Daniela Treveri Gennari

Deborah Allison

Hiu Man Chan

The Phoenix is one of only a handful of British cinemas to have remained active for the past 100 years. This is the story of Oxford’s oldest continuously operating cinema, as told by its staff and customers. Featuring first-hand reminiscences dating back to the days of silent movies, and illustrated with a fabulous collection of over 100 images, many of which have never appeared in print until now, 'The Phoenix Picturehouse' presents a wide-ranging account of a popular local institution whose changing fortunes exemplify a century of British cinema and cinemagoing history.

The Phoenix Picturehouse: 100 Years of Oxford Cinema Memories

The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom, by Deborah Allison, examines eight films by the contemporary British director Michael Winterbottom. This study explores the ways his inflection of established genre traditions partake in a personal, idiosyncratic style of film-making. Across a career encompassing both mainstream and art house cinema, the potency and integrity of his authorship unites films as generically diverse as the road film Butterfly Kiss, western drama The Claim, science fiction movie Code 46, and docudrama The Road to Guantanamo.

Deborah Allison

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