A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about film acting. The book describes his film work, from Amadeus to Four Weddings & a Funeral, from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls to Shakespeare in Love. ...

No fewer than seven hundred Civil War films have been made by Hollywood from early silent days onwards, from the epoch-making " Birth of a Nation", through " The Red Badge of Courage" & " Gone With the Wind" to the recent " Glory", Ride with the Devil & " Cold Mountain". This book shows how these films create an American ancestor. ...

Pip Mc Leod's life is a balancing act between family, friends & his sporting passion, rock-climbing. When his father loses his job, & as his older brother's life goes into a dangerous downward spiral, Pip is forced to confront tough issues of loyalty & responsibility. ...

Detailed by a huge US corporation to develop a country house on the outskirts of London into a 21st century business school, Christopher Anderson (Liam Cunningham) finds himself stumped when it transpires that the building he has been assigned contains a rare collection of photographs. Anderson's attempts to bulldoze through red tape are frustrated by the on-site staff, who are determined to preserve their unique representation of Britain's heritage. ...