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Ryan Gosling: Hollywood's Finest Nick Johnstone 9781782194606 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £1.14Acclaimed for his good looks as much as his searing acting ability, Canadian actor Ryan Gosling first came to attention, aged 12 , after beating 15,000 hopefuls to become a Mouseketeer in Disney's... -
David Fincher: Interviews Laurence F. Knapp 9781496802682
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46David Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself as a craftsman, dutifully going about the art and business of making film. Trouble... -
Mort Walker by Jason Whiton
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £24.49When Mort Walker (b. 1923) was ten years old, he received an inscribed Moon Mullins cartoon from its creator Frank Willard that read, ""Say Morton, those drawings you sent me were swell-I'll bet... -
William Wyler by Axel Madsen
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £14.24The authorized biography of the celebrated film director William Wyler, a giant in his craft, who directed such classics as Ben-Hur, Funny Girl, and Roman Holiday. About the AuthorAxel Madsen... -
David Lynch by Dennis Lim
SciFier: £9.32At once a pop culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch's work is primed to act... -
Dave Sim: Conversations Eric Hoffman 9781628461787
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £24.49In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004... -
Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young Bernard F. Dick 9781496861603
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £16.35Loretta Young (1913-2000) was an Academy Award-winning actress known for devout Catholicism and her performances in The Farmer's Daughter, The Bishop's Wife, and Come to the Stable, and for her... -
David Lean: Interviews Steven Organ 9781604732351
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £20.34Along with Michael Powell and Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean (1908-1991) is one of the most significant British filmmakers to emerge from the first half of the twentieth century. His use of panoramic... -
Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests Tom Shales 9780316295062
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £16.07When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, LIVE FROM NEW YORK was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night... -
Roger Corman: Interviews Constantine Nasr 9781617031663
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46Roger Corman (b. 1926) is known by many names-craftsman, artist, maverick, schlock-meister, mini-mogul, mentor, cheapskate, and King of the B's. Yet his commitment to filmmaking remains inspired. He... -
Alexander Payne: Interviews Julie Levinson 9781496810519
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46Since 1996, Alexander Payne (b. 1961) has made six feature films and a short segment of an omnibus movie. Although his body of work is quantitatively small, it is qualitatively impressive. His movies... -
Errol Morris: Interviews Livia Bloom 9781604733723
RRP: £109.00SciFier: £72.95Errol Morris: Interviews is an irreverent and humorous collection of conversations with the acclaimed documentary filmmaker. Morris (b. 1948) has created some of America's most innovative, lasting... -
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical Larry Ceplair 9780813169736
RRP: £32.50SciFier: £32.19James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American... -
Lewis Milestone by Harlow Robinson
RRP: £32.00SciFier: £31.59This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life -- a classic rags-to-riches American narrative -- in full and explores his many acclaimed films from the silent... -
Baz Luhrmann: Interviews Tom Ryan 9781628461497
RRP: £88.00SciFier: £72.25Though he has made only five films in two decades--Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, and the Oscar-nominated films Moulin Rouge!, Australia, and The Great Gatsby--Australian... -
William Wyler: Interviews Gabriel Miller 9781604732986
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46William Wyler (1902-1981) was one of the most honored and successful directors from Hollywood's golden age. One of the film industry's most influential artists, he received three Academy Awards,... -
Reflections: On Cinematography Sir Roger Deakins 9781788406659
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £29.62From two-time Academy Award winner from 16 nominations, and five-time BAFTA award winner from 11 nominations, Sir Roger Deakins - widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time - a... -
The Whispering Swarm Michael Moorcock 9781473213333
GollanczRRP: £10.99SciFier: £9.21With his first full novel in almost ten years (not counting his Doctor Who book), Michael Moorcock - the most influential figure in modern fantasy and science fiction - returns to the city of his... -
DAZEWORLD by Sacha Jenkins
RRP: £31.99SciFier: £26.13This is the illustrated story of New York artist Chris Daze Ellis's successful transition from the subways to international studios and galleries. Follow his 30+ year career from his days as a... -
King of the Half Hour by David Everitt
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £20.23Nat Hiken was the driving force behind the 1950s and 1960s series ""Sgt Bilko"" and ""Car 54, Where Are You?"". This biography of the television pioneer places him in broadcast history, drawing on... -
Dennis Hopper by Nick Dawson
RRP: £65.00SciFier: £43.43The legendary Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) had many identities. He first broke into Hollywood as a fresh-faced young actor in the 1950s, redefined himself as a rebel director with Easy Rider in the late... -
George A. Romero by Tony Williams
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46George A. Romero (b. 1940) has achieved a surprising longevity as director since his first film, Night of the Living Dead (1968). After recently relocating to Canada, he shows no signs of slowing up:... -
David Lynch: Interviews Richard A. Barney 9781604732375
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.46Few directors in the past three decades have produced movies more compelling, controversial, or confounding than David Lynch (b. 1946). And fewer still have been so reluctant to talk about what they... -
Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman Dan Callahan 9781496843432
RRP: £20.95SciFier: £16.35Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women-and America's highest-paid woman in the mid-1940s. Shuttled among foster homes... -
Giger by HR Giger
RRP: £15.00SciFier: £11.58Swiss artist HR Giger (1940-2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of... -
I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies Nicholas Ray 9780520201699
RRP: £29.00SciFier: £28.01One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and worked with an intensity equal to that of his films. Best known for his direction of... -
Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers As Kids by Elizabeth Haidle
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.45What makes a writer? What inspires them? Where do their stories come from? Striking illustrations and a popular graphic novel format bring to life this anthology of literary legends and their... -
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir Robin Ha 9780062685094
SciFier: £9.38Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062685094Author Robin HaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Clint Eastwood: Interviews, Revised and Updated Robert E. Kapsis 9781617036637
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £20.34Clint Eastwood (b. 1930) is the only popular American dramatic star to have shaped his own career almost entirely through films of his own producing, frequently under his own direction; no other... -
Abraham Polonsky: Interviews Andrew Dickos 9781496857965
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society... -
Samuel Fuller: Interviews Gerald Peary 9781496857996
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46In the early twentieth century, the art world was captivated by the imaginative, original paintings of Henri Rousseau, who, without formal art training, produced works that astonished not only the... -
D. W. Griffith by Anthony Slide
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46D. W. Griffith (1875-1948) is one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture. As director of The Birth of a Nation, he is also one of the most controversial. He raised the... -
Walking Distance Lizzy Stewart 9781910395813
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, the author examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by... -
Stan Lee by Jeff McLaughlin
SciFier: £27.99Stan Lee (b. 1922), co-creator of The Amazing Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, and The Uncanny X-Men, is one of the most successful writers and publishers of comics. During the... -
Howard Chaykin: Conversations Brannon Costello 9781604739756
SciFier: £72.95One of the most distinctive voices in mainstream comics since the 1970s, Howard Chaykin (b. 1950) has earned a reputation as a visionary formal innovator and a compelling storyteller whose comics... -
Art of the Graphic Memoir, The by Tom Hart
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £15.74#1 New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and... -
South Sea Tales Jack London 9781513205274
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.49Featuring eight works of short fiction, South Sea Tales by Jack London is an adventurous collection with a nautical theme. With settings on islands or ships, South Sea Tales tell the exciting, but... -
Forever Mame by Bernard F. Dick
RRP: £26.50SciFier: £22.56When it comes to living life to its fullest, Rosalind Russell's character Auntie Mame is still the silver screen's exemplar. And Mame, the role Russell (1907-1976) will always be remembered for,... -
Ozu by Donald Richie
RRP: £29.00SciFier: £24.30"Substantially the book that devotees of the director have been waiting for: a full-length critical work about Ozu's life, career and working methods, buttressed with reproductions of pages from his... -
Lent Jo Walton 9780765379078
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £10.74It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's...