Splendors-Latin-Cinema-R-Hernandez-Rodriguez/dp/0313349770/
http://www.amazon.com/New-Brazilian-Cinema-L%C3%83%C2%BAcia-Nagib/dp/1860648789/
Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema (May 2009) by Joanna Page
http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Capitalism-Contemporary-Argentine-Cinema/dp/0822344726/
The Cinematic Tango: Contemporary Argentine Film (May 2007) by Tamara L. Falicov
http://www.amazon.com/Cinematic-Tango-Contemporary-Argentine-Film/dp/1904764924/
New Argentine Film: Other Worlds (Feb 2011) by Gonzalo Aguilar
http://www.amazon.com/New-Argentine-Film-Concepts-American/dp/0230109012/
The Politics of Affect and Emotion in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Argentina, Brazil,
Cuba, and Mexico" [Aug 2011] by Laura Podalsky
http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Affect-Emotion-Contemporary-American/dp/0230109551/
Other Worlds: New Argentine Film (Nov 2008) by Gonzalo Aguilar
http://www.amazon.com/Other-Worlds-Argentine-Concepts-American/dp/0230606598/

Books on Cinema of Africa

	"Black African Cinema" [1994] by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [8/94] for $24.95
	"Dream Makers On The Nile: A Portrait of Egyptian Cinema" [1998] by Mustafa Darwish Columbia Univ Press 8x8 pb [5/98] out of print/used
	"African Cinemas: Decolonizing The Gaze" [2001] by Olivier Barlet Zed Books 9¼x6 pb [2/2001] for $31.95 Zed Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/2001] for $89.95
	"African Film: Re-Imagining A Continent" [2004] by Josef Gugler Indiana Univ Press 8½x7¼ pb [1/2004] for $24.95 Indiana Univ Press 9x7½ hardcover [1/2004] for $59.95
	"The Cinema of North Africa and The Middle East (24 Frames Series)" [2007] by Gönül Dönmez-Colin Films examined include "Cairo Station" [Egypt 1958], "Once Upon A Time, Beirut" [Lebanon 1994], "The Runner" [Iran 1989], "Ten" [Iran 2002], and "Uzak" [Turkey 2003] Wallflower Press 9¼x6½ pb [5/2007] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9½x7¾ hardcover [5/2007] for $80.00
	"Postnationalist African Cinemas" [2011] by Alexie Tcheuyap Manchester Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [7/2011] for $24.99 Manchester Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [9/2011] for $80.00

"Postcolonial African Cinema" by Kenneth Harrow
"Nollywood" photo book by Pieter Hugo is lousy
"Nollywood" edited by Pierre Barrot
http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Shoots-Back-Alternative-Perspectives/dp/0852555776/
"Popular Egyptian Cinema: Gender, Class, and Nation" [April 2007] by Viola Shafik
http://www.amazon.com/Popular-Egyptian-Cinema-Gender-Nation/dp/9774160533/
"Dictionary of African Filmmakers" [July 2008] by Roy Armes
http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-African-Filmmakers-Roy-Armes/dp/0253351162/
"Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film" [Oct 2001] by Oliver Leaman
http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Encyclopedia-Middle-Eastern-African/dp/0415187036/

Books on Asian Cinema   •   Books on Canadian Cinema
Books on Chinese Cinema   •   Books on French Cinema   •   Books on German Cinema
Books on Cinema of India   •   Books on Italian Cinema   •   Books on Japanese Cinema
Books on Mexican Cinema   •   Books on Russian Cinema   •   Books on Cinema of Spain

Foreign Actors & Others

Actors of Asia   •   Actors of Canada   •   Actors of China   •   Actors of France
Actors of Germany   •   Actors of India   •   Actors of Italy   •   Actors of Japan
Actors of Mexico   •   Actors of Russia   •   Actors of Spain

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Jenny  Agutter  [U.K.]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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actress  Alice  Braga  [Brasil] /nm0103797/

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actor  Tongayi  Chirisa  [Zimbabwe]

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Bekim Fehmiu  [Yugoslavia; 1936-2010]
IMDb listing [47 films, 1961-98]

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David  Gulpilil  [Australia]

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Rudolf Hrusínský  [czech; 1920-1994]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398703/ = 200 movie & TV credits 1937-1993

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actress  Famke  Janssen  [Netherlands]
she is the #1 star in Holland

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Erland  Josephson  [1923-2012; Sweden]

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Genevieve  Nnaji  [Nigeria]
perhaps the most internationally well-known 'Nollywood' actress

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actress  Hind Rostom  [Egypt]
IMDb listing [1947-75] • Wikipedia

Hind Rostom: The World's Greatest Actress [2011] by Maximillien de Lafayette Egyptian actress Hind Rostom (also spelled Hend) had a career of nearly thirty years; the "world's greatest actress" claim of this author is simply hype, but his subject can indeed be described as "First Lady of The Egyptian Cinema" Kindle Edition from Times Square Press [3/2011] for $9.99 Times Square Press pb [3/2011] out of print/used (pricing is confusing) author's website

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actor  Rod Taylor  [Australia]

Selected  Foreign  Films
[ in alphabetical order }

The selected worldwide films coded here were split to Page 3 in 2013.

Selected films of:  Asia   •   Canada   •   China   •   France   •   Germany   •   India
Italy   •   Japan   •   Mexico   •   Russia   •   Spain

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