Reference Books

Alien: Covenant is the long-awaited sequel to the Alien franchise, and Alien: Covenant Official Collector's Edition brings you everything you need to know about Ridley Scott's latest masterpiece!About the AuthorTitan Magazines has been creating...

In this second edition of Investing in Movies, industry veteran Joseph N. Cohen provides investors and producers with an analytical framework to assess the opportunities and pitfalls of film investments.The book traces macroeconomic trends and the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629331355Author Lee GambinFormat HardbackPage Count 502Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 835gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 27mm

From The Passion of the Christ to Life of Brian, and from The Ten Commandments to Last Temptation of Christ, filmmakers have been adapting the stories of the Bible for over 120 years, from the first time the Hoeritz Passion Play was filmed in the Czech...

The Natural History of Film Form argues that, more than simply ingredients in film stock, gelatin, silver and celluloid helped shape early film aesthetics. Drawing on fan and industry periodicals, as well as the testimony of pioneering filmmakers and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087893204Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The official souvenir collector's guide to Marvel Studios' Loki, the television phenomenon as seen on Disney+.A behind-the-scenes look at Marvel Studios' Loki, this deluxe book is a must-have for all fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Featuring...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932719Author Paul DudbridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593939922Author Thomas MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629336848Author Aubrey MaloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor Media

Provides the first history of Working Title Films Offers a detailed history of Working Title's evolution as a film business over almost 40 years Provides a major reconsideration of the relationship between the film industries and cultures of Britain...

Several decades after his last motion picture was produced, Alfred Hitchcock is still regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the masters of cinema. From silents of the 1920s to his final feature in 1976, the director's many films continue to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944781767Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Scott PalmerPublisher Scott PalmerWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 16mm

Now Kathryn Bigelow has made history as the first woman to win an Oscar for directing, is this a new era for women filmmakers? The figures suggest otherwise. Seeking to redress the imbalance between male and female film directors, Celluloid Ceiling...

Establishes the importance of the rockumentary in documentary studies and in popular music studies Transforms the study of rockumentaries, documentary studies and popular music studies Provides in-depth discussions of different sub-genres and forms ...

From Alain Silver and James Ursini, authors of The Noir Style and Film Noir Graphics and editors of the seven-volume Film Noir Reader series, comes Film Noir Fatal Women -- their latest exploration of the key elements that define Americas only homegrown...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684182299Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593932596Author Ben OhmartFormat PaperbackPage Count 708Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 36mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781502568793Author Horace Martin WoodhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

British national cinema has produced an exceptional track record of innovative, creative and internationally recognised filmmakers, amongst them Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell and David Lean. This tradition continues today with the work of directors as...

Draws attention to the manifestation of feminist issues within Marvel superhero films Reaches to film studies, comics studies, cultural studies and gender studies to make sense of portrayals of feminine identity through a detailed critique of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103477Author James UrsiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory is an international reference work representing the essential ideas and concepts at the centre of film theory from the beginning of the twentieth century, to the beginning of the twenty-first.When first...

With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema-especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers-an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and...

These 450+ questions will put even the most knowledgeable cinephiles to the test! The first Cannes Film Festival was held in which decade? Who starred as Norman Bates in Psycho? What planet is Yoda from? Who did win that Oscar: La La Land or...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643708669Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 789gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737603412Author Daryn KirschtFormat HardbackPage Count 412Imprint Daryn KirschtPublisher Daryn KirschtWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 24mm

Bringing together the work of leading film historians, originally published in 1981, this book illustrates the breadth of methodological approaches adopted by the field and the variety of its interests. Dealing with a period from about 1924-1945, it...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917285148Author Nocturne GroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Bonefyre BooksPublisher Bonefyre BooksSeries Shadows in a Phantom EyeWeight(grams)...

Spaghetti Westerns - mostly produced in Italy or by Italians but made throughout Europe - were bleaker, rougher, grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns, focusing on heroes only slightly less evil than the villains. After a main filmography covering...

From the revered classics of Akira Kurosawa to the modern marvels of Takeshi Kitano, the films that have emerged from Japan represent a national cinema that has gained worldwide admiration and appreciation. Directory of World Cinema: Japan provides an...

Explores extremity in films and its ethical, theoretical and film-philosophical implications Provides a framework for understanding controversial and extreme films A theory of transgressive film that responds to theories of transgression, accounts...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865478978Author Richard WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Faber and Faber IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593933340Author Patrick JankiewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Eschewing the postcolonial hubris that suggests Africa could only define itself in relation to its colonizers, a problem plaguing many studies published in the West on African cinema, this entry in the Directory of World Cinema series instead looks at...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953221278Author John LemayFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Bicep BooksPublisher Bicep BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 17mm

The first comprehensive collection on the subject of Hong Kong neo-noir cinemaThe first comprehensive collection on Hong Kong neo-noir cinema, this book examines the way Hong Kong has developed its own unique version of noir since the late 1940s, while...

Acting for the Screen is a collection of essays written by and interviews with working actors, producers, directors, casting directors, and acting professors, exploring the business side of screen acting.In this book, over thirty show business...

Applies Badiou's philosophy to films such as Hiroshima Mon Amour, Vertigo and The Matrix. Alex Ling employs the philosophy of Alain Badiou to answer the question central to all serious film scholarship - namely, 'can cinema be thought?' In addressing...