A new book! Not mine, but one in which I have written a chapter, edited by the talented duo of Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan, Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960 to 1990.

Andrew Nette, who contributed to my own book on Bride of Frankenstein, asked me to pen a piece on political violence in feminist cinema. It’s fair to say, I was reluctant. The pitch was broad, and feminist cinema is outside my comfort zone. However, after a little coaching from Andrew and negotiating a narrower focus on three seminal films of the late second-wave – A Question of Silence (1982, dir. Marleen Gorris), Born in Flames (1983, dir. Lizzie Borden) and Camila (1984, dir. Maria Luisa Bemberg) – I decided to challenge myself and give it a crack.

The result can be found in the final chapter of Andrew and Samm’s book, with a title that can’t be repeated here (a direct quote from the concluding moments of the Gorris film).

This book reads good, looks good (that cover – sigh) and even smells good. I hope you buy it.