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Cinema and Experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno Miriam Hansen 9780520265608
RRP: $63.60SciFier: $52.85Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno - affiliated through friendship, professional ties, and argument - developed an astute philosophical critique of modernity in which... -
After Taste: Cultural Value and the Moving Image Julia Vassilieva (Monash University, Australia) 9780415845939
RRP: $101.74SciFier: $92.71In the wake of the debates over high/low culture distinction spilling into the effective dismantling of the boundary that once separated them, the past decade has seen the explosion of 'bad taste'... -
A Critical History of German Film, Second Edition by Professor Stephen Brockmann (Royalty Account)
SciFier: $127.60The most comprehensive, readable history of German cinema now appears in an expanded, up-to-date new edition that is particularly useful for students and teachers of German film history. From... -
Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous Mithuraaj Dhusiya (Department of English, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India) 9780367345198
SciFier: $94.55This book studies the hitherto overlooked genre of horror cinema in India. It uncovers some unique and diverse themes that these films deal with, including the fear of the unknown, the supernatural,... -
Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics Heidi R.M. Pauwels 9780415576604
SciFier: $94.55This book is about the popular cinema of North India ("Bollywood") and how it recasts literary classics. It addresses questions about the interface of film and literature, such as how Bollywood... -
Cinema and Experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno Miriam Hansen 9780520265592
RRP: $133.56SciFier: $122.94Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno - affiliated through friendship, professional ties, and argument - developed an astute philosophical critique of modernity in which... -
The Beginnings Of The Cinema In England,1894-1901: Volume 2: 1897 John Barnes 9780859895194
RRP: $159.00SciFier: $135.66Describing in detail one of the most inventive periods in the history of English cinema, the volumes in this celebrated series are already established as classics in their field. Each volume... -
Going to the Movies: Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema Richard Maltby (Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Screen Studies, Flinders University, South Australia) 9780859898119
RRP: $159.00SciFier: $146.26This book analyses the diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences have viewed American cinema. It looks at cinema audiences ranging from Manhattan nickelodeons to the modern... -
Phoenix Extravagant Yoon Ha Lee 9781781089194
RebellionRRP: $19.06SciFier: $14.14Dragons. Art. Revolution.Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter, or a subversive. They just want to paint.One day they're jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to... -
The Cinema Ideal: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Studies of the Film Spectator Harriet E. Margolis 9781138988897
SciFier: $94.19This study explores the model derived from Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, via Marxism and semiotics, of looking at film. It retraces the steps of film theory from ideological criticism of the... -
Spanish National Cinema Nuria Triana-Toribio 9780415220606
SciFier: $77.99The first book in the English language to investigate the national cinema of Spain in its entiretyIncludes full discussion of regional Basque and Catalan cinemasFeatures discussion on key... -
Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray Keya Ganguly 9780520262164
RRP: $169.60SciFier: $154.74Although revered as one of the world's great filmmakers, the Indian director Satyajit Ray is described either in narrowly nationalistic terms or as an artist whose critique of modernity is largely... -
From Silent Screen to Multi-Screen: A History of Cinema Exhibition in Britain Since 1896 Stuart Hanson 9780719069451
SciFier: $48.74Detailed and comprehensive, this book is the first survey of cinema exhibition in Britain from its inception until the present.Charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in... -
From Silent Screen to Multi-Screen: A History of Cinema Exhibition in Britain Since 1896 Stuart Hanson 9780719069444
RRP: $180.20SciFier: $133.03Detailed and comprehensive, this book is the first survey of cinema exhibition in Britain from its inception until the present.Charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in... -
ReFocus: The Films of Barbara Kopple Jeff Jaeckle (Portland Community College) 9781474439947
RRP: $212.00SciFier: $197.18As the first woman to win two Best Documentary Oscars and the recipient of numerous lifetime achievement awards, Barbara Kopple deserves scholarly attention. Two of her early documentaries, Harlan... -
Coming-Of-Age Cinema in New Zealand: Genre, Gender and Adaptation Alistair Fox 9781474429443
RRP: $212.00SciFier: $197.18This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand's national cinema, tracing its development and elucidating its role in cultural change. With... -
The Beginnings Of The Cinema In England,1894-1901: Volume 5: 1900 John Barnes 9780859899581
RRP: $63.60SciFier: $61.46Describing in detail one of the most inventive periods in the history of English cinema, the volumes in this celebrated series are already established as classics in their field and represent a major... -
Chinese Modernism in the Era of Reforms: Cultural Fever, Avant-Garde Fiction, and the New Chinese Cinema Xudong Zhang 9780822318460
RRP: $50.86SciFier: $44.37Blending history and theory, Chinese Modernism in the Era of Reforms offers both a historical narrative and a critical analysis of the cultural visions and experiences of China's post-Mao era. In... -
Spielberg's Holocaust by Yosefa Loshitzky
RRP: $40.26SciFier: $32.99"This anthology of essays on Steven Spielberg's 1993 film is a solid achievement. It is a repository of considerable critical insight and frequently passionate argument." -Holocaust and Genocide... -
Nine by Zach Hines
RRP: $16.94SciFier: $16.07In this twisted Lauren Oliver-meets-A.S. King debut, Julian has just eight more lives to burn in order to uncover a brutal secret.In an alternate world startlingly close to our own, humans have nine... -
Deleuze, Cinema and the Thought of the World by Allan J. Thomas
SciFier: $226.01Why does Gilles Deleuze write about the cinema as a philosopher?Despite their title, Gilles Deleuze's 'Cinema' books are not 'about' the cinema: they are works of philosophy first and foremost, even... -
Popular Hindi Cinema: Aesthetic Formations of the Seen and Unseen Ronie Parciack 9780367875183
SciFier: $90.86The popular Hindi film industry is the largest in India and the most conspicuous film industry in the non-Western world. This book analyses the pivotal visual and narrative conventions employed in... -
De-Westernizing Film Studies Saer Maty Ba 9780415687843
SciFier: $79.84De-Westernizing Film Studies aims to consider what form a challenge to the enduring vision of film as a medium - and film studies as a discipline - modelled on 'Western' ideologies, theoretical and... -
Infrastructure in Dystopian and Post-apocalyptic Film, 1968-2021 by Christian B. Long (The University of Queensland)
RRP: $211.89SciFier: $194.93Dystopian and post-apocalyptic movies from 1968 to 2021 usually conclude with optimism, with a window into what is possible in the face of social dysfunction - and worse. The infrastructure that... -
Once Upon a Line by Elliot Kreloff
RRP: $29.66SciFier: $20.61"Once upon a time, a line was drawn." So begins the journey of Line, a small drawing asking some big questions. Who is he? What should he do? Where does he fit in? On a voyage of self-discovery that... -
Child Of The Pines H S McInerney 9798987736609
RRP: $40.26SciFier: $38.56Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987736609Author H S McInerneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Hidden Pines PressPublisher Hidden... -
Hybrid Heritage on Screen: The 'Raj Revival' in the Thatcher Era E. Oliete-Aldea 9781349690633
SciFier: $197.14Hybrid Heritage on Screen provides a long overdue thorough analysis of the 1980s 'Raj Revival'. It examines imperial nostalgia and troubled ethnic, gender and class relations during the Thatcher Era... -
The Absence Trilogy by Mrinal Sen
RRP: $40.26SciFier: $36.23An insightful presentation of Indian film scripts that explore alienation and loss in middle-class life. Renowned Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen, celebrated for his pioneering contributions to parallel... -
The Un-Reality Effect in the Cinema of Attractions: Rethinking the films of Lumiere brothers and Melies through Pictorial Paradigms and Cultural Filters Sabrina Francesca Crivelli (University of Birmingham, UK) 9781032972794
RRP: $118.70SciFier: $107.40The Un-Reality Effect in the Cinema of Attractions offers an original rethinking of early European cinema through the lens of its visual and cultural entanglements. Focusing on the works of the... -
Irish National Cinema Ruth Barton 9780415278959
SciFier: $79.84From the international successes of Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan, to the smaller productions of the new generation of Irish filmmakers, this book explores questions of nationalism, gender identities,... -
Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897 - 1925 Luke McKernan 9780859892964
RRP: $46.64SciFier: $43.44Charles Urban was a renowned figure in his time, and he has remained a name in film history chiefly for his development of Kinemacolor, the world's first successful natural colour moving picture... -
Hybrid Heritage on Screen: The 'Raj Revival' in the Thatcher Era E. Oliete-Aldea 9781137463968
SciFier: $197.14Hybrid Heritage on Screen provides a long overdue thorough analysis of the 1980s 'Raj Revival'. It examines imperial nostalgia and troubled ethnic, gender and class relations during the Thatcher Era... -
Global Film Color: The Monopack Revolution at Midcentury Sarah Street 9781978836815
RRP: $262.88SciFier: $209.27Global Film Color: The Monopack Revolution at Midcentury explores color filmmaking in a variety of countries and regions including India, China, Japan, and Russia, and across Europe and Africa. Most... -
Global Film Color: The Monopack Revolution at Midcentury Sarah Street 9781978836808
RRP: $55.10SciFier: $44.54Global Film Color: The Monopack Revolution at Midcentury explores color filmmaking in a variety of countries and regions including India, China, Japan, and Russia, and across Europe and Africa. Most... -
Werner Herzog Joshua Lund 9780252043178
RRP: $192.92SciFier: $153.17Werner Herzog's protean imagination has produced a filmography that is nothing less than a sustained meditation on the modern human condition. Though Herzog takes his topics from around the world,... -
Werner Herzog Joshua Lund 9780252085048
RRP: $36.02SciFier: $31.33Werner Herzog's protean imagination has produced a filmography that is nothing less than a sustained meditation on the modern human condition. Though Herzog takes his topics from around the world,... -
Moonlight by Maria Flood
SciFier: $41.30This book helps readers understand Moonlight's profound political and social importance, the innovative technical choices adopted by director Barry Jenkins and the film's adoption and disruption of... -
Women, Feminism and Italian Cinema: Archives from a Film Culture Dalila Missero 9781474463249
RRP: $190.80SciFier: $178.27Italian cinema experienced its peak of domestic and international popularity in the years between the 'economic miracle' of the late 1950s and the social and political turmoil of the 1970s. But how... -
The Golem, How He Came into the World by Maya Barzilai (Royalty Account)
RRP: $42.38SciFier: $39.37Provides an aesthetic and historical overview of and new critical insights into Paul Wegener's great 1920 film, recognized at the time as a breakthrough in German cinema. Actor and director... -
The Sixties by Paul Monaco
RRP: $76.32SciFier: $69.20Amid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s...