Spanish film criticism

The title of the first of these books, Spain on Screen: Developments in Contemporary Spanish Cinema is slightly misleading, because it is not really about the representation of Spain on screen, nor (with the exception of contributions by Rob Stone and Julin Gutirrez-Albilla) is it really about developments in contemporary Spanish cinema.It is, though, a useful and diverse collection of essays from major scholars in the field that opens with Barry Jordan on debates surrounding the ratification of the 2007 Ley de cine.Jordan has an acute eye for industrial concerns and although his subtitle 'the death of Spanish cinema' seems slightly premature, the fact that government funding should be monitored is an important point well made.Rob Stone provides a welcome antidote to Jordan's pessimistic view of the funding and quality of Spanish film, with an essay focussing on

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