Reference Books

Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, Cinematic Nihilism both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media,...

The first work of its kind, this encyclopedia provides 360 brief biographies of African American film and television actresses from the silent era to 2009. It includes entries on well-known and nearly forgotten actresses, running the gamut from Academy...

The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror filmsDumplings stuffed with diabolical fillings. Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping cadavers. Big-head babies. For decades, Hong Kong cinema has served up images of horror quite unlike those...

The study of amateur filmmaking and media history is a rapidly-growing specialist field, and this ground-breaking book is the first to address the subject in the context of British women's amateur practice.Book InformationISBN 9781474420730Author...

Examines the politics of female authorship in relation to contemporary documentary practicesThis book, like its twin volume 'Female Authorship and the Documentary Image', centres on pressing issues in relation to female authorship in contemporary...

The first comprehensive conceptualisation of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic filmAddressing representations of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic cinemas, this ground-breaking book investigates their...

Examining the centrality of dialogue to American independent cinema, Jennifer O'Meara argues that it is impossible to separate small budgets from the old adage that `talk is cheap'. Focusing on the 1980s until the present, particularly on the films by...

Using paratextual theory to address the accusations of gimmickry often directed towards extreme art films, 'Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema' focuses upon the DVD and Blu-ray object, analysing how sleeve designs, blurbs, and special features shape the...

Sure, everybody loves the movies. But how much do these movie enthusiasts really know about them? In this groundbreaking book, noted film critic Chris Barsanti gives you the most entertaining crash course in good film in a book--one movie a day. This is...

Hamlet is the most often produced play in the western literary canon, and a fertile global source for film adaptation. Samuel Crowl, a noted scholar of Shakespeare on film, unpacks the process of adapting from text to screen through concentrating on two...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087893228Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087893181Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087907185Author Scott PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 880gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015773349Author Epes Winthrop SargentFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979413308Author J Alphonse HolstFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint TV Acres BooksPublisher TV Acres BooksWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692747315Author Edward BrockFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Mytholigious PressPublisher Mytholigious PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Film noir is a uniquely American genre that has stylistic links to the German expressionist cinema of the 1920s and thematic links to the hard-boiled crime fiction that emerged in the 1930s. Generally the milieu is urban and middle class, and the overall...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814251546Author David AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

The only guide you'll need for choosing the best videos -- and CD-ROMS -- for your family. INCLUDES: More than 1000 entries of kid-tested and adult-approved videos currently available. Listings organized by age -- from infancy to adolescence -- as...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312181178Author Gregory GoodallFormat PaperbackPage Count 484Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 610g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798717430715Author Troy DevolldFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798672804903Author Will MendesFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798653400025Author Jack HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798605501237Author Will MendesFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798410085748Author Brian SchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786202666893Author Aboneh Ashagrie ZeiyesusFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659491191Author Chintan MahidaFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944787431Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Scott PalmerPublisher Scott PalmerWeight(grams) 826gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944788100Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint Scott PalmerPublisher Scott PalmerWeight(grams) 948gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 24mm

Though loved by moviegoers worldwide, Spanish cinema has thus far suffered from a relative lack of critical attention. Focusing on the vast corpus of films that have left their marks on generations of spectators, Directory of World Cinema: Spain returns...

Roosevelt's New Deal introduced sweeping social, political and cultural change across the United States, which the Hollywood film community embraced enthusiastically. When the heady idealism of the 1930s was replaced by the paranoia and fear of the...

Film has always played a crucial role in the imagination of disaster. The earthquake, especially, transforms our understanding of the limits and possibilities of cinema, as well as of life itself. After major quakes in countries as dissimilar as Japan,...

Scotland, its people and its history have long been a source of considerable fascination and inspiration for filmmakers, film scholars and film audiences worldwide. A significant number of critically acclaimed films made in the last twenty-five years...

A vibrant city and country nestled at the foot of the Malaysian peninsula, Singapore has long been a crossroads, a stopping point and a cultural hub where goods, inventions and ideas are shared and traded. Though Singapore was home to a flourishing...

Working at the intersection of religion and ever-shifting political, economic and social environments, Iranian cinema has produced some of the most critically lauded films in the world today. The first volume in the Directory of World Cinema: Iran turned...

Like its predecessors, Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3 endeavours to move scholarly criticism of Japanese film out of the academy and into the hands of cinephiles the world over. This volume will be warmly welcomed by those with an interest in...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739615208Author Ricky BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Eastern HeroesPublisher Eastern HeroesWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716654008Author Thalassa HighbrouFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647864361Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 314Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 975gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626015562Author Cecilia TanFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Riverdale Avenue BooksPublisher Riverdale Avenue BooksWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm...