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The New Hollywood by James Bernardoni
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.69The "Old Hollywood" of studios, stars, and house directors began to break up in the 1960s. Newly independent directors freed from budgetary and aesthetic limitations imposed by studio moguls were... -
Dune: House Harkonnen Vol 2 by Brian Herbert
Boom! StudiosRRP: £18.99SciFier: £13.49The hit prequel comics adaptation of the legendary science fiction epic from NY Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson continues!Spanning from Arrakis to Wallach IX, formative... -
The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk: Contemporary Philosophy, Victorian Aesthetics, and the Future Kathe Hicks Albrecht (Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA) 9781501349324
SciFier: £98.49What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Old-fashioned eye goggles, lace corsets, leather vests, brass gears and gadgets, mechanical... -
21st-Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation Wheeler Winston Dixon 9780813551258
SciFier: £35.38They are shot on high-definition digital cameras-with computer-generated effects added in postproduction-and transmitted to theaters, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. They are viewed... -
The Promise of the Child Tom Toner 9781473211377
GollanczRRP: £12.99SciFier: £4.28'among the most significant works of science fiction released in recent years' TOR.COMAn extraordinarily inventive and hugely original SF novel that charts a compelling vision of a future and spins... -
Film Worlds: A Philosophical Aesthetics of Cinema Daniel Yacavone 9780231157681
SciFier: £95.01Film Worlds unpacks the significance of the "worlds" that narrative films create, offering an innovative perspective on cinema as art. Drawing on aesthetics and the philosophy of art in both the... -
The Movies as a World Force: American Silent Cinema and the Utopian Imagination Ryan Jay Friedman 9780813593609
RRP: £124.00SciFier: £98.71Throughout the silent-feature era, American artists and intellectuals routinely described cinema as a force of global communion, a universal language promoting mutual understanding and harmonious... -
Bigger Than Blockbusters by James Roman
SciFier: £63.99Whether it's the hum drum existence of Marion Crane and her illicit love affair, the psychotic antics of Norman Bates, the sudden irrational migration of birds, a crop duster swooping down on Roger... -
100 Greatest Video Game Franchises Robert Mejia 9781442278141
SciFier: £47.99Video games take players on a trip through ancient battlefields, to mythic worlds, and across galaxies. They provide players with a way to try on new identities and acquire vast superpowers. Video... -
Popular Culture in Indonesia: Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics Ariel Heryanto 9780415572705
SciFier: £46.33This book examines popular culture in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, and the third largest democracy. It provides a full account of the key trends since the collapse of the... -
Legacies of Indigenous Resistance by Anne Brewster
RRP: £66.55SciFier: £60.49This book explores the ways in which Australian Indigenous filmmakers, performers and writers work within their Indigenous communities to tell the stories of early Indigenous resistance leaders who... -
X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor by Joseph J. Darowski
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £71.79First appearing in 1963, The Uncanny X-Men had a rough start, lasting until 1970 when the comic book was canceled due to low sales. Following a relaunch in 1975, however, it found new popularity... -
Creating Second Lives: Community, Identity and Spatiality as Constructions of the Virtual Astrid Ensslin 9781138243217
SciFier: £43.73This book aims to provide insights into how 'second lives' in the sense of virtual identities and communities are constructed textually, semiotically and discursively, specifically in the online... -
Asian Cinema and the Use of Space: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Lilian Chee 9781138549043
SciFier: £48.93Asian cinemas are connected to global networks and participate in producing international film history while at the same time influenced and engaged by spatial, cultural, social and political... -
V for Vendetta as Cultural Pastiche: A Critical Study of the Graphic Novel and Film James R. Keller 9780786434671
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21The 2005 James McTeigue and Wachowski Brothers' film ""V for Vendetta"" represents a postmodern pastiche, a collection of fragments pasted together from the original Moore and Lloyd graphic novel of... -
French Film Theory and Criticism, Volume 1: A History/Anthology, 1907-1939. Volume 1: 1907-1929 Richard Abel 9780691000626
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £42.24These two volumes examine a significant but previously neglected moment in French cultural history: the emergence of French film theory and criticism before the essays of Andre Bazin. Richard Abel... -
Fashion and Music Janice Miller 9781847884138
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £29.99The relationship between popular music and fashion has been a culturally significant one since the 1950s, and this book explores how music and musicians play a key role in the shaping of identity,... -
Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998 Laura Mayne 9781474437288
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £17.87This monograph offers the first ever comprehensive study of Channel 4's film production, distribution and broadcasting activities and represents a significant contribution to British cinema and... -
A Darkness at Sethanon Raymond E. Feist 9780007509119
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.22The triumphant finale to the Riftwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist's first classic, bestselling fantasy trilogy The battle may be over, but war is coming... The Kingdom forces may... -
Refocus: the Films of Michel Gondry by Marcelline Block
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £24.39The acclaimed French auteur behind the mind-bending modern classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Michel Gondry has... -
The Hill of Dreams Arthur Machen 9781906998332
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £9.55A young man's quest for beauty through literature, love, drugs and dreams becomes a mystical, lyrical classic from the father of supernatural horror. There is a foreword by Catherine Fisher one of... -
Temporality and Film Analysis Matilda Mroz 9780748643462
SciFier: £93.01This book presents a new approach to the issue of temporality in film. Matilda Mroz argues that cinema provides an ideal opportunity to engage with ideas of temporal flow and change. Temporality,... -
The Green Man in Britain by Fran Doel
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £12.05The Green Man has many facets, many dimensions. He peers through his leaf mask in hundreds of church misericords and stone carvings. His innate link with the changing seasons and fertility is... -
Fashion and Music Janice Miller (London College of Fashion, UK) 9781847884145
SciFier: £113.99The relationship between popular music and fashion has been a culturally significant one since the 1950s, and this book explores how music and musicians play a key role in the shaping of identity,... -
Film Worlds: A Philosophical Aesthetics of Cinema Daniel Yacavone 9780231157698
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £24.93Film Worlds unpacks the significance of the "worlds" that narrative films create, offering an innovative perspective on cinema as art. Drawing on aesthetics and the philosophy of art in both the... -
Roberto Rossellini: Magician of the Real by David Forgacs
SciFier: £44.46A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors. From "Rome Open City"... -
Mika Rottenberg: The Production of Luck by Mika Rottenberg
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £36.18This volume offers a comprehensive look at the career of Mika Rottenberg (born 1976). Each chapter is devoted to one of the major videos/installations for which Rottenberg has become known, with an... -
Real Objects in Unreal Situations: Modern Art in Fiction Films Susan Felleman 9781783202508
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.26Real Objects in Unreal Situations is a lucid account of a much-neglected subject in art and cinema studies: the material significance of the art object incorporated into the fiction film. By... -
A Finger in the Fishes Mouth Derek Jarman 9781913513634
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.77A facsimile edition of Derek Jarman's sole, early, extremely rare poetry book A Finger in the Fishes Mouth, originally published in 1972.Heavily illustrated from Jarman's collection of postcards, the... -
Liberty by Kassia St Clair
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £35.99Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Liberty, this book celebrates the extraordinary range of innovative fabric designs that have been at the forefront of the business and its... -
Linocut Printmaking in the City: Tools and Techniques for the Urban Artist Ella Flavell 9781446315668
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.09Be More Creative and Discover the Art of Urban Printmaking features an introductory section to show the basic techniques and guide to finding inspiration for your work. detailed... -
Silverthorn Raymond E. Feist 9780007509171
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.58The second volume in Raymond E. Feist's highly acclaimed epic fantasy Riftwar Saga With the Kingdom of the Isles at peace, Prince Arutha can at last look forward to marrying the Princess... -
Comic Empires: Imperialism in Cartoons, Caricature, and Satirical Art Richard Scully 9781526142948
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £77.99Comic empires is a unique collection of new research exploring the relationship between imperialism and political cartoons, caricature, and satirical art. Edited by leading scholars across both... -
Designs on Modernity by Tag Gronberg
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.33Presents the 1925 Paris Exhibition as a key moment in attempts to update the image of Paris as "capital of the 19th century". At the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels... -
Global Ikat by Rosemary Crill
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £29.62Deceptively simple or fantastically intricate, ikat technique has been used for many centuries to create extravagant costumes and cloths of deep cultural meaning. The distinctively blurred, feathered... -
Beholding the Glory - Incarnation through the Arts by Jeremy S. Begbie
SciFier: £16.99Although the arts have played a significant role in both world history and Christian history, the contemporary church has often shunned them in favour of a more intellectual approach to theology... -
Boris Karloff by Beverly Bare Buehrer
SciFier: £68.99This reference work on Boris Karloff presents a comprehensive record of the life and career of this famous performer. The volume begins with a biography, which succinctly presents the facts of... -
In a Lonely Street by Frank Krutnik
SciFier: £42.86Taking issue with many orthodox views of Film Noir, Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of this compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. Krutnik recasts the films within a... -
The Adventures of Pinocchio: New Translation with illustration by Peter Bailey Carlo Collodi 9781847498892
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.49The story of a naughty wooden puppet who has a penchant for lying and dreams of becoming a real boy, The Adventures of Pinocchio has entered our collective imagination and fascinated... -
Popular Cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001 by Stephanie Dennison
SciFier: £22.99Brazil has one of the most significant and productive film industries in Latin America. This ground-breaking study provides an entertaining insight into the Brazilian films that have most captured...