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Screening Europe in Australasia: Transnational Silent Film Before and After the Rise of Hollywood Julie K. Allen 9781804131350
RRP: $74.20SciFier: $71.00Through a detailed study of the circulation of European silent film in Australasia in the early twentieth century, this book challenges the historical myopia that treats Hollywood films as having... -
Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity O. Ashkenazi 9781349344192
SciFier: $99.62In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish... -
Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity O. Ashkenazi 9780230341364
SciFier: $99.62In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish... -
The Crime Films of Anthony Mann Max Alvarez 9781496840868
RRP: $61.37SciFier: $47.83Anthony Mann (1906-1967) is renowned for his outstanding 1950s Westerns starring James Stewart (Winchester '73, The Naked Spur, The Man from Laramie). But there is more to Mann's cinematic universe... -
Fashion in Film by Adrienne Munich
RRP: $46.62SciFier: $39.43The vital synergy between dress and the cinema has been in place since the advent of film. Broaching topics such as vampires, noir, and Marie Antoinette looks, Fashion in Film uncovers the way in... -
Film Trilogies: New Critical Approaches C. Perkins 9780230250314
SciFier: $99.62Drawing on a wide range of examples, this book - the first devoted to the phenomenon of the film trilogy- provides a dynamic investigation of the ways in which the trilogy form engages key issues in... -
A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors, and the Collaborative Process Christopher Beach 9780520284357
RRP: $63.60SciFier: $53.15The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer. A Hidden History of Film Style is the first study to focus... -
Cuban Film Media, Late Socialism, and the Public Sphere: Imperfect Aesthetics Nicholas Balaisis 9781137590367
SciFier: $205.62This book maps the aesthetic experience of late socialism through Cuban film and media practice. It shows how economic and material scarcity as well as political uncertainty is expressed ... -
Siegfried Kracauer's American Writings: Essays on Film and Popular Culture Siegfried Kracauer 9780520271821
RRP: $133.56SciFier: $121.88Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. In this book, Johannes von... -
Agent of Challenge and Defiance: The Films of Ken Loach George McKnight 9780275960360
SciFier: $80.54For more than 30 years, Ken Loach's films have examined the social, political, economic, and psychological costs of living in Great Britain. These invariably controversial film and television... -
Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture Kendall R. Phillips 9780313361821
SciFier: $63.58Movie audiences seem drawn, almost compelled, toward tales of the horrific and the repulsive. Partly because horror continues to evolve radically-every time the genre is deemed dead, it seems to come... -
The Making of The Wandering Earth: A Film Production Handbook Jiaren Wang 9781032072166
SciFier: $74.331) This is a comprehensive volume discussing various facets of one of the highest grossing Chinese science fiction film ever made, 'The Wandering Earth'.2) This translated volume provides step by... -
The Films of Bong Joon Ho Nam Lee 9781978818903
RRP: $61.46SciFier: $51.13Bong Joon Ho won the Oscar (R) for Best Director for Parasite (2019), which also won Best Picture, the first foreign film to do so, and two other Academy Awards. Parasite was the first Korean film to... -
Guerrilla Film Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to the Branding, Marketing and Promotion of Independent Films & Filmmakers Robert G. Barnwell (Professor, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL, USA) 9781138916456
SciFier: $81.32Create an irresistible brand image and build an audience of loyal and engaged fans...Guerrilla Film Marketing takes readers through each step of the film branding, marketing and promotional process... -
Horror, The Film Reader Mark Jancovich 9780415235624
SciFier: $94.55Horror, 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... -
Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir
SciFier: $81.43This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released from 1990 through 1999. The horror genre's trends and cliches are connected to social and cultural phenomena, such as Y2K fears and the Los... -
Film Noir Andrew Spicer 9780582437128
SciFier: $163.88Lucidly written, Film Noir is an accessible informative and stimulating introduction that has a broad appeal to undergraduates, cineastes, film teachers and researchers.Film Noir is an overview of an... -
Refocus: the Films of Doris Wishman Alicia Kozma 9781474482349
SciFier: $206.78Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474482349Author Alicia KozmaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher... -
Children, Film and Literacy Becky Parry 9781137294326
RRP: $95.38SciFier: $95.27Children, Film and Literacy explores the role of film in children's lives. The films children engage in provide them with imaginative spaces in which they create, play and perform familiar and... -
Found Footage Horror Films: A Cognitive Approach Peter Turner (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 9780367661847
SciFier: $90.86This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror films. Through analysis of key films, the book... -
The Flesh of Animation: Bodily Sensations in Film and Digital Media Sandra Annett 9781517911591
RRP: $48.74SciFier: $39.58How animation can reconnect us with bodily experiences Film and media studies scholarship has often argued that digital cinema and CGI provoke a sense of disembodiment in viewers; they are seen as... -
From Film Practice to Data Process: Production Aesthetics and Representational Practices of a Film Industry in Transition Sarah Atkinson 9781474431880
RRP: $57.22SciFier: $53.45Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474431880Author Sarah AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Edinburgh University... -
The Art of Film by Terry Ackland-Snow
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $38.01'Tim Burton came in and commented, "Great, but how do they get in the car? There aren't any doors!" Sadly, I hadn't thought of that.'*What do *On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 2001: A Space Odyssey... -
Poet of Civic Courage: The Films of Francesco Rosi 9780275958008
SciFier: $80.54Rosi's films consistently and directly address the themes of political and institutional corruption and the complex relationship between the individual, the mafia, and the state. Whether evoking the... -
Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Television and Movies Daniel P. Franklin 9781442262409
SciFier: $197.14Politics and Film examines popular movies and television shows as indicators of social and political trends to explore the political culture of the United States. Updated to include the popular and... -
A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors, and the Collaborative Process Christopher Beach 9780520284340
RRP: $169.60SciFier: $138.61The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer. A Hidden History of Film Style is the first study to focus... -
Cuban Film Media, Late Socialism, and the Public Sphere: Imperfect Aesthetics Nicholas Balaisis 9781349954896
SciFier: $201.25This book maps the aesthetic experience of late socialism through Cuban film and media practice. It shows how economic and material scarcity as well as political uncertainty is expressed ... -
The Film Business: A History of British Cinema 1896-1972 Ernest Betts 9781032602585
SciFier: $73.97First published in 1973 The Film Business makes a factual survey of British films from their beginnings in 1896 to 1972. Ernest Betts offers character studies of men who have built the film industry... -
A Look at Film and Social Justice in Cinema Today by Stephen Dest
RRP: $146.28SciFier: $120.82A Look at Film and Social Justice in Cinema Today navigates the intersection of filmmaking and its role in highlighting social justice issues. This book examines how some modern cinema has shifted... -
Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950-1972 by David Huckvale
RRP: $46.62SciFier: $40.73Hammer Film's output is justly famous for Gothic horror but the company also excelled in the genre of the psychological thriller. Though indebted to the example of Henri-Georges Clouzot and Alfred... -
Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards John Dorney 9781538163108
SciFier: $74.92A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy... -
New Argentine Film: Other Worlds G. Aguilar 9780230109018
RRP: $50.88SciFier: $40.79Respected film critic Gonzalo Aguilar offers a lucid and sophisticated analysis of Argentine films of the last decade. This is the most complete and up-to-date work in English to examine the "new... -
Arresting Cinema: Surveillance in Hong Kong Film Karen Fang 9781503600706
RRP: $46.62SciFier: $37.95When Ridley Scott envisioned Blade Runner's set as "Hong Kong on a bad day," he nodded to the city's overcrowding as well as its widespread use of surveillance. But while Scott brought Hong Kong and... -
Towards a Political Aesthetics of Cinema: The Outside of Film Sulgi Lie 9781041189671
RRP: $101.74SciFier: $94.19Towards a Political Aesthetics of Cinema: The Outside of Film is a contribution to an aesthetics of cinema rooted in Marxist theory. Rather than focusing on the role that certain films, or the cinema... -
Existentialism and Social Engagement in the Films of Michael Mann Vincent M. Gaine 9780230301054
SciFier: $99.62Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral , The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform... -
The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films With a Foreword by Sir John Akomfrah Ashley Clark 9781529438253
RRP: $74.20SciFier: $49.88The World of Black Film is an entertaining, informed, and thought-provoking survey of important and influential Black films from around the globe, from to the early days of cinema to now. Starting... -
Film School: A Practical Guide to an Impractical Decision Jason Kohl 9781138804258
SciFier: $73.01Develop the tools you will need to succeed before, during, and after your film school education.Film School: A Practical Guide to an Impractical Decision is a specific, straightforward guide to... -
A History of Early Film V1 by Stephen Herbert
SciFier: $66.97Volume 1 of A History of Early Film begins with the period of technical invention. The story of Edison's peepshow Kinetoscope, set up in arcades from April 1894, is told by W. K. L. Dickson. 'Lantern... -
With a Crooked Stick-The Films of Oscar Micheaux by J. Ronald Green
SciFier: $54.67With a "crooked stick," filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) sought to hit a "straight lick" by stressing the strategic importance of class mobility, or "uplift," for African Americans. A theme in... -
Theorizing Film Through Contemporary Art: Expanding Cinema Jill Murphy 9781041189503
RRP: $101.74SciFier: $92.71As the cinematic experience becomes subsumed into today's ubiquitous technologies of seeing, contemporary artworks lift the cinematic out of the immateriality of the film screen and separate it into...