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Movies and TV: The New York Public Library Book of Answers Melinda Corey 9780671775384
RRP: $19.34$15.47If you're a movie or television fan - how many of these questions can you answer? What was the last picture show in The Last Picture Show? Where was the stagecoach headed in Stagecoach? What was the name of the dinosaur bone in Bringing Up Baby? What... -
Chicano Images: Refiguring Ethnicity in Mainstream Film Christine List (Chicago State University, USA) 9780415726474
$92.13Providing textual analysis of 12 feature films written and directed by filmmakers who explore aspects of the Chicano cultural movement, this book discusses films including Cheech and Chong's Still Smokin' (1983), El Norte (1985), and Break of Dawn (1988)... -
Feature Films as History K. R. M. Short 9780415726566
$92.13Bringing 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... -
Eisenstein: A Documentary Portrait Norman Swallow 9780415726559
$101.11Of all the pioneers of the cinema, the Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein has exerted the most enduring hold on the popular imagination. This book offers a unique portrait of the director based on the personal recollections of those who knew him... -
Encyclopedia of Early Cinema Richard Abel 9780415778565
RRP: $60.62$55.12The Encyclopedia of Early Cinema, now in a new paperback edition, is a unique one-volume reference work which explores the first 25 years of cinema's development, from the early 1890s to the mid-1910s. These early years of the history of cinema have... -
Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide, Volume 2: People, Cultures, and Contexts Jonathan Rhodes Lee 9780367821050
RRP: $154.80$133.18Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927-2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies, studies of musicians and filmmakers, genre... -
Horror, The Film Reader Mark Jancovich 9780415235617
RRP: $148.35$127.72Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to The Blair Witch Project, and... -
Exhibition, The Film Reader Ina Rae Hark 9780415235174
RRP: $148.35$127.72From the kinetoscope, used by one viewer at a time, to the lavish movie palaces of Hollywood's golden era, the experience of watching films has varied enormously across film. Exhibition, The Film Reader traces the emergence of a culture of moviegoing,... -
Exhibition, The Film Reader Ina Rae Hark 9780415235181
RRP: $47.72$42.38From the kinetoscope, used by one viewer at a time, to the lavish movie palaces of Hollywood's golden era, the experience of watching films has varied enormously across film. Exhibition, The Film Reader traces the emergence of a culture of moviegoing,... -
Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader Frank Krutnik 9780415235525
RRP: $51.59$45.63Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader brings together key writings on one of the most consistently popular genres of Hollywood cinema. Despite the cult reputations enjoyed by star performers such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers and... -
Fifty Key British Films Sarah Barrow 9780415433297
RRP: $135.45$116.82In Fifty Key British Films, Britain's best known films such as Clockwork Orange, The Full Monty and Goldfinger are scrutinised for their outstanding ability to articulate the issues of the time. This is essential reading for anyone interested in quality,... -
French Cinema-A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939 Colin Crisp 9780253016966
RRP: $36.11$32.62This invaluable resource by one of the world's leading experts in French cinema presents a coherent overview of French cinema in the 20th century and its place and function in French society. Each filmography includes 101 films listed chronologically... -
Dictionary of African Filmmakers Roy Armes 9780253351166
RRP: $69.66$62.84Compiled by eminent Africanist film scholar Roy Armes, Dictionary of African Filmmakers is an inclusive, comprehensive treatment of films and filmmaking on the African continent. The dictionary covers African feature filmmaking from the first locally... -
The A List: The National Society Of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films Jay Carr 9780306810961
$28.37People love movies. People love lists. So The A-List is a natural. While there are plenty of encyclopaedic lists of films, this compulsively readable book of 100 essays,most written expressly for this volume-flags the best of the best as chosen by a... -
Directory of World Cinema: Finland Pietari Kaapa (University of Warwick, UK) 9781841506173
RRP: $60.57$54.05An important addition to Intellect's popular series, Directory of World Cinema: Finland provides historical and cultural overviews of the country's cinema. Over the course of their contributions to this volume, scholars from a variety of disciplines... -
Women's Narrative and Film in 20th Century Spain Ofelia Ferran 9780415512794
RRP: $67.07$58.59Women's Narrative and Film in 20th Century Spain examines the development of the feminine cultural tradition in spain and how this tradition reshaped and defined a Spanish national identity. Each chapter focuses on representation of autobiography,... -
World Film Locations: Vancouver Rachel Walls 9781841507217
RRP: $30.90$27.76World Film Locations: Vancouver highlights the work of such Canadian filmmakers who have received less attention than they merit, whilst bringing insight into how so-called 'runaway' productions from Hollywood use Vancouver to stand in for other... -
Directory of World Cinema: Iran Parviz Jahed 9781841503998
RRP: $60.57$59.08Iranian cinema has an extraordinary history that has been marked by religion and ever-shifting political, economic, and social environments. This addition to Intellect's Directory of World Cinema series turns the spotlight on the award-winning cinema of... -
Christoph Schlingensief: Art Without Borders Tara Forrest 9781841503196
RRP: $37.35$34.22The work of acclaimed German artist Christoph Schlingensief spans three decades and a diverse range of fields, including, film, television, activism, opera, and theatre. Christoph Schlingensief: Art Without Borders is the first book to be published in... -
Reaching Audiences: Distribution and Promotion of Alternative Moving Image Julia Knight (University of Sunderland) 9781841501574
RRP: $30.90$30.37Through a series of case studies, this book tracks the inventive distribution and exhibition initiatives developed over the last 40 years by an array of small companies on the periphery of the beleaguered UK film industry. That their practices are now... -
French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film Susan Hayward 9781841503189
RRP: $46.38$46.32When political and civil unrest threatened France's social order in the 1950s, French cinema provided audiences a unique form of escapism from such troubled times: a nostalgic look back to the France of the nineteenth century, with costume dramas set in... -
Mother India Gayatri Chatterjee (Independent scholar, Pune, India) 9781838719685
RRP: $16.76$13.93Mehboob Khan's 1957 epic family drama Mother India, starring movie legends Nargis, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar, is a cornerstone of Indian cinema. In her insightful study of this classic, Gayatri Chatterjee draws on new research in the Mehboob... -
The Emergence of Video Processing Tools Volumes 1 & 2: Television Becoming Unglued Kathy High (Professor of Video and New Media, Department of the Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) 9781841506630
RRP: $91.53$81.90The Emergence of Video Processing Tools presents stories of the development of early video tools and systems designed and built by artists and technologists during the late 1960s and 70s. Split over two volumes, the contributors examine the intersection... -
Fellini's Films and Commercials: From Postwar to Postmodern Frank Burke (Queen's University, Canada) 9781789382204
RRP: $101.85$98.93Federico Fellini's distinct style delighted generations of film viewers and inspired filmmakers and artists around the world. In Fellini's Films and Commercials: From Postwar to Postmodern, renowned Fellini scholar Frank Burke presents a film-by-film... -
Fellini's Films and Commercials: From Postwar to Postmodern Frank Burke (Queen's University, Canada) 9781789382082
RRP: $28.32$25.89Federico Fellini's distinct style delighted generations of film viewers and inspired filmmakers and artists around the world. In Fellini's Films and Commercials: From Postwar to Postmodern, renowned Fellini scholar Frank Burke presents a film-by-film... -
Havana Street Style Conner Gorry 9781783203178
RRP: $33.48$29.66When it comes to fashion, few metropolitan areas are more synonymous with style than New York, London, Paris and Milan. But the couture capitals of tomorrow may be located in less likely locales. Addressing the interplay between the development of... -
World Film Locations: Athens Anna Poupou 9781783203598
RRP: $30.90$30.37A filmic guidebook of the Greek capital, World Film Locations: Athens takes readers to film locations in the central historical district with excursions to the periphery of Athens - popular neighbourhoods, poor suburbs and slums often represented in... -
101 Marvellous Movies David Stratton 9781760632120
RRP: $16.76$11.82Are you tired of trawling through movies you don't recognise on Netflix? Sick of reading short film descriptions that sound boring? Don't know what to watch next?Let leading film critic David Stratton introduce you to 101 movies that you probably haven't... -
The Films of Jean Harlow James L. Neibaur 9781476674841
RRP: $28.37$24.19One of the great icons of 1930s Hollywood film, Jean Harlow died a tragically early death in 1937 at age 26. During her brief career, she delivered memorable performances in such MGM classics as Red Dust (1932), Bombshell (1933), Dinner at Eight (1933)... -
Extraterritoriality: Locating Hong Kong Cinema and Media Victor Fan (King's College London) 9781474440424
RRP: $122.55$113.08Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474440424Author Victor FanFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)... -
Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial Gary D Rhodes 9781474460682
RRP: $122.55$112.57The American television commercial has an aesthetic and historical dynamic linking it directly to cinematic and media cultures. Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial establishes the complex vitality of the television... -
Movie Emojis: 100 Cinematic Q and As Robb Pearlman 9780789339522
RRP: $15.42$14.65Featuring 100 movie titles or plotlines, each described through a series of emojis that must be deciphered, Movie Emoji tests readers movie and emoji IQ. Thinking Face and Hands in the Air! In Movie Emojis, Frying Pan with Egg with a Diamond Ring... -
Performative Opacity in the Work of Isabelle Huppert Iggy Cortez 9781474479837
RRP: $109.65$100.99Engages with the career of Isabelle Huppert, a major figure in French, European, and World Cinema Offers analytic frameworks for performance aesthetics in dialogue with critical theory Offers new readings of important films through the lens of... -
The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: Scripts, Working Documents, Interpretation Oliver Fuke (Independent researcher, UK) 9781839025242
$107.62This collection of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's film scripts vividly evokes the close connection between their influential work as theorists and their work as filmmakers. It includes scripts for all six of Mulvey and Wollen's collaborative films,... -
Movie Emojis: 100 Cinematic Q&As Robb Pearlman 9780789344007
RRP: $6.42$5.42Featuring 100 movie titles or plotlines, each described through a series of emojis that must be deciphered, Movie Emoji tests readers' movie and emoji IQ. Thinking Face and Hands in the Air! In Movie Emojis, Frying Pan with Egg with a Diamond Ring... -
Taiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals Beth Tsai 9781474496919
RRP: $109.65$100.99Revisits Taiwan New Cinema in relation to film festivals from cultural, historical, and geopolitical standpoints Look at the productive roles women have played as discursive mediators of the cultural imaginary of the nation, the auteur, and the art of... -
Yul Brynner: Exoticism, Cosmopolitanism and Screen Masculinity Susanna Paasonen 9781474497947
RRP: $116.10$95.15Explores the cinematic appeal and star persona of Yul Brynner Examines Brynner's star image and performance style over his whole career through rich archival sources Explores the racial casting policies of Hollywood in transition Analyses the role... -
Provocation in Women's Filmmaking: Authorship and Art Cinema Janice Loreck 9781474483490
RRP: $109.65$89.99A new critical perspective on the female auteur that considers her place in the avant-garde tradition of provocation Includes close critical analysis of eight contemporary women filmmakers and their provocative works Provides an exploration and... -
The Auditory Setting: Environmental Sounds in Film and Media Arts Budhaditya Chattopadhyay 9781474474399
RRP: $27.08$22.88Analyses the sonic environment mediated and crafted within the film and audiovisual media arts Defines the generally underexplored but well-used terms ambient sound" and "ambience" terms that denote an often unnoticed but significant element in the... -
The Eye of the Cinematograph: L Vinas and Realisms of the Body Keyvan Manafi 9781399507240
RRP: $109.65$100.99Explores the encounter between Emmanuel Levinas' ethical thought and aesthetic realisms of the body Presents an interdisciplinary approach that brings together film studies, philosophies of ethics, cultural studies and critical theory to contribute to...