British cinema of the 90s has been saluted as a significant renaissance and derided as the glossiest in a long sequence of false dawns. The big increase in production that has occured in the past ten years has brought new problems and new opportunities. Chapters explore issues as the distribution log jam which has prevented many British films from reaching a cinema audience; multiplexes; the Americanisation of British film culture; co-operation with Europe; the different styles represented by youthorientated cinema and the heritage film; changing representations of sexuality and ethnicity. Review in: Boekmancahier.13(2001)48(jun.236-242).