Outputs (60)

Rapidly shifting landscapes : two case studies in the UK distribution and exhibition of Chinese language films in the twenty-first century (2020)
Book Chapter
Willis, A., & Elliott, F. (2020). Rapidly shifting landscapes : two case studies in the UK distribution and exhibition of Chinese language films in the twenty-first century. In L. Feng, & J. Aston (Eds.), Renegotiating film genres in East Asian cinemas and beyond (17-40). UK: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55077-6_2

This chapter considers the shifting industrial patterns of distributing and exhibiting Chinese-language films in the UK in the twenty-first century. Drawing upon their experiences as film curators, Willis and Elliott provide a detailed analysis of tw... Read More about Rapidly shifting landscapes : two case studies in the UK distribution and exhibition of Chinese language films in the twenty-first century.

Manchester’s Chinese arts centre : a case study in strategic intervention (2018)
Book Chapter
Chan, F., & Willis, A. (2018). Manchester’s Chinese arts centre : a case study in strategic intervention. In A. Thorpe, & D. Yeh (Eds.), Contesting British Chinese Culture (101-116). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71159-1

British Chinese cinema and the struggle for recognition, even on the margins (2018)
Book Chapter
Chan, F., & Willis, A. (2018). British Chinese cinema and the struggle for recognition, even on the margins. In A. Thorpe, & D. Yeh (Eds.), Contesting British Chinese Culture (151-167). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71159-1

Before and after the awful Dr Orloff : rethinking an early career “respectable” Jess Franco (2018)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2018). Before and after the awful Dr Orloff : rethinking an early career “respectable” Jess Franco. In A. Lázaro-Reboll, & I. Olney (Eds.), The Films of Jess Franco (41-63). Detroit, USA: Wayne State University Press

From killer snakes to taxi hunters : Hong Kong horror in an exploitation context (2018)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2018). From killer snakes to taxi hunters : Hong Kong horror in an exploitation context. In G. Bettinson, & D. Martin (Eds.), Hong Kong Horror Cinema (52-63). Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press

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

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.ch26

This 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/10.4324/9781315691893-7

A 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.