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The Films of Delmer Daves: Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America Douglas Horlock 9781496838841
RRP: $126.49SciFier: $100.43Delmer Daves (1904-1977) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his dramas and Western adventures, most notably Broken Arrow and 3:10 to Yuma. Despite the popularity of his... -
World Film Locations: Los Angeles: Volume 2 Gabriel Solomons 9781835950296
RRP: $24.95SciFier: $22.30World Film Locations: Los Angeles Volume 2 is an engaging and highly visual city-wide tour of both well known and slightly lesser known films shot on location in one of the birthplaces of cinema and... -
Tarzan on Film by Scott Tracy Griffin
Titan BooksRRP: $41.69SciFier: $29.66In this authoritative volume, writer and historian Scott Tracy Griffin traces the development of the history-making Tarzan franchise, from the motion-picture industry's early silent and serials,... -
French and Spanish Queer Film: Audiences, Communities and Cultural Exchange Chris Perriam 9781474425995
RRP: $33.35SciFier: $31.65Advancing the current state of film audience research and of our knowledge of sexuality in transnational contexts, French and Spanish Queer Film analyses how French LGBTQ films are seen in Spain and... -
Greek Film Noir Anna Poupou 9781474459006
RRP: $34.74SciFier: $31.65Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474459006Author Anna PoupouFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint -
Straight Girls and Queer Guys: The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television Christopher Pullen 9781474425865
RRP: $36.13SciFier: $31.65Exploring the archetypal representation of the straight girl with the queer guy in film and television culture from 1948 to the present day, Straight Girls and Queer Guys considers the process of the... -
Screenwriting for Micro-Budget Films: Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Reverse Engineering Your Screenplay David Greenberg 9780367687694
SciFier: $46.33Screenwriting for micro-budget films can present its own challenges and this book takes the reader through all the considerations that need to be made to write an effective screenplay for a... -
Film and the End of Empire Colin MacCabe (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 9781844574230
SciFier: $52.81In these two volumes of original essays, scholars from around the world address the history of British colonial cinema stretching from the emergence of cinema at the height of imperialism, to moments... -
Politics Go to the Movies: International Relations and Politics in Genre Films and Television Joel R. Campbell 9781793635167
SciFier: $159.84Movies 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... -
Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music through Jazz Gretchen L. Carlson 9781496840721
RRP: $126.49SciFier: $100.43On December 4, 1957, Miles Davis revolutionized film soundtrack production, improvising the score for Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'echafaud. A cinematic harbinger of the French New Wave, Ascenseur... -
Global Auteurs: Politics in the Films of Almodovar, von Trier, and Winterbottom Brian Michael Goss 9781433101342
RRP: $34.89SciFier: $32.65Global Auteurs employs auteur theory to examine the work of three contemporary and innovative directors: Pedro Almodovar, Lars von Trier, and Michael Winterbottom. With extensive background... -
John Hughes: Film by Film David Juskow 9781036152000
RRP: $34.75SciFier: $26.16There are very few directors for whom you can say "that's his or her brand of film", but the legendary John Hughes is undoubtedly one of them. He presented a different perspective on growing up,... -
A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television S. Panse 9781137014177
SciFier: $65.32A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television is a response to a significant increase of judgment and judgmentalism in contemporary television, film, and social media by investigating the changing... -
16mm Film Cutting John Burder 9780240508573
RRP: $68.10SciFier: $67.46The film editor can make or break a film. What ends up on the cutting room floor, and why? 16mm Film Cutting is a step-by-step guide to film cutting which shows you how to achieve professional... -
Film Editing: Emotion, Performance and Story Julie Lambden (Senior Lecturer and Associate Lecturer, Westminster University, UK) 9781474254908
SciFier: $52.65Film editing is part of the long process of formulating, acquiring and presenting the images and sounds that make a film. The film editor makes decisions about the arrangement of the visual and aural... -
Film as the Final Print of History: the Portrayal of Women in Egyptian Cinema's Glorious Eras by Dina A. Mahmoud
RRP: $18.06SciFier: $17.71Film is a universally enjoyed medium that reflects reality and immortalises the social status quo. Therefore, while journalism is called the first draft of history, film can be called its final... -
English Filming, English Writing by Jefferson Hunter
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $17.32Jefferson Hunter examines English films and television dramas as they relate to English culture in the 20th century. He traces themes such as the influence of U.S. crime drama on English film, and... -
A History of Artists' Film and Video in Britain David Curtis 9781844570966
SciFier: $71.25In recent years the use of film and video by British artists has come to widespread public attention. Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Steve McQueen and Gillian Wearing all won the Turner Prize (in... -
Transnational Feminism in Film and Media K. Marciniak 9780230338142
SciFier: $65.32This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines current cinematic and media landscapes from the perspective of transnational feminist practices and methodologies. Focusing on film, media art,... -
Polish Cinema Today: A Bold New Era in Film Helena Goscilo 9781793641656
SciFier: $158.45Structured according to key themes, Polish Cinema Today analyzes the remarkable innovations in Polish cinema emerging a decade after the 1989 dissolution of the Soviet bloc, once its film industry... -
World on Film: An Introduction Martha P. Nochimson (Cineaste Magazine) 9781405139793
SciFier: $54.13This uniquely engaging and lively textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to international film, from the golden age of European cinema to the contemporary blockbusters of India and Asia, and... -
Experiencing Film Music by Kenneth LaFave
SciFier: $59.76Of all the elements that combine to make movies, music sometimes seems the forgotten stepchild. Yet it is an integral part of the cinematic experience. Minimized as mere "background music," film... -
Straight Girls and Queer Guys: The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television Christopher Pullen 9780748694846
SciFier: $129.28Exploring the archetypal representation of the straight girl with the queer guy in film and television culture from 1948 to the present day, Straight Girls and Queer Guys considers the process of the... -
At the Movies, Film Reviewing, and Screenwriting by Steven Maras (University of Western Australia, Australia)
RRP: $125.03SciFier: $114.30This book examines film reviewing and screenwriting as key sites of cultural mediation, providing new insights on the relationship between criticism and reviewing, as well as the way reviewers handle... -
Amacio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil: After Cinema Novo E. Bueno 9781137009180
SciFier: $65.32Amacio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the... -
Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema? J Hoberman 9781781681435
RRP: $29.18SciFier: $27.23One of the world's most erudite and entertaining film critics on the state of cinema in the post-digital-and post-9/11-age. This witty and allusive book, in the style of classic film... -
Fifty Contemporary Film Directors Yvonne Tasker 9780415497664
SciFier: $155.76Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today's most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director's contribution to cinema,... -
Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers: Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd Richard Botto 9781138849891
SciFier: $54.75Whether you're a producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, or other creative, you probably have a project that needs constant exposure, or a product to promote. But how do you rise above the noise?In... -
The Hidden Cinema: British Film Censorship in Action 1913-1972 James C Robertson 9780415090346
SciFier: $54.75How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new paperback edition of The Hidden Cinema argues that censorship has had a far greater influence on British film history than is often... -
The Sound of Things to Come: An Audible History of the Science Fiction Film Trace Reddell 9780816683130
RRP: $33.35SciFier: $27.05A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema Including original readings of classics like The Day the Earth Stood... -
Narrative Humanism: Kindness and Complexity in Fiction and Film Wyatt Moss-Wellington 9781474454322
RRP: $36.13SciFier: $33.90This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to... -
Refocus: the Films of Antoinetta Angelidi Penny Bouska 9781474493710
RRP: $27.79SciFier: $25.97Antoinetta Angelidi directed four full-length fiction films: Idees Fixes / Dies Irae (1977), Topos (1985), The Hours: A Square Film (1995) and Thief or Reality (2001), which have been screened at... -
Amacio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil: After Cinema Novo E. Bueno 9781349435999
SciFier: $65.32Amacio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the... -
Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video by Peter W. Rea (NYU Tisch School of the Arts, USA)
RRP: $55.59SciFier: $50.94Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, Sixth Edition is the definitive book on producing and directing short films for the serious film student or beginning filmmaker. Its unique two-fold... -
Affective Moments in the Films of Martel, Carri, and Puenzo by Inela Selimovic
SciFier: $113.97This book studies the intimate tensions between affect and emotions as terrains of sociopolitical significance in the cinema of Lucrecia Martel, Albertina Carri, and Lucia Puenzo. Such tensions,... -
Film Festivals, Ideology and Italian Art Cinema: Politics, Histories and Cultural Value Rachel Johnson 9781041179337
RRP: $66.71SciFier: $60.78Film Festivals, Ideology and Italian Art Cinema is the first systematic study of the role ideology plays in film festivals' construction of dominant ideas about art cinema. Film festivals are... -
Refocus: the Films of Mary Harron Kyle Barrett 9781474494427
RRP: $27.79SciFier: $25.97Offers the first first book-length study of Mary Harron's career and works Argues that Harron's work has a distinguishing approach to stylistic and aesthetic choices prompted by cultural contexts,... -
Fashioning Film Stars: Dress, Culture, Identity Rachel Moseley (University of Warwick, UK) 9781844570683
SciFier: $51.42Fashioning Film Stars brings together work by established and emerging scholars in the field of film costume and star studies, to address the significance of the relationships between fashion, dress... -
Film Noir and Los Angeles: Urban History and the Dark Imaginary Sean W. Maher 9780367547998
SciFier: $59.58This book combines film studies with urban theory in a spatial exploration of twentieth century Los Angeles. Configured through the dark lens of noir, the author examines an alternate urban history... -
Social Order and Authority in Disney and Pixar Films Kellie Deys 9781793622105
SciFier: $122.31Social Order and Authority in Disney and Pixar Films contributes to an essential, ongoing conversation about how power dynamics are questioned, reinforced, and disrupted in the stories Disney tells...