Building on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first installment of Directory of World Cinema: Japan, this volume continues the exploration o

From the revered classics of Akira Kurosawa to the modern marvels of Takeshi Kitano, the films that have emerged from Japan represent a national cinema that has

Like its predecessors, Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3 endeavours to move scholarly criticism of Japanese film out of the academy and into the hands of cinep

Working at the intersection of religion and ever-shifting political, economic and social environments, Iranian cinema has produced some of the most critically l

With high-profile Academy Award nominations and an increasing number of big-name actors eager to sign on to promising projects, independent films have been at t