Prof Andy Willis' Outputs (48)

Jet Li: A Career in Three Acts (2024)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2024). Jet Li: A Career in Three Acts. In Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema (187-201). London: Bloomsbury Academic

Tracing the meanings and influence of stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi , and Donnie Yen against the shifting backdrops of the Hong Kong film industry, the contributors to this important volume highlight martial... Read More about Jet Li: A Career in Three Acts.

States of danger and deceit: The European political thriller in the 1970s (2024)
Book
Hayward, R., Smith, E., & Willis, A. (Eds.). (2024). States of danger and deceit: The European political thriller in the 1970s. Manchester UK: Manchester University Press

States of danger and deceit places key films (Z (1969), The Mattei Affair (1972), State of Siege (1972), The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975), Illustrious Corpses (1976)) and filmmakers (Costa-Gavras, Elio Petri, Francesco Rosi, Volker Schlöndorf... Read More about States of danger and deceit: The European political thriller in the 1970s.

Angie Chen: Hong Kong Film Pioneer (2023)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2023). Angie Chen: Hong Kong Film Pioneer. In F. Chan, F. Elliott, & A. Willis (Eds.), Women in East Asian Cinema: Gender representations, creative labour and global histories (153-165). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Women in East Asian Cinema: Gender representations, creative labour and global histories (2023)
Book
Chan, F., Elliott, F., & Willis, A. (Eds.). (2023). Women in East Asian Cinema: Gender representations, creative labour and global histories. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Examines the work of women in East Asian Cinema in front of and behind the screen
Highlights understudied areas on women’s contributions to film – East Asian film in particular
Highlights importance of re-historicising women’s creative labour in fi... Read More about Women in East Asian Cinema: Gender representations, creative labour and global histories.

Translating Personas: French Singers on Film (2023)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2023). Translating Personas: French Singers on Film. In K. Fairclough, & J. Wood (Eds.), Pop Stars on Film: Popular Culture in a Global Market (95-110). UK: Bloomsbury Academic

Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester (2022)
Book Chapter
Willis, A., & Hayward, R. (2022). Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester. In L. Tsitsou, H. Rana, & B. Wessels (Eds.), The Formation of Film Audiences: Conference Proceedings. University of Sheffield: The Digital Humanities Institute

This paper will discuss our curation of Celebrating Women in Global Cinema (CWinGC), a unique year-long programming initiative that took place across 2019 (and into 2020) at HOME, Manchester. It begins by outlining HOME’s cinema offer, identifying ho... Read More about Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester.

Thinking space : adapting narrative cinema for installation art (2021)
Thesis
Ellis, R. Thinking space : adapting narrative cinema for installation art. (Thesis). University of Salford

Gallery film and video installation have been figured within a discourse on the phenomenological subject, the avant-garde and its relation to the gallery as a site of political and cultural activity, and with respect to medium specificity. A question... Read More about Thinking space : adapting narrative cinema for installation art.

Popular cinema in an era of decline : politics, self-reflexivity and cinematic nostalgia in recent genre films from Hong Kong (2021)
Journal Article
Willis, A. (2021). Popular cinema in an era of decline : politics, self-reflexivity and cinematic nostalgia in recent genre films from Hong Kong. ˜La œFuria umana,

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.

Jim Allen : Still relevent after all these years (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Willis, A. Jim Allen : Still relevent after all these years. 9 January 2016. (Unpublished)

A major retrospective of the work of one of the UKs leading political screenwriters. This season screened all Allen's major works and included Q&A sessions with collaborators Tony Garnett and Rebecca O'Brien. Director ken Loach also contributed speci... Read More about Jim Allen : Still relevent after all these years.

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

Chinese cinemas, international perspectives (2016)
Book
(2016). F. Chan, A. Willis, & A. Willis (Eds.), Chinese cinemas, international perspectives. UK/USA: Routledge

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_10

In 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.

East asian film stars (2014)
Book
(2014). A. Willis, & W. Leung (Eds.), East asian film stars. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan

East Asian Film Stars brings together some of the world's leading cinema scholars to offer their insights into the work of regional and transnational screen legends, contemporary superstars and mysterious cult personas. This collection of original es... Read More about East asian film stars.

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

Neo-Noir: The cultural significance (and insignificance) of a film style (2013)
Journal Article
Willis, A. (2013). Neo-Noir: The cultural significance (and insignificance) of a film style. Film International, 11(5), 31-37

A critique is presented of the films "Hustle" directed by Robert Aldrich and "Night Moves" directed by Arthur Penn, focusing on the films' relation to American film noir from the 1940s and 1950s. The social and political aspects of films, social chan... Read More about Neo-Noir: The cultural significance (and insignificance) of a film style.

Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong' (2012)
Journal Article
Chan, F., & Willis, A. (2012). Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong'. Journal of Chinese Cinemas, 6(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1386/jcc.6.1.27_1

The notion of the Sinophone according to Shu-mei Shih attempts takes the delineation of Chinese identities out of ethno-geographic boundaries into linguistic communities. In the case of Chinese cinemas, the emphasis on linguistic communities fails to... Read More about Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong'.

Paul Naschy, "Exorcismo" and the reactionary horrors of Spanish popular cinema in the early 1970s (2012)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2012). Paul Naschy, "Exorcismo" and the reactionary horrors of Spanish popular cinema in the early 1970s. In P. Allmer, E. Brick, & D. Huxley (Eds.), European nightmares: Horror cinema in Europe since 1946 (121-131). New York: Columbia University Press

Memory banks failing: 'Life on Mars' and the politics of re-imagining the police and the seventies (2012)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2012). Memory banks failing: 'Life on Mars' and the politics of re-imagining the police and the seventies. In Life on Mars: from Manchester to New York (57-69). Cardiff: University of Wales Press

'Painted skin': negotiating mainland china's fear of the supernatural (2011)
Journal Article
Willis, A. (2011). 'Painted skin': negotiating mainland china's fear of the supernatural

Cinema curation as practice and research: the Visible Secrets project as a model for collaboration between art cinemas and academics (2010)
Journal Article
Willis, A. (2010). Cinema curation as practice and research: the Visible Secrets project as a model for collaboration between art cinemas and academics. Screen, 51(2), 161-167. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/hjq013

The lost world of Twemlow and Kent-Watson: Mancunian exploitation film in the 1980s and 1990s (2009)
Journal Article
Willis, A., & Lee, C. (2009). The lost world of Twemlow and Kent-Watson: Mancunian exploitation film in the 1980s and 1990s. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 6(1), 58-72. https://doi.org/10.3366/E1743452109000685

More than simply cowboys, naked virgins, werewolves and vampires? The transatlantic cinema of Leon Klimovsky (2009)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2009). More than simply cowboys, naked virgins, werewolves and vampires? The transatlantic cinema of Leon Klimovsky. In V. Ruetalo, & D. Tierney (Eds.), Latsploitation, Exploitation Cinemas, and latin America (129-141). New York: Routledge

Special edition devoted to Hong Kong cinema since 1997 (2009)
Journal Article
Willis, A., & Perks, S. (2009). Special edition devoted to Hong Kong cinema since 1997. Film International, 7(4),

Jim Allen : radical drama beyond 'days of hope' (2008)
Journal Article
Willis, A. (2008). Jim Allen : radical drama beyond 'days of hope'. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 5(2), 300-317. https://doi.org/10.3366/E1743452108000381

Due to a desire to establish television as a serious medium, television drama has often been seen as a forum for writers, with names such as David Mercer, Dennis Potter and Trevor Griffiths identified by critics as the driving force, or auteur, behin... Read More about Jim Allen : radical drama beyond 'days of hope'.

The cinema of Alex de la Iglesia (2007)
Book
Willis, A., Triana-Toribio, N., & Buse, P. (2007). The cinema of Alex de la Iglesia. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

A popular Spanish auteur: Alex de la Iglesia as a polemical tool (2004)
Journal Article
Buse, P., Triana-Toribio, N., & Willis, A. (2004). A popular Spanish auteur: Alex de la Iglesia as a polemical tool. New Cinemas, 2(3), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1386/ncin.2.3.139/1

This article looks at how Álex de la Iglesia can be studied using reviewed auteurist strategies. Such a study has to take into account how he constructs his persona as director in a process which deviates greatly from the images and roles allocated t... Read More about A popular Spanish auteur: Alex de la Iglesia as a polemical tool.

Este no es juego, es Accion Mutante: The provocations of Alex de la Iglesia (2004)
Journal Article
Buse, P., Triana-toribio, N., & Willis, A. (2004). Este no es juego, es Accion Mutante: The provocations of Alex de la Iglesia. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 10(1), 9-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1470184042000236242

Film stars: Hollywood and beyond (2004)
Book
Willis, A. (2004). Film stars: Hollywood and beyond. Manchester, UK: Manchester Univesity Press

Spanish popular cinema (2004)
Book
Willis, A., & Lázaro-Reboll, A. (2004). Spanish popular cinema. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

Defining cult movies: the cultural politics of oppositional taste (2003)
Book
Willis, A., Reboll, A., Stringer, J., & Jancovich, M. (2003). Defining cult movies: the cultural politics of oppositional taste. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

The cultural politics of re-making Spanish horror films in the twenty-first century : Quarantine and Come Out and Play
Book Chapter
Willis, A. The cultural politics of re-making Spanish horror films in the twenty-first century : Quarantine and Come Out and Play. In I. Smith, & C. Verevis (Eds.), Transnational Film Remakes (54-65). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Made for TV monsters : how has the rise of horror on US television affected the spectacle and acceptability of the genre?
Thesis
Gaynor, S. (in press). Made for TV monsters : how has the rise of horror on US television affected the spectacle and acceptability of the genre?. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study will explore the rise of horror drama on US television, investigating the significance of this trend of horror programming to both the US television industry and the understanding and acceptability of the horror genre as a whole. The first... Read More about Made for TV monsters : how has the rise of horror on US television affected the spectacle and acceptability of the genre?.

'Safe': alienation, fear, paranoia and film form
Exhibition / Performance
Willis, A. 'Safe': alienation, fear, paranoia and film form. (Unpublished)

A season of films to accompany the ‘Safe’ exhibition at HOME, Manchester.

Christianity, controversy, cinema
Exhibition / Performance
Willis, A., & Carr, W. Christianity, controversy, cinema. (Unpublished)

A season of films and related public engagement events co-curated by Andy Willis and Will Carr of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation.

Burgess and cinema
Exhibition / Performance
Willis, A. Burgess and cinema. (Unpublished)

Burgess and Cinema is a season of films and related public engagement events curated by Andy Willis. Organised in conjunction with The International Anthony Burgess Foundation and Cornerhouse to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of 'A... Read More about Burgess and cinema.

CRIME: Hong Kong Style
Exhibition / Performance
Willis, A. CRIME: Hong Kong Style. (Unpublished)

Season of films and supporting events at HOME Greater Manchester, curated by Andy Willis, and celebrating the Hong Kong crime film. Selected titles toured to 21 other UK venues across February, March abd April 2016. Season and supporting events was s... Read More about CRIME: Hong Kong Style.