Film

Sixty years after its release, Singin' in the Rain (1951) remains one of the best loved films ever made. Yet despite dazzling success with the public, it never received its fair share of critical analysis. Gene Kelly's genius as a performer is ...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY RICHARD AYOADEThe defining work of the great midcentury visionary of stage and screen -- rediscovered and republished by Faber & Faber.This volume of Harauld Hughes's last four screenplays includes a preface and afterword by the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250328212Author Susan SeidelmanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Downton Abbey: The Official Film Companion is a stunning memento, bringing the world and the characters of our favourite fictional country house to life. Featuring a foreword by creator Julian Fellowes, spectacular photographs from the production,...

Lots of people love James Bond. But how many have actually been Bond? The Many Lives of James Bond offers the largest ever collection of original interviews with actors who have played Bond in different media, as well as in-depth interviews with many of...

Comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Aliens was made, featuring new interviews with some of the cast and production crew, and including many rarely seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. As one of the...

Positioning itself at the intersection of Italian film history, horror studies and cultural studies, this fascinating book asks why, and how, was the protean, transnational and transmedial figure of the vampire appropriated by Italian cinema...

Acclaimed as one of the best books ever published on the subject, "A Complete Guide to Special Effects Makeup" covers everything from basic facial makeup styles, and simple scars and gashes, to masks, molds and cast-making: everything you need to know to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506721712Author Gene Luen YangFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932214Author Maureen RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 470Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

For many, Blue Velvet is David Lynch's masterpiece. It represents a unique act of cinema: an 80s Hollywood studio film as radical, visionary and cabalistic as anything found in the avant-garde; a mysteriously symbolic and subterranean ...

The increasingly popular films of the Hong Kong New Wave grapple with such issues as East-West cultural conflicts, colonial politics, the divide between rich and poor, the plight of women in a modernizing Asian city, and the identity crises provoked by...

One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney built a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics of cinema, his astonishing collection of animated cartoons revolutionized storytelling on screen and...

This entertaining but thought provoking collection uses "Seinfeld" episodes to introduce readers to important concepts in philosophy. Some essays are devoted to single characters, asking questions such as "Did Jerry, like Socrates, lead an examined...

An updated edition - with completely new chapters - of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey. ...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452297289Author Steven AscherFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1194g

*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"I loved it. An amazing book." - Louis Theroux"A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless." - Chris Evans, Virgin Radio"Raw, savagely honest, as dramatic as any of his movies." - Mail on Sunday"A tremendous book - readable,...

This 7th edition marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 340,000 copies in its twenty-five-year life. Always...

Everything you ever wanted to know about making a movie but were afraid to ask... Lights, camera, action! We all have at least one movie in us, and the amazing and affordable advances in digital technology makes it increasingly easy to make your dream...

Regarded by many critics as Britain's best sitcom, Porridge is set to become even more popular following the sad death of Ronnie Barker in October 2005. His portrayal of Fletch, the experienced, cynical old lag, won the nation's heart when the series...

Regarded by many critics as Britain's best sitcom, Porridge is set to become even more popular following the sad death of Ronnie Barker in October 2005. His portrayal of Fletch, the experienced, cynical old lag, won the nation's heart when the series...

Join Alan Partridge on his incredible journey of discovery in Every Ruddy Word: All The Scripts.Alan Partridge is our most remarkable broadcaster. From the giddy heights of his short-lived TV chat show to the crashing lows of six months in a travel...

Join Alan Partridge on his incredible journey of discovery in Every Ruddy Word: All The Scripts.Alan Partridge is our most remarkable broadcaster. From the giddy heights of his short-lived TV chat show to the crashing lows of six months in a travel...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506717128Author Faith Erin HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

'Diverting... pleasurable... entertaining' New York Times'Relevant and fresh... [Good Omens] still has a lot to say about the world' Empire'Even if you're very familiar with the original novel, this is a different experience... so damned charming and...

'Diverting... pleasurable... entertaining' New York Times'Relevant and fresh... [Good Omens] still has a lot to say about the world' Empire'Even if you're very familiar with the original novel, this is a different experience... so damned charming and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805016260Author Linda SegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncSeries Owl BooksWeight(grams) 295g

For fans of big-screen monster films, KAIDA Yuji is a very well known name. Best known for his vivid illustrations of Godzilla and other popular Toho kaiju, some of Mr KAIDA's most beautiful work is presented here in this full-color flexicover volume...

Universal Studios' JAWS is one of the most compelling and enduring movies ever made. Thrilling generations of audiences worldwide with its tight plot, memorable characters, and ground-breaking special effects - those that brought the great white shark to...

Prewriting Your Screenplay cements all the bricks of a story's foundations together and forms a single, organic story-growing technique, starting with a blank slate. It shows writers how to design each element so that they perfectly interlock together...

Designed to take you from the moment you first put your pen to paper to pitching and selling your completed screenplay, this is one of the most inspiring books on screenwriting you'll ever read.Practical exercises will teach you the craft of writing for...

Cy Endfield (1914-1995) was a filmmaker who was also fascinated by the worlds of close-up magic, science, and invention. After directing several distinctive low-budget films in Hollywood, he was blacklisted in 1951 and fled to Britain rather than "name...

An illustrated critical survey of Academy Award-winning writer and director Sofia Coppola's career, covering everything from her groundbreaking music videos through her latest films In the two decades since her first feature film was released, Sofia...

World-renowned visionary artist John Harris' unique concept paintings capture the Universe on a massive scale, from epic landscapes and towering cities to vast alien vistas. This new collection focuses on his futuristic art as well as his striking book...

A deep dive into the creative world and personal archive of the master of horror Clive Barker, from Hellraiser and Candyman to today"I've seen the future of horror . . . and his name is Clive Barker." In the mid-1980s, Stephen King inducted a young...

'What started as a book on the frustration of funding led to the writing of an autobiography at forty... I had so little to do in the daylight hours, I stayed up late unbuttoning Levis in back rooms.'In 1984 at the age of 40, the polymath film-maker...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684182336Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793197313Author Will HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645705024Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526815Author Tony NourmandFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press