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Letters and Literacy in Hollywood Film E. Gallafent 9781349437818
SciFier: £48.18We are so used to images of words that it is easy to ignore the different ways in which they work in films. This book explores both the letters that come in the post and the many other kinds that are... -
A Call to Action: The Films of Ousmane Sembene Shelia Petty 9780313302794
SciFier: £77.99Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene has often been referred to as a pioneer of the sub-Saharan African cinema. From Borom Sarret (1963) to Guelwaar (1992), Sembene has developed a political and... -
Gothic Dissections in Film and Literature by Ian Conrich
RRP: £119.99SciFier: £113.99This is the first book-length study to systematically and theoretically analyse the use and representation of individual body parts in Gothic fiction. Moving between filmic and literary texts and... -
Young Soviet Film Makers by Jeanne Vronskaya
SciFier: £109.04Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers' theatre of the 1920s and 1930s transformed the social function of theatre. Drawing... -
Crooked, but Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges Stuart Klawans 9780231207294
SciFier: £24.93In a burst of creativity unmatched in Hollywood history, Preston Sturges directed a string of all-time classic comedies from 1939 through 1948-The Great McGinty, The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, The... -
Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere Anna Westerstahl Stenport 9781474438063
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £24.39Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere introduces a new concept to Nordic film studies as well as to other small national, transnational and world cinema traditions. Examining overlooked... -
New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics: Structuralism, post-structuralism and beyond Robert Stam 9780415065955
SciFier: £39.39First published in 1992. New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts. With sections on linguistics, narratology, psychoanalysis and intertextuality, it... -
The Hammer Vault: Treasures From the Archive of Hammer Films by Marcus Hearn
Titan BooksRRP: £34.99SciFier: £24.29This remarkable journey through the Hammer vault includes props, annotated script pages, unused poster artwork, production designs, rare promotional material and private correspondence. Hundreds of... -
Acting For Film by Mel Churcher
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £15.05The author uses her wide experience as an acting and voice coach an major movies to offer insights into the film acting process. She provides tasks, techniques and tips that are designed specifically... -
Exposing the Film Apparatus by Giovanna Fossati
SciFier: £48.50Film archives have long been dedicated to preserving movies, and they've been nimble in recent years in adapting to the changing formats and technologies through which cinema is now created and... -
Refocus: the Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman Lisa Dombrowski 9781474478861
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.68Examines an under-analysed period of Robert Altman's career Provides new critical perspectives on the Altman oeuvre Features original interviews with key Altman collaborators Offers case studies... -
Stalin's Final Films by Claire Knight
RRP: £43.00SciFier: £39.19Stalin's Final Films explores a neglected period in the history of Soviet cinema, breathing new life into a body of films long considered moribund as the pinnacle of Stalinism. While film censorship... -
Politics Go to the Movies: International Relations and Politics in Genre Films and Television Joel R. Campbell 9781793635181
SciFier: £39.99Movies and television series are excellent tools for teaching political science and international relations. Understanding how stories in various film and television genres illustrate political ideas... -
Invisible Visual Effects: An Enlightenment Education Book on Film Visual Effects Jin Zhi 9781032124537
RRP: £39.99SciFier: £39.14This book aims to provide readers with a systematic understanding of traditional visual effects production, covering both internal VFX studio operations and external collaborations.It is divided into... -
Letters and Literacy in Hollywood Film E. Gallafent 9781137022189
SciFier: £46.99We are so used to images of words that it is easy to ignore the different ways in which they work in films. This book explores both the letters that come in the post and the many other kinds that are... -
Phenomenology and the Future of Film: Rethinking Subjectivity Beyond French Cinema J. Chamarette 9781349335220
SciFier: £46.99Using hybrid phenomenological approaches to film, this book focuses on how moving images are 'experienced' and 'encountered' as well as 'read' and 'viewed'. Its close engagements with films and... -
Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film: Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity Montre Aza Missouri 9781137454171
SciFier: £46.99Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film examines the transformation of the stereotypical 'tragic mulatto' from tragic to empowered, as represented in independent and mainstream cinema. The author... -
Cinema, Memory, Modernity: The Representation of Memory from the Art Film to Transnational Cinema Russell J.A. Kilbourn 9780415520300
RRP: £54.99SciFier: £49.80Since its inception, cinema has evolved into not merely a 'reflection' but an indispensable index of human experience - especially our experience of time's passage, of the present moment, and, most... -
Refugees and Migrants in Contemporary Film, Art and Media Deniz Bayrakdar 9781041185031
RRP: £47.99SciFier: £43.73Migration in the 21st century is one of the pre-eminent issues of our present historical moment, a phenomenon that has acquired new urgency with accelerating climate change, civil wars, and growing... -
Wildlife Films Derek Bouse 9780812217285
RRP: £26.99SciFier: £22.75If, as many argue, movies and television have become Western culture's premier storytelling media, so too have they become, for most members of society, the primary source of encounters with the... -
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Empire Movie Miscellany: Instant Film Buff Status Guaranteed Empire Magazine 9780753512241 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £2.01From the team who brought you The Empire Film Guide, here are all the obscure, indecent and downright bizarre movie facts and figures that were not considered sensible for a practical film guide... -
Colors of Wes Anderson: The Films in Palettes Hannah Strong 9781836004264
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £17.61Wes Anderson's use of colour is one of his most distinguished cinematic devices and makes his work instantly recognisable. This book takes you on a visual journey through Anderson's filmography,... -
Transnational Feminism in Film and Media by K. Marciniak
SciFier: £46.99This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines current cinematic and media landscapes from the perspective of transnational feminist practices and methodologies. Focusing on film, media art,... -
Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-War Fiction Film Peter Verstraten 9781041181118
RRP: £47.99SciFier: £44.43Dutch cinema, when discussed, is typically treated only in terms of pre-war films or documentaries, leaving post-war fictional film largely understudied. At the same time, a Hollandse school, a term... -
A Call to Action: The Films of Ousmane Sembene Shelia Petty 9780275958015
SciFier: £37.99Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene has often been referred to as a pioneer of the sub-Saharan African cinema. From Borom Sarret (1963) to Guelwaar (1992), Sembene has developed a political and... -
Silent Features: The Development of Silent Feature Films 1914 - 1934 Steve Neale 9780859892896
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £68.49A collection of essays on fifteen feature-length silent films and two silent serial features. The aims of the collection are threefold: to provide detailed accounts of a wide array of films produced... -
Experimental Film and Photochemical Practices Kim Knowles 9783030443115
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £17.24This book assesses the contemporary status of photochemical film practice against a backdrop of technological transition and obsolescence. It argues for the continued relevance of material engagement... -
Experimental Film and Photochemical Practices Kim Knowles 9783030443085
RRP: £89.99SciFier: £41.99This book assesses the contemporary status of photochemical film practice against a backdrop of technological transition and obsolescence. It argues for the continued relevance of material engagement... -
Dark Alchemy: The Films of Jan Svankmajer Peter Hames 9780275952990
SciFier: £37.99Czech animator Jan Svankmajer is one of the most distinctive and influential of contemporary filmmakers. As a leading member of the Prague Surrealist Group, his work is linked to a rich avant-garde... -
Where we Came In: Seventy Years of the British Film Industry Charles Allen Oakley 9781138987104
SciFier: £45.46Originally published in 1964, this book tells the history of the British cinematograph industry for the first time. It describes moments of splendid triumph and others of shattering failure. The mood... -
American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960 Cynthia Lucia (Rider University, USA) 9781118475133
RRP: £42.00SciFier: £41.54This authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the rich and innovative history of this period in American cinema. Spanning an essential range of subjects from the... -
Foundational Films: Early Cinema and Modernity in Brazil Maite Conde 9780520290990
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £24.93In her authoritative new book, Maite Conde introduces readers to the crucial early years of Brazilian cinema. Focusing on silent films released during the First Republic (1889-1930), Foundational... -
Foundational Films: Early Cinema and Modernity in Brazil Maite Conde 9780520290983
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £72.99In her authoritative new book, Maite Conde introduces readers to the crucial early years of Brazilian cinema. Focusing on silent films released during the First Republic (1889-1930), Foundational... -
Silent Features: The Development of Silent Feature Films 1914 - 1934 Steve Neale 9780859892919
RRP: £27.00SciFier: £24.99A collection of essays on fifteen feature-length silent films and two silent serial features. The aims of the collection are threefold: to provide detailed accounts of a wide array of films produced... -
Asia-Pacific Film Co-productions: Theory, Industry and Aesthetics Dal Yong Jin 9781032176475
SciFier: £42.86This book examines cross-regional film collaboration within the Asia-Pacific region. Through a mixed methods approach of political economy, industry and market, as well as textual analysis, the book... -
Filming the Children's Book: Adapting Metafiction Casie Hermansson 9781474413565
RRP: £100.00SciFier: £93.01Just as a work of self-reflexive 'metafiction' and the experience of reading it differ from other types of literature, the work and the experience of viewing films that adapt metafiction are... -
Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film: Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity Montre Aza Missouri 9781349554515
SciFier: £46.99Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film examines the transformation of the stereotypical 'tragic mulatto' from tragic to empowered, as represented in independent and mainstream cinema. The author... -
Eclipsed Cinema: The Film Culture of Colonial Korea Dong Hoon Kim 9781474437547
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £27.81In this ground-breaking investigation into the seldom-studied film culture of colonial Korea (1910-1945), Dong Hoon Kim brings new perspectives to the associations between colonialism, modernity,... -
Refocus: the Films of Susanne Bier Missy Molloy 9781474428736
RRP: £26.99SciFier: £25.21Featuring essays from both recognized and up-and-coming scholars in Scandinavian, transnational and feminist film and media studies, this book also includes an original interview with Bier,... -
Neorealist Film Culture, 1945-1954: Rome, Open Cinema Francesco Pitassio 9781041183457
RRP: £47.99SciFier: £35.44Unique, truthful, brutal... Neorealism is often associated with adjectives stressing its peculiarities in representing the real, its lack of antecedents, and its legacy in terms of film style. While...