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Barry Forshaw is one of the UK's leading experts on crime fiction and film. Books include Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide, Nordic Noir, Italian Cinema, American Noir and British Crime Film. Other work: Sex and Film, British Gothic Cinema, Euro Noir, Historical Noir, BFI War of the Worlds and the Keating Award-winners British Crime Writing Encyclopedia and Brit Noir. He writes for various newspapers, contributes Blu-ray extras, broadcasts, chairs events and edits Crime Time. crimetime.co.uk
Italian cinema is celebrated here with astute analysis in the sharply informative essays of Barry Forshaw -- John Pitt * New Classics * The best concise guide to both popular and serious Italian cinema -- Sheridan Morley No one -- but no one -- composes brief essays on films that are as expert, as complete and as engaging as Barry Forshaw -- Donald Spoto Forshaw casts a wide net on this loving examination of the country and its films... If you are looking for an introduction to the wonderful world of Italian cinema, or indeed wishing to further your knowledge, this makes for ideal reading * Kamera Film Salon *
