Interventions on cultural margins : the case of the Chinese Film Forum UK and the presence of Taiwan cinema in the UK
(2017)
Book Chapter
Chan, F., & Willis, A. (2017). Interventions on cultural margins : the case of the Chinese Film Forum UK and the presence of Taiwan cinema in the UK. In K. Chiu, M. Rawnsley, & G. Rawnsley (Eds.), Taiwan Cinema: International Reception and Social Change (80-91). Routledge
Outputs (25)
An icon rises from the grave : the 21st century cult stardom of Paul Naschy (2017)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2017). An icon rises from the grave : the 21st century cult stardom of Paul Naschy. In J. Mari (Ed.), Tracing the Borders of Spanish Horror Cinema and Television. New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
Steven Spielberg and the rise of the celebrity film director (2017)
Book Chapter
Fairclough, K., & Willis, A. (2017). Steven Spielberg and the rise of the celebrity film director. In N. Morris (Ed.), A Companion to Steven Spielberg (466-478). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118726747.ch26This chapter looks at Steven Spielberg's career at different stages, considering how it can be read as emblematic of the rise of what might be termed the celebrity director. By the early 1970s, when a new young generation of directors found their way... Read More about Steven Spielberg and the rise of the celebrity film director.
North Square, New Street Law and Outlaws : class and race in recent northern legal television drama (2017)
Book Chapter
Pal, S., & Willis, A. (2017). North Square, New Street Law and Outlaws : class and race in recent northern legal television drama. In E. Mazierska (Ed.), Heading North: The North of England in Film and Television (173-192). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52500-6
'Crossing Hennessy', 'Big Blue Lake' and 'Flowing Stories': Re-centring the local in recent Hong Kong Cinema (2016)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2016). 'Crossing Hennessy', 'Big Blue Lake' and 'Flowing Stories': Re-centring the local in recent Hong Kong Cinema. In F. Chan, & A. Willis (Eds.), Chinese Cinemas : International Perspectives (84-95). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315691893-7A number of observers of the Hong Kong film industry have identified and discussed the seemingly inexorable drift of major Hong Kong creative talents towards the perceived riches and box office rewards on offer in mainland China. At the same time as... Read More about 'Crossing Hennessy', 'Big Blue Lake' and 'Flowing Stories': Re-centring the local in recent Hong Kong Cinema.
Tory erotica: The sexual fantasies of the British noveau riche in the 1970s (2016)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. Tory erotica: The sexual fantasies of the British noveau riche in the 1970s. In A. Willis, & E. Atakav (Eds.), From Smut to Softcore: Sex and 1970s World Cinema. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication
Violence, style and politics : the influence of the Giallo in Spanish cinema of the 1970s (2015)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2015). Violence, style and politics : the influence of the Giallo in Spanish cinema of the 1970s. In E. Oliete (Ed.), Global genres / local films : the transnational dimension of Spanish cinema (103-114). London: Bloomsbury Academic
Film Noir, Hong Kong cinema and the limits of critical transplant (2015)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2015). Film Noir, Hong Kong cinema and the limits of critical transplant. In C. Shin, & M. Gallagher (Eds.), East Asian Film Noir: Transnational Encounters and Intercultural Dialogue (163-178). UK: I B Tauris (Bloomsbury)
British Chinese short films : challenging the limits of the Sinophone (2014)
Book Chapter
Willis, A., & Chan, F. (2014). British Chinese short films : challenging the limits of the Sinophone. In A. Yue, & O. Khoo (Eds.), Sinophone Cinemas (169-184). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137311207_10In an article published in a special issue of the Journal for Chinese Cinemas, considering the possibility of shifting transnational Chinese film studies from a diasporic framework to a Sinophonic one, we argued for the retention of the former agains... Read More about British Chinese short films : challenging the limits of the Sinophone.
Amando de Ossario’s “bind dead” quartet and the cultural politics of Spanish horror (2013)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2013). Amando de Ossario’s “bind dead” quartet and the cultural politics of Spanish horror. In L. Hunt, S. Lockyear, & M. Williamson (Eds.), Screening the Undead: Vampires and zombies in film and television (233-248). London: I B Tauris