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World Film Locations: Sao Paulo by Natalia Pinazza (University of Exeter, UK)
SciFier: $51.81Sao Paulo is the largest city in South America and the powerhouse of Brazil's economy. A multi-racial metropolis with a diverse population of Asian, Arabic and European immigrants as well as migrants... -
Directory of World Cinema: Argentina 2 by Gary M. Kramer (Independent Scholar)
RRP: $99.53SciFier: $81.58This volume continues the exploration of contemporary Argentine cinema that began in the first book. It provides a close analysis of exciting new directors, including Marco Berger and Matias Pineiro,... -
Directory of World Cinema: Scotland by Bob Nowlan
SciFier: $101.95Scotland, 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... -
Polanski and Perception by Davide Caputo (University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.)
SciFier: $63.94A new approach to a director whose contribution to cinema is often overshadowed his personal life, Polanski and Perception focuses on Roman Polanski's interest in the nature of perception and how... -
Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2 by Lincoln Geraghty (University of Portsmouth, UK)
SciFier: $101.95Hollywood continues to reign supreme; from award-winning dramas to multimillion-dollar, special-effects-laden blockbusters, Tinseltown produces the films that audiences around the world go to the... -
Crime Uncovered: Private Investigator by Alistair Rolls
SciFier: $61.90The private investigator is one of the most enduring characters within crime fiction. From Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade - the hard-boiled loner trawling the mean streets - to Agatha Christie's... -
Rhetoric of Modern Death in American Living Dead Films by Outi Hakola
RRP: $76.21SciFier: $71.34Zombies, vampires and mummies are frequent stars of American horror films. But what does their cinematic omnipresence and audiences' hunger for such films tell us about American views of death? Here,... -
Piercing Time: Paris After Marville and Atget 1865-2012 Peter Sramek 9781783200320
SciFier: $150.33Piercing Time examines the role of photography in documenting urban change by juxtaposing contemporary 'rephotographs' taken by the author with images of nineteenth-century Paris taken by Charles... -
Modern Argentine Masculinities by Carolina Rocha (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
SciFier: $78.12Modern Argentine Masculinities gathers essays that explore the social construction of gender from the nineteenth century to the present. Authors analyze literary and cinematic texts, as well as... -
Picturing the Cosmos by Iina Kohonen
SciFier: $65.95Picturing the Cosmos elucidates the complex relationship between visual propaganda and censorship in the Soviet Union in the Cold War period, focusing on the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing from a... -
The Sensible Stage by Bridget Crone (Goldsmiths, University of London)
SciFier: $188.98The Sensible Stage is a collection of essays exploring the use of live performance and moving image in contemporary art practice. It engages with a global phenomenon in which elements from theatre... -
World Film Locations: Helsinki Silja Laine 9781841507224
SciFier: $51.81Part of Intellect's World Film Locations series, World Film Locations: Helsinki explores the relationship between the city, cinema and Finnish cultural history. Cinematic representations of Helsinki... -
Stephen King on the Big Screen Mark Browning 9781841502458
SciFier: $53.30From 1976 to the present day, there have been over 45 films adapted from the spine-tingling works of Stephen King. In Stephen King on the Big Screen, Mark Browning addresses the question of why some... -
Misreading Postmodern Antigone by Jan Jagodzinski
RRP: $61.37SciFier: $58.28In the mid-1980s, film director Marco Bellocchio and renegade psychoanalyst Massimo Fagioli cowrote The Devil in the Flesh, a politically and sexually charged film illustrating some of Fagioli's... -
Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star Pauline Small 9781841502342
RRP: $50.77SciFier: $47.19European stardom is very different from that of Hollywood, where the industry concentrates intensively on establishing and promoting major stars. This unique book sets out to highlight the career of... -
The Wise Body by Jacky Lansley (Freelance Dance Artist and Director of Dance Research Studio)
RRP: $42.29SciFier: $39.22In The Wise Body: Conversations with Experienced Dancers, UK choreographers Jacky Lansley and Fergus Early interview twelve distinguished dancers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines who continue... -
Perform, Repeat, Record by Amelia Jones (Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California, USA)
RRP: $124.97SciFier: $117.64Bringing together contributors from dance, theatre, visual studies and art history, Perform, Repeat, Record addresses the conundrum of how live art is positioned within history. Set apart from other... -
Rosebud Sleds and Horses' Heads by Scott Jordan Harris (United Kingdom.)
SciFier: $25.42Dorothy's ruby slippers. Michael Myers's mask. Marilyn Monroe's billowy white dress. Indiana Jones's trusty hat. These objects are icons of popular culture synonymous with the films they appear in,... -
Twin Peaks by Franck Boulegue
SciFier: $53.83Few contemporary television shows have been subjected to the critical scrutiny that has been brought to bear on David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks since its debut in 1990. Yet the series, and... -
New Irish Storytellers by Diog O'Connell
SciFier: $51.81With the success of such films as the Oscar winner Once, Irish film has been getting well-deserved international attention recently. New Irish Storytellers examines storytelling techniques and... -
World Film Locations: Vienna by Robert Dassanowsky (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
SciFier: $51.81World Film Locations: Vienna provides a panorama of international motion pictures shot on location in Austria's once imperical capital. Informative reviews of 46 film scenes and evocative essays... -
Saudade in Brazilian Cinema: The History of an Emotion on Film Jack A. Draper III 9781783207633
SciFier: $63.58The Brazilian Portuguese idea of saudade is often translated as a powerful relative of nostalgia, which brings together love and grief, a melancholia and a longing focused on a memory, an absence... -
Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance by Judith Rugg
RRP: $99.53SciFier: $91.75Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance proposes that the concept of curating is a complex field of enquiry. By drawing together artists, curators, architects and cultural theorists, it... -
Film, Drama and the Break Up of Britain by steve Blandford
SciFier: $63.94When the sun set on the British Empire, the resultant fragmentation of British identity emerged most tellingly in artistic works: cinematic works such as Howards End depicted a richly historical land... -
World Film Locations: Mumbai by Helio San Miguel (The New School)
SciFier: $51.81Fascinating, incommensurable and chaotic, Mumbai is a megalopolis of dramatic diversity and heartbreaking extremes, where immense wealth is just steps away from the searing poverty of its huge slums... -
European Identity in Cinema by Wendy Everett (University of Bath, UK)
SciFier: $51.81The identity of European cinema, like the identity of Europe itself, is multiple, complex, and fascinating. Providing both a general survey of contemporary European cinema production, distribution... -
Sydney Street Style by Vicki Karaminas (Massey University, New Zealand)
RRP: $55.01SciFier: $50.86Style is predominantly an individual matter - the way people put themselves together creates a sense of individual identity - but collectively it creates a sense of common culture in a community, a... -
Fan Phenomena: The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Marisa C. Hayes
RRP: $50.77SciFier: $47.19When The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released in 1975, it initially received an indifferent reception in movie theatres, but it began to gain notoriety after it was embraced by audiences at... -
Directory of World Cinema: Russia 2 by Birgit Beumers
SciFier: $101.95Soviet and Russian filmmakers have traditionally had uneasy relationships to the concept of genre. This volume rewrites that history by spotlighting some genres not commonly associated with cinema in... -
World Film Locations: Singapore Duncan Petrie 9781783203611
SciFier: $51.81A 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... -
Directory of World Cinema: Argentina by Gary M. Kramer (Independent Scholar)
RRP: $99.53SciFier: $80.88Argentina boasts one of the most popular, diverse and successful film industries in Latin America. From early films about gauchos and the tango to human rights dramas and groundbreaking experimental... -
Sam Peckinpah by Fernando Ganzo
RRP: $46.53SciFier: $43.44Director Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) never won an Oscar. His filmography is short and uneven, and his movies have never found a wide audience. Despite this, many filmmakers today - including Tarantino... -
Shooting Women by Harriet Margolis
SciFier: $88.28Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, TV news, and documentaries. From pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple Patton... -
A Portrait of the Artist as a Political Dissident by Vlastimir Sudar
RRP: $112.25SciFier: $93.51Aleksandar Sasa Petrovic (1929-1994) was one of the most significant filmmakers to come out of Socialist Yugoslavia. He was by far the most awarded director on a national level, winning three Golden... -
Touring the Screen by Alfio Leotta (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
SciFier: $63.94Following the success of prominent feature films shot on location, including Tolkien's wildly popular The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand boasts an impressive film tourism industry. This book examines... -
Fan Phenomena: The Big Lebowski Zachary Ingle 9781783202027
SciFier: $51.81Fan Phenomena: The Big Lebowski examines how this quirky movie evolved from its underwhelming debut to attract a mass following on par with that of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Contributors take a... -
Green Documentary: Environmental Documentary in theTwenty-First Century Helen Hughes 9781783201839
SciFier: $88.28During the first decade of the twenty-first century, a stunning array of documentary films focusing on environmental issues has been met with critical and popular acclaim. Green Documentary is the... -
World Film Locations: Toronto Tom Ue (Dalhousie University, Canada) 9781783201952
RRP: $50.77SciFier: $47.19Toronto is a changing city that has been a source of reflection and inspiration to writers and artists whose work focuses on the conditions and prospects of human life. A city on the move, it demands... -
Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace by Andrea Harriman
RRP: $93.17SciFier: $78.69It was a scene that had many names: some original members referred to themselves as punks, others, new romantics, new wavers, the bats or the morbids. 'Goth' did not gain lexical currency until the... -
World Film Locations: Hong Kong by Linda Chiu-Han Lai
SciFier: $51.81The rapid development of Hong Kong has occasioned the demolition of buildings and landscapes of historic significance, but film acts as a repository for memories of lost places, vanished vistas and...