Bette Davis Black and White, by Julia A. Stern Lucy Bolton is intrigued by an analysis of changing racial attitudes based on the career of a great Hollywood icon By Lucy Bolton 15 November
Filmed Thought: Cinema as Reflective Form, by Robert B. Pippin Lucy Bolton enjoys a sharp new analysis of getting philosophical about the cinema By Lucy Bolton 12 December
Rewriting Indie Cinema: Improvisation, Psychodrama, and the Screenplay, by J.J. Murphy Lucy Bolton reflects on the links between the action on screen and real life in American independent cinema By Lucy Bolton 4 July
Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling, by David Bordwell By borrowing and recycling ideas, old Tinseltown pioneered cinematic narrative, says Lucy Bolton By Lucy Bolton 16 November