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The Melancholy Lens: Loss and Mourning in American Avant-Garde Cinema Tony Pipolo (Professor Emeritus of Film and Literature, Professor Emeritus of Film and Literature, CUNY, New York) 9780197551165
RRP: £100.00SciFier: £98.11The prevalence of loss and mourning, and of charged relationships with parents or parental figures has had a surprising influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers' work . To date, however,... -
Blockbusters by Mark A. Graves
SciFier: £73.99Blockbusters: A Reference Guide to Film Genres offers both film specialists and film fans an in-depth look at 12 popular genres of film. With a separate chapter dedicated to each of the 12 commonly... -
Practical Cinematography Paul Wheeler 9780240519623
RRP: £45.99SciFier: £44.38Filmmaking is an art, but, like so many art forms, there are basic underlying tools and techniques and a body theoretical knowledge that must be understood and mastered before artistic expression can... -
The Night Ends With Fire: a sweeping and romantic debut fantasy K. X. Song 9781399725262
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £13.60RAISED TO OBEY. DESTINED TO REBEL.The Poppy War meets Six Crimson Cranes in this gripping crossover fantasy, inspired by Mulan and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Three Kingdoms are at war, but... -
The Night Ends With Fire: a sweeping and romantic debut fantasy K. X. Song 9781399725255
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82RAISED TO OBEY. DESTINED TO REBEL.The Poppy War meets Six Crimson Cranes in this gripping crossover fantasy, inspired by Mulan and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Three Kingdoms are at war, but... -
The Wonder Brothers Frank Cottrell Boyce 9781529048315
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.06'A writer of comic genius - he has something of Roald Dahl's magic, but more heart' - Sunday TelegraphBudding magicians everywhere, prepare to be dazzled and astounded by the laugh-out-loud adventure... -
The Old Drift Namwali Serpell 9781784703998
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.42**Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020** 'The great African novel of the twenty-first century' Tade Thompson, author of Rosewater On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the... -
The Melancholy Lens: Loss and Mourning in American Avant-Garde Cinema Tony Pipolo (Professor Emeritus of Film and Literature, Professor Emeritus of Film and Literature, CUNY, New York) 9780197551172
RRP: £32.49SciFier: £31.49The prevalence of loss and mourning, and of charged relationships with parents or parental figures has had a surprising influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers' work . To date, however,... -
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us Susan Magsamen 9781805301233
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £9.50THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023BARNES & NOBLE'S BEST SCIENCE & NATURE BOOKS OF 2023The arts can deliver potent, accessible and proven solutions for the wellbeing of... -
MoCap for Artists: Workflow and Techniques for Motion Capture Midori Kitagawa 9780240810003
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £34.44Make motion capture part of your graphics and effects arsenal. This introduction to motion capture principles and techniques delivers a working understanding of today's state-of-the-art systems and... -
Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style Kathy Peiss 9780812223033
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £16.35ZOOT SUIT (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit. -Cab Calloway, The Hepster's Dictionary, 1944 Before the fashion statements of hippies, punks, or... -
As Many Souls as Stars: The most anticipated gothic historical sapphic fantasy of 2025 Natasha Siegel 9781526684592
SciFier: £12.991592. Cybil Harding, daughter of a secret alchemist, was born under cursed stars. Destined to bring disaster to those around her, Cybil is trapped in a grand house with a mother paralysed by grief... -
The Lego Animation Book by David Pagano
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £13.56Have you ever wondered what your LEGO creations would look like on the big screen? The LEGO Animation Book will show you how to bring your models to life with stop-motion animation no experience... -
The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice Ken Dancyger 9781138628403
SciFier: £56.48This updated sixth edition of The Technique of Film and Video Editing provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound... -
Local Heavens: A unique speculative romance reimagining of The Great Gatsby K. M. Fajardo 9781785128431
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.94A speculative romance reimagining of The Great Gatsby set in 2075 New York, perfect for fans of Emily St John Mandel, Natasha Pulley's The Mars House and Chain-Gang All-Stars.'Not just a cyberpunk... -
Reel Knockouts: Violent Women in Film Martha McCaughey 9780292752511
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £18.67When Thelma and Louise outfought the men who had tormented them, women across America discovered what male fans of action movies have long known-the empowering rush of movie violence. Yet the duo's... -
Memento Andrew Kania (Trinity University, USA) 9780415774741
SciFier: £28.13Within a short space of time, the film Memento has already been hailed as a modern classic. Memorably narrated in reverse, from the perspective of Leonard Shelby, the film's central character, it... -
Media Effects and Society Elizabeth M. Perse 9780415885911
SciFier: £55.70Grounded in theoretical principle, Media Effects and Society help students make the connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole. The text also explores how the... -
Aesthetic Evaluation and Film Andrew Klevan 9781784991241
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £76.99This book provides an in-depth, holistic examination of evaluative aesthetics and criticism as they apply to film. Organised around the explanation of key concepts, it illuminates connections between... -
Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Decherney (Professor of English and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Professor of English and Cinema Studies, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.00In this engaging and readable book, Peter Decherney tells the story of Hollywood, from its nineteenth-century origins to the emergence of internet media empires. He recounts how the studio system... -
The Last Orphan: The Thrilling Orphan X Sunday Times Bestseller Gregg Hurwitz 9781405942737
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £8.22THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe electrifying new ORPHAN X adventure in the bestselling series - Evan Smoak returns with a mission which could cost him everything . . .'A stellar series, and the... -
A Power Unbound: A spicy, magical historical romp Freya Marske 9781529081008
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Secrets! Magic! Enemies to . . . something more? A Power Unbound is the steamy, spellbinding conclusion to The Last Binding trilogy by Freya Marske.'Sublime prose, top-notch world-building,... -
Understanding Indian Movies by Patrick Colm Hogan
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £19.46Indian movies are among the most popular in the world. However, despite increased availability and study, these films remain misunderstood and underappreciated in much of the English-speaking world,... -
The Siege of Burning Grass Premee Mohamed 9781837861835
RebellionRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.28The Empires of Varkal and Med'ariz have always been at war. Alefret, the founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and... -
The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production Anthony Artis 9780240824154
SciFier: £41.54To anyone who wants to make a doc but doesn't have a lot of time, money, or experience, Anthony Artis says: "It's time to get down and dirty!"-a filmmaking mentality that teaches you how to be... -
The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin by Dan Kamin
SciFier: £44.99From his early shorts in the 1910s through his final film in 1967, Charlie Chaplin's genius embraced many arts: mime, dance, acting, music, writing, and directing. The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin:... -
Sustainable Luxury and Social Entrepreneurship: Stories from the Pioneers Miguel Angel Gardetti 9781783530632
SciFier: £38.53Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global consumers as an important and more widely available way of expressing personal aspirations and values. Most consumers of luxury products and... -
The Last Orphan: The Thrilling Sunday Times Bestseller Gregg Hurwitz 9781405942737 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £2.58THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe electrifying new ORPHAN X adventure in the bestselling series - Evan Smoak returns with a mission which could cost him everything . . .'A stellar series, and the... -
How to Work the Film & TV Markets: A Guide for Content Creators Heather Hale 9781138800656
SciFier: £37.49How to Work the Film & TV Markets takes independent filmmakers, television and digital content creators on a virtual tour of the entertainment industry's trade shows - the circulatory system of the... -
The Medusa Chronicles by Alastair Reynolds
GollanczRRP: £9.99SciFier: £6.97Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke's short story A Meeting with Medusa, this novel, with permission from the Clarke Estate, continues the story of Commander Howard Falcon over centuries of... -
Adventure Games: Playing the Outsider Aaron A. Reed (Independent Scholar, USA) 9781501385827
SciFier: £34.99The genre of adventure games is frequently overlooked. Lacking the constantly-evolving graphics and graphic violence of their counterparts in first-person and third-person shooters or role-playing... -
Basic Cinematography: A Creative Guide to Visual Storytelling Kurt Lancaster (Digital filmmaker, Multimedia producer, Northern Arizona University, USA) 9780815396451
SciFier: £38.15The cinematographer must translate the ideas and emotions contained in a script into something that can be physically seen and felt onscreen, helping the director to fulfil the vision of the film... -
Comic Art, Creativity and the Law by Marc H. Greenberg
SciFier: £104.92Graphic novels and comics have launched characters and stories that play a dominant role in contemporary popular culture throughout the world. The extensive revisions in this second edition of Comic... -
Cinematography in the Weimar Republic: Lola Lola, Dirty Singles, and the Men Who Shot Them Paul Matthew St. Pierre 9781611479447
SciFier: £104.49In film history, director-cinematographer collaborations were on a labor spectrum, with the model of the contracted camera operator in the silent era and that of the cinematographer in the sound era... -
Cinematography in the Weimar Republic: Lola Lola, Dirty Singles, and the Men Who Shot Them Paul Matthew St. Pierre 9781611479461
SciFier: £51.99In film history, director-cinematographer collaborations were on a labor spectrum, with the model of the contracted camera operator in the silent era and that of the cinematographer in the sound era... -
In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia anthology Paul Kane 9781803363608
Titan BooksRRP: £19.99SciFier: £15.40ENROLLMENT BEGINS NOW A beguiling, sinister collection of 12 dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, M.L. Rio, Susie Yang and more! In these stories, dear... -
Lorien Suarez-Kanerva Coalescing Geometries by Lorien Suarez-Kanerva
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £21.83In 'Coalescing Geometries' the painter expresses a creative response to her environment and an inner sense of the essence of nature's growth force. The designs intricacy with its prismatic color... -
Therapy Quest: An Interactive Journey Through Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Dr Janina Scarlet 9781472139689
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £9.21Did you ever want to be a hero? Have you ever dreamed of going on an epic quest to destroy monsters, defeat evil forces and fly on the back of a dragon? This interactive new self-help book puts you,... -
Adapting Performance Between Stage and Screen Victoria Lowe 9781789387506
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £23.12The book offers an introduction to adaptations between stage and screen, examining stage and screen works as texts but also as performances and cultural events. Case studies of distinct periods in... -
The Suit: Form, Function and Style Christopher Breward 9781789144963
RRP: £16.95SciFier: £14.71The Suit unpicks the story of this most familiar garment, from its emergence in western Europe at the end of the seventeenth century to today. Suit-wearing figures such as the Savile Row gentleman...