“In this comprehensive introduction to and resource for cinema of the Maghreb, Armes considers the political and cultural context of North African films and the film industry in the post-independence era. Includes an in-depth examination of 10 key films, a dictionary of more than 135 filmmakers, and a chronological filmography. ”

“The book is the product of years of precise, systematic research, which the author deploys in an effective organization that is almost encyclopedic. . . .One of the finest recent studies of national cinemas . . .October 2005”
 — Choice

“Roy Armes's new book Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Cinema provides an extremely useful survey of films from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, as well as films made by filmmakers of the North African diaspora in the postcolonial or politically post—Independence period. . .April 2005”
 — H-Net

“Roy Armes's new book Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Cinema provides an extremely useful survey of films from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, as well as films made by filmmakers of the North African diaspora in the postcolonial or politically post—Independence period. . .—H—net, April 2005”

“. . . Armes's well-researched book provides the reader with a major text on a neglected, important, and vibrant cinema. Vol. 40 2008”
 — Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, University of New England