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Fifty Contemporary Film Directors Yvonne Tasker 9780415497664
SciFier: £112.06Fifty 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,... -
John Hughes: Film by Film David Juskow 9781036152000
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.82There 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,... -
The Hidden Cinema: British Film Censorship in Action 1913-1972 James C Robertson 9780415090346
SciFier: £39.39How 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... -
Tarzan on Film by Scott Tracy Griffin
Titan BooksRRP: £29.99SciFier: £21.34In 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,... -
World Film Locations: Los Angeles: Volume 2 Gabriel Solomons 9781835950296
RRP: £17.95SciFier: £16.04World 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... -
Transnational Feminism in Film and Media K. Marciniak 9780230338142
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,... -
Polish Cinema Today: A Bold New Era in Film Helena Goscilo 9781793641656
SciFier: £113.99Structured 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... -
Social Order and Authority in Disney and Pixar Films Kellie Deys 9781793622129
SciFier: £33.99Social 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... -
Amacio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil: After Cinema Novo E. Bueno 9781137009180
SciFier: £46.99Amacio 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 as the Final Print of History: the Portrayal of Women in Egyptian Cinema's Glorious Eras by Dina A. Mahmoud
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.74Film 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... -
At the Movies, Film Reviewing, and Screenwriting by Steven Maras (University of Western Australia, Australia)
RRP: £89.95SciFier: £82.23This 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... -
Narrative Humanism: Kindness and Complexity in Fiction and Film Wyatt Moss-Wellington 9781474454322
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £24.39This 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... -
A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television S. Panse 9781137014177
SciFier: £46.99A 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... -
A History of Artists' Film and Video in Britain David Curtis 9781844570966
SciFier: £51.26In 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... -
World on Film: An Introduction Martha P. Nochimson (Cineaste Magazine) 9781405139793
SciFier: £38.94This 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... -
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods M. Williams 9781349347155
SciFier: £46.99Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for... -
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods M. Williams 9780230355446
SciFier: £46.99Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for... -
Experiencing Film Music by Kenneth LaFave
SciFier: £42.99Of 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... -
Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film M. Tolini Finamore 9781349351176
RRP: £109.99SciFier: £106.99This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the... -
Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film M. Tolini Finamore 9780230389489
RRP: £109.99SciFier: £102.99This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the... -
Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers: Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd Richard Botto 9781138849891
SciFier: £39.39Whether 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 Films of Delmer Daves: Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America Douglas Horlock 9781496838858
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £22.56Delmer 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... -
Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema? J Hoberman 9781781681435
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £19.59One 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... -
Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video by Peter W. Rea (NYU Tisch School of the Arts, USA)
RRP: £39.99SciFier: £36.65Producing 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... -
Unproduction Studies and the American Film Industry James Fenwick (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 9781032072487
SciFier: £19.48This book makes the case for unproduction studies, the study of films left unmade, unseen, or unreleased, as a radical discipline with the potential to uncover a shadow history of the American film... -
The Films of Delmer Daves: Visions of Progress in Mid-Twentieth-Century America Douglas Horlock 9781496838841
RRP: £91.00SciFier: £72.25Delmer 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... -
Affective Moments in the Films of Martel, Carri, and Puenzo by Inela Selimovic
SciFier: £81.99This 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,... -
Amacio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil: After Cinema Novo E. Bueno 9781349435999
SciFier: £46.99Amacio 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... -
The Sound of Things to Come: An Audible History of the Science Fiction Film Trace Reddell 9780816683130
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £19.46A 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... -
French and Spanish Queer Film: Audiences, Communities and Cultural Exchange Chris Perriam 9781474425995
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £22.77Advancing 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... -
Fashioning Film Stars: Dress, Culture, Identity Rachel Moseley (University of Warwick, UK) 9781844570683
SciFier: £36.99Fashioning 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... -
16mm Film Cutting John Burder 9780240508573
RRP: £48.99SciFier: £48.53The 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... -
Screenwriting for Micro-Budget Films: Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Reverse Engineering Your Screenplay David Greenberg 9780367687694
SciFier: £33.33Screenwriting 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... -
Refocus: the Films of Mary Harron Kyle Barrett 9781474494427
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.68Offers 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,... -
Global Auteurs: Politics in the Films of Almodovar, von Trier, and Winterbottom Brian Michael Goss 9781433101342
RRP: £25.10SciFier: £23.49Global 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... -
Politics Go to the Movies: International Relations and Politics in Genre Films and Television Joel R. Campbell 9781793635167
SciFier: £114.99Movies 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... -
Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music through Jazz Gretchen L. Carlson 9781496840721
RRP: £91.00SciFier: £72.25On 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... -
English Filming, English Writing by Jefferson Hunter
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £12.46Jefferson 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... -
Film Noir and Los Angeles: Urban History and the Dark Imaginary Sean W. Maher 9780367547998
SciFier: £42.86This 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: £87.99Social 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...