Teen slashers, posthumanism and bleak despair : musings on contemporary horror films

Received November 2013:

Levina, Marina., and Bui, Diem-My T., (ed). (2013) Monster culture in the 21st century : a reader. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Nowell, Richard. (2011) Blood money : a history of the first teen slasher film cycle. London: Continuum.

Wetmore, Kevin J. (2012) Post-9/11 horror in American cinema. New York ; London: Continuum International.

Dinosaurs, mysterious maps and becoming successful : new illustration titles

Received at the beginning of term:

Brazell, Derek. (2013) Becoming a successful illustrator. London: Fairchild Books.

de Crecy, Nicholas. (2012) The celestial bibendum. London: Knockabout. 

Evens, Brecht. (2013) The making of. London: Jonathan Cape. 

Hunter, Robert. (2013) Map of days. London: Nobrow.

Lenkiewicz, Isaac. (2013) Triassic terrors. London: Flying Eye Books. - a new children's activity book from an ex Plymouth College of Art student.

Ursell, Martin. (2013) Illustrating children's books. Ramsbury: Crowood.

More to come - we're in the process of cataloguing newly received titles from Nobrow Press, Drawn & Quarterly and others.

DVDs received November 2013

1969 (1988) Dir: Ernest Thompson ; starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern and Winona Ryder.

Easy rider (1969) Dir: Dennis Hopper ; starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson.

The great Gatsby (2013) Dir: Baz Luhrmann ; starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan.

The Incredibles (2004) Dir: Brad Bird ; featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Holly Hunter

The Innocents (1961) Dir: Jack Clayton ; starring Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarge, Megs Jenkins and Michael Redgrave.

The Molly Dineen collection. Volume one: Home from the Hill ; My African farm ; Heart of the Angel ; In the company of men (1987-1995) Dir: Molly Dineen - intimate and probing portraits of British individuals and institutions.

The Others (2002) Dir: Alejandro Amenábar ; starring Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston and Eric Sykes.

World war Z (2013) Dir: Marc Foster ; starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, David Morse, Fana Mokoena, David Andrews and Peter Capaldi.

More newly acquired photography books - competitions, awards and exhibitions

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Eicker, Eva. (2013) Deutsche Borse photography prize 2013. London: The Photographer's Gallery.

Gill, Paul., (ed). (2012) Sense of place : European landscape photography. Munich: Prestel.

(2002) Wildlife photographer of the year : portfolio 22. London: BBC Worldwide.

(2012) Sony world photography organisation awards 2013. London: World Photography Association. 

DVDs received October 2013

Alice in Wonderland (1951) Dir: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson ; voiced by Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, et al - a Walt Disney Production.

Alice in Wonderland (2010) Dir: Tim Burton ; starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover.

Anton Corbijn : inside out (2012) Dir: Klaartje Quirijns ; Features music by Joy Division, Nirvana, Depeche Mode, U2 and original music by Gaven Friday.

The Believer (2001) Dir: Henry Bean ; starring  Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Glenn Fitzgerald, Theresa Russell and Billy Zane.

Cave of forgotten dreams (2010) Dir: Werner Herzog - documentary film about the cave paintings found in the Chauvet Cave, France.

Doctor Who : Spearhead from Space (1970) Dir: Derek Martinus ; starring John Pertwee and Caroline John (NB: Blu-ray edition).

Down Terrace (2009) Dir: Ben Wheatley ; starring Robert Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin and Michael Smiley.

Girl Model (2011) Dir: David Redmon & A. Sabin ; featuring Ashley Arbaugh and Rachel Blais.

How we built Britain (2007) Dir: Nicky Illis., et al ; featuring David Dimbleby - BBC documentary on British architecture.

Jubilee (1977) Dir: Derek Jarman ; starring Adam Ant, Wayne County, Richard O'Brien and Toyah Wilcox.

Orlando (1992) Dir: Sally Potter ; starring Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane.

Sightseers (2012) Dir: Ben Wheatley ; starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram.

Recently received photobooks R-Z

More recently received photobooks, as ever, click on the title to check availability:

Richardson, Terry. (2012) Terryworld. Koln ; London: Taschen.

Salvesen, Britt. (2006) Harry Callahan : the photographer at work. New Haven, Conn. ; London: Centre for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, Tuscan in association with Yale University Press.

Steel-Perkins, Chris. (2009) England, my England : a photographer's portrait. Newcastle: Northumbria Press. 

Sternfeld, Joel. (2012) Joel Sternfeld : stranger passing. Gottingen: Stiedl.

Sternfeld, Joel. (2003) American prospects. Gottingen: Stiedl.

Sternfeld, Joel (2011) First pictures. Göttingen: Steidl.

Wenders, Wim. (2011) Places, strange and quiet. Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz

Wylie, Donovan. (2009) Maze. Gottingen: Steidl.

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How to request an item for stock or... recently received titles that don't fit neatly with anything else

A seemingly random list of  titles that just don't fit neatly with anything else... . All of which were requested by a member of staff or a student. If you think there is an item we don't have but need, you can suggest a purchase by clicking on the My Library button, and selecting 'Suggest A Purchase' from the drop-down menu, on our home page or by emailing: lrc@pca.ac.uk. 

Counihan, C. & Van Esterik, Penny., (eds). (1997) Food and culture : a reader. London: Routledge.

Lindsay, Jo. & Maher, JaneMaree. (2013) Consuming families : buying, making, producing family life in the 21st Century. London: Routledge.

Marson, Richard. (2013) JN-T : the life and scandalous times of John Nathan-Turner. Tadworth: Miwk Publishing , 2013.

Meadows, Daniel. (1988) Nattering in paradise : suburbia in the 1980s. London: Simon & Schuster.

Ross, Christine. (2006) The aesthetics of disengagement : contemporary art and depression. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Zuckerman, Ethan. (2013) Rewire : digital cosmopolitans in the age of connection. New York: WW Norton. 

Recently received photobooks A-P

Recently received photobooks : as ever, click on the title to check availability.

Brandt, Nick. (2012) On this Earth, a shadow falls. London: Abrams.

Brodie, Mike. (2012) A period of juvenile prosperity. Santa Fe, NM.: Twin Palms.

Callahan, Harry. (2013) Harry Callahan : retrospektive/retrospective. Heidelberg: Kehrer.

Derges, Susan. (2010) Elemental. Göttingen: Steidl.



Hansen, Mary., (ed). (2013) Dash Snow : I love you stupid! Koln: Walther Konig.

Kander, Nadav. (2010) Yangtze : the long river. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz.

Klein, William. (2012) William Klein : ABC. London: Tate Publishing.

Misrach, Richard. (2010) Destroy this memory. New York: Aperture.


Parr, Martin. (2013) Life's a beach. New York: Aperture.

Pauli, Lori. (2003) Manufactured landscapes : the photographs of Edward Burtynsky. Ottawa ; London: National Gallery of Canada in association with Yale University Press.

(Image from: Dash Snow : I love you stupid! - http://amzn.to/15AA2mY)

Three Studio Ghibli DVDs recently received... .

Received October 2013:

My neighbour Totoro (1988) ; original story, script and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Princess Mononoke (1997) : screenplay and original story by Hayao Miyazaki.

Ponyo (2008) ; written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

New DVDs June/July/August/September 2013 - Part three

Amateur (1994) Dir: Hal Hartley ; starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donnovan, Elina Lowensohn and Damien Young.

A field in England (2013) Dir: Ben Wheatley ; starring Julian Barrat, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley. - A psychedelic vision of the English Civil War.

The getaway (1972) Dir: Sam peckinpah ; starring  Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson and Sally Struthers.

The Hal Hartley Collection - Trust, Harry Fool and The girl from Monday (1990, 1997 and 2005) Dir: Hal Hartley ; starring Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, John Mackay, Edie Falco (Trust) - Bill Sage, Sabrina Lloyd, Tatiana Abracos, Leo Fitzgerald (The girl from Monday) -Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter (Henry Fool).

I spit on your grave (1978) Dir: Meir Zarchi ; Starring Camille Keaton, Ebon Taylor, Richard Pace, Anthony Nichols and Gunter Kleeman.

In the shadow of the moon (2006) Dir: David Sington ; featuring Buzz Aldrin.


Journey to the center of the earth (1959) Dir: Henry Levin ; starring Pat Boone and James Mason.

Straw dogs (1971) Dir: Sam Peckinpah ; starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George.

The Texas chain saw massacre (1974) Dir: Tobe Hunter ; starring Marilyn Burns and Gunnar Hansen.

Trashed (2013) Dir: Candida Brady ; starring Jeremy Irons - documentary investigating the environmental impact of the things we throw away.

Unforgiven (1992) Dir: Clint Eastwood ; starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris

The wild bunch (1969) Dir: Sam Peckinpah ; starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine.

New DVDs June/July/August/September 2013 - Part two

The day of the Triffids (1981) Dir: Ken Hannam ; starring John Duttine, Emma Relph and Maurice Colbourne. Six episodes originally broadcast by the BBC 10 September - 15 October 1981.

Django unchained (2012) Dir: Quentin Tarantino ; starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz. 

The definitive Ealing Studios collection : volumes one to four (1940/50s) Directors include: Robert Hamer, Alexander Mackendrick and Charles Frend ; featuring Googie Withers, Michael Redgrave, Alec Guiness and many other well known British character actors.

Here's a health to the Barley Mow : a century of folk customs and ancient rural games / compiled by British Film Institute. An idiosyncratic and highly entertaining collection of 44 startling short films, poetic documentaries, long-unseen TV reports and rare silent film footage all celebrating the traditional folk customs, songs, dances and games of Great Britain. This double-disc set of newly remastered films is accompanied by an illustrated booklet including detailed notes and essays by folk historians.

Lincoln (2012) Dir: Steven Spielberg ; starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

Senna (2010) Dir: Asif Kapadia ; featuring Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.

Shadows of progress : documentary film in post-war britain 1951-1977 (1950-70s) Dir: John Krish. Et al. A collection of post-war documentaries commissioned by private industry, government departments, commercial sponsors and independent charities.

The warrior (2001) Dir: Asif Kapadia ; featuring Ifffan Khan and Puru Chibber.

Zardoz (1974) Dir: John Boorman ; starring Sean Conner and Charlotte Rampling.

Themes & movements : art & ideas

New titles in the series received September 2013:

Kuenzli, Rudolf E., (ed). (2011) Dada. London: Phaidon.










Shanken, Edward A., (ed). (2009) Art and electronic media. London: Phaidon

The Film Craft series : books for budding film makers

Received September 2013:

Chang, Justin. (2012) Editing. Lewes: Ilex.

Gierson, Tim. (2013) Screenwriting. Lewes: Ilex.

Goodridge, Mike. (2012) Directing. Lewes: Ilex

Goodbridge, Mike. (2012) Cinematography. Lewes: Ilex.

Halligan, Fionnuala. (2012) Production design. Lewes: Ilex.

Macnab, Geoffrey., and Swart, Sharon. (2012) Producing. Lewes: Ilex.

Already in stock:

Landis, Deborah Nadoolman. (2012) Costume design. Lewes: Ilex.

Costume & the silver screen : dressing Hollywood

Received August/September 2013 for Costume Production students:

Finler, Joel W. (2012) Hollywood movie stills : art and technique in the golden age of the studios. London: Titan.

Head, Edith. (2009) Edith Head's Hollywood. Santa Monica: Angel City.

Marsh, June. (2013) Audrey Hepburn in hats. London: Reel Art.

Landis, Deborah Nadoolman., (ed). (2012) Hollywood costume. London: V&A.

Landis, Deborah Nadoolman. (2012) Hollywood sketchbook : a century of costume illustration. New York: Harper Design.

Young, Caroline. (2012) Classic Hollywood style. London: Frances Lincoln.

New DVDs June/July/August/September 2013 - Part one

Around the world in eighty days (1956) Dir: Michael Anderson ; starring Noel Coward, John Gielgud and Trevor Howard.

Childrens Film Foundation - The race is on: Soapbox derby / The sky-bike / Sammy's super t-shirt (1957, 1967 and 1978) Dir: Charles Frend, Darcy Conyers and Jeremy Summers ; starring, a very young, Michael Crawford

Childrens Film Foundation - London tales : The salvage gang / Operation third form / Night ferry (1958, 1966 and 1976) Dir: John Krish and David Eady ; starring Bernard Cribbins and Frazer Hines. 

Childrens Film Foundation - Weird adventures : The monster of Highgate ponds / The boy who turned yellow / A hitch in time (1961, 1972 and 1978) Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti, Michael Powell and Jan Darnley-Smith ; starring Patrick Troughton.

The counterfeiters (2007) Dir: Stefan Ruzowitzky ; starring Karl Markovics and August Diehl.

Elephant (2003) Written and directed by Gus Van Sant ; starring Alex Frost, Eric Deulen and John Robinson.



The Lacey rituals : films by Bruce Lacey (and friends) (1951-2002) Dir: Bruce Lacey, et al ; written by and starring Bruce Lacey, et al.

Last days (2005) Written and directed by Gus Van Sant ; starring Michael Pitt and Lukas Haas.

Nathan Barley: Series 1 (2005) Dir: Christopher Morris ; written by Charlie Brooker and Christopher Morris ; starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Claire Keelan, Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding.

Paranoid park (2007) Dir: Gus Van Sant ; starring Gabe Nevins and Taylor Momsen.

They live (1988) Dir: John Carpenter ; starring Roddy Piper, Keith David and Meg Foster.

Voyage to the bottom of the sea (1953) Dir: Irwin Allen ; starring Walter Pidgeon and Joan Fontaine.

W. S. Burroughs cut-up films (1963-1973) Dir: Antony Balch ; written by William S. Burroughs ; starring William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Alexander Trocchi, and Antony Balch. - Burroughs and his friend's 'home movies' in London, Paris and Tangiers

20,000 leagues under the sea (1954) Dir: Richard Fleischer ; starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason and Peter Lorre.

Additional journals for Costume and Fashion students

There is one brand new title:

Theatre Notebook : a journal of the history and technique of the British theatre - "interprets theatre widely covering theatrical activities inside and outside theatre buildings, professional and amateur theatre, the business of theatre, stage design, the history of theatre buildings, acting technique, and theatre outside the British Isles that relates directly to the history and technique of British theatre." - From The Society for Theatre Research's website.






And we have also taken out new subscriptions to three old favourites:

Costume : the journal of the Costume Society - which "publishes articles that are primarily object-based, from a broad chronological period and with a worldwide remit; it maintains a balance between practice and theory and concentrates on the social significance of dress." -From the Costume Society's website.

Fashion practice : the Journal of design, creative process & the fashion industry - "is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to cover the full range of contemporary design and manufacture within the context of the fashion industry. Design processes and new technologies fuel the most vibrant areas of fashion practice and commerce today, yet they have been largely ignored by scholarship." - From the publishers website.

Fashion theory : the journal of dress, body & culture - "takes as its starting point a definition of ‘fashion’ as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. The importance of studying the body as a site for the deployment of discourses has been well established in a number of disciplines. Until Fashion Theory’s launch in 1997 the dressed body had suffered from a lack of critical analysis. Increasingly scholars have recognized the cultural significance of self-fashioning, including not only clothing but also such body alterations as tattooing and piercing." - From the publishers website.

Remember: current issues of journals are not for loan but you can borrow back issues on a one day loan.

Documents of contemporary art - new(ish) titles in the series recently received

"The Documents of Contemporary Art are a series of anthologies co-published by Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Edited and introduced by a scholar, artist, critic or curator, each of these sourcebooks provides access to a plurality of voices and perspectives on a specific subject or body of writing that has been of key influence to contemporary art internationally." - More information on the series is available from the Whitechapel Gallery website - to see which titles in the series we have on the shelves click here:

Farr, Ian., (ed). (2012) Memory. London : Cambridge, Mass.: Whitechapel Gallery ; MIT Press.

Kelly, Caleb., (ed). (2012) Sound. London : Cambridge, Mass.: Whitechapel Gallery ; MIT Press.

Lepecki, Andre., (ed). (2011) Dance. London : Cambridge, Mass.: Whitechapel Gallery ; MIT Press.

Lind, Maria., (ed). (2013) Abstraction. London : Cambridge, Mass.: Whitechapel Gallery ; MIT Press.

Stallabrass, Julian., (ed). (2013) Documentary. London : Cambridge, Mass.: Whitechapel Gallery ; MIT Press.