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The Biggest Film Biographer in the World: The Films of Ken Russell: The Films of Ken Russell George Porcari 9798218777586
SciFier: £38.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218777586Author George PorcariFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint < -
Directory of African Film-Makers and Films by Keith Shiri
SciFier: £36.99The richness and color of African cinema have been neglected for too long and its many talented film-makers deserve full recognition. This new and unique book gives detailed information on over 300... -
Directory of Indian Film-Makers and Films by Sanjit Narwekar
SciFier: £68.49India produces more films each year than any other country in the world. Yet, apart from the films of Sanjit Ray, the diverse and lavish output of Indian film-makers is largely unknown outside the... -
The Horror Film Peter Hutchings 9780582437944
SciFier: £58.53The Horror Film is an in-depth exploration of one of the most consistently popular, but also most disreputable, of all the mainstream film genres. Since the early 1930s there has never been a time... -
Satyajit Ray's The Chess Players and Postcolonial Film Theory: Postcolonialism and Film Theory Reena Dube 9781349523535
SciFier: £46.99Indispensable for students of film studies, in this book Reena Dube explores Satyajit Ray's films, and The Chess Players in particular, in the context of discourses of labour in colonial and... -
The Horror Film Peter Hutchings 9781138130579
RRP: £175.00SciFier: £174.59The Horror Film is an in-depth exploration of one of the most consistently popular, but also most disreputable, of all the mainstream film genres. Since the early 1930s there has never been a time... -
Impossible Puzzle Films by Mikls Kiss
SciFier: £93.01Narrative complexity is a trend in contemporary cinema. Since the late 1990s there has been a palpable increase in complex storytelling in movies. But how and why do complex movies create perplexity... -
Refiguring American Film Genres by Nick Browne
RRP: £29.00SciFier: £27.49This collection of essays by leading American film scholars charts a whole new territory in genre film criticism. Rather than assuming that genres are self-evident categories, the contributors offer... -
Film and the Imagined Image by Sarah Cooper
SciFier: £92.09This book explores the extraordinary ways in which film can stimulate and direct the image-making capacity of the imagination.Book InformationISBN 9781474452786Author Sarah CooperFormat HardbackPage... -
Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons Jonathan Rosenbaum 9780801878404
SciFier: £53.76In his astute and deeply informed film reviews and essays, Jonathan Rosenbaum regularly provides new and brilliant insights into the cinema as art, entertainment, and commerce. Guided by a personal... -
The Film Buff's Bucket List by Chris Stuckmann
SciFier: £16.39#1 Best Seller Film Buff Movie GuideBest movies, best films, best indies. Theaters around the world are dominated by comic book heroes, ice princesses, apocalyptic love-struck teens, and whatever... -
The Poetics of Poetry Film by Sarah Tremlett
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £37.19Set to generate and influence discussions in the field for years to come, this is an encyclopaedic work on the ever-evolving genre of poetry film. It will set the benchmark for all subsequent works... -
The Postmodern Slasher Film Steve Jones (Assistant Professor in Media and Film, Northumbria University) 9781399537100
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £21.94Scream reputedly transformed the slasher subgenre in 1996, heralding a new subgeneric form: the postmodern slasher. Despite being a distinctive, influential phase in the subgenre's development, it... -
The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema Jacqueline Reich 9780253017406
RRP: £70.00SciFier: £56.58Italian film star Bartolomeo Pagano's "Maciste" played a key role in his nation's narratives of identity during World War I and after. Jacqueline Reich traces the racial, class, and national... -
The Musicality of Narrative Film D. Kulezic-Wilson 9781137489982
RRP: £79.99SciFier: £77.99The Musicality of Narrative Film is the first book to examine in depth the film/music analogy. Using comparative analysis, Kulezic-Wilson explores film's musical potential, arguing that film's... -
Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons Jonathan Rosenbaum 9780801889714
SciFier: £32.83In his astute and deeply informed film reviews and essays, Jonathan Rosenbaum regularly provides new and brilliant insights into the cinema as art, entertainment, and commerce. Guided by a personal... -
Film and Place in an Intercultural Perspective by Krzysztof Stachowiak
SciFier: £154.33The book offers an interdisciplinary overview of the film and place relationship from an intercultural perspective. It explores the complex domain of place and space in cinema and the film industry's... -
Transgressive Art Films by Oliver Kenny
RRP: £95.00SciFier: £88.18Explores extremity in films and its ethical, theoretical and film-philosophical implications Provides a framework for understanding controversial and extreme films A theory of transgressive film... -
The History of British Film (Volume 5) by Rachael Low
SciFier: £55.00This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of... -
The Story of Film by Mark Cousins
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £23.33An updated edition - with completely new chapters - of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film... -
Images of Unrest: Documentary Film and Political Violence Nikolaj Lubecker (Professor of French and Film Studies, University of Oxford) 9781399557122
RRP: £95.00SciFier: £87.78This book studies the relation between documentary film and political violence, treating images not as representations, but as original experiences that are a part of a reality that they both present... -
Refocus: the Films of Doris Wishman Alicia Kozma 9781474482356
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32Offers the first book length contribution to Doris Wishman Covers Wishman's vast filmography inclusive of her less discussed later films, hardcore films and nudist films Situates Wishman within... -
The Theological Power of Film by James Lorenz
SciFier: £153.63This book explores the theological power of film and seeks to render a properly theological account of cinematic art. It considers: What theology and theological practice does cinematic art give rise... -
Violence in the Films of Stephen King by Michael J. Blouin
SciFier: £33.99In Violence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King's work-ranging from the earliest films in the King canon to his most... -
Violence in the Films of Stephen King by Tony Magistrale
SciFier: £87.99In Violence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King's work-ranging from the earliest films in the King canon to his most... -
The Natural History of Film Form Pansy Duncan 9781399548243
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £71.80The Natural History of Film Form argues that, more than simply ingredients in film stock, gelatin, silver and celluloid helped shape early film aesthetics. Drawing on fan and industry periodicals, as... -
Overhearing Film Dialogue by Sarah Kozloff
RRP: £27.00SciFier: £22.62Since the birth of cinema, film has been lauded as a visual rather than a verbal medium; this sentiment was epitomized by John Ford's assertion in 1964 that, 'When a motion picture is at its best, it... -
Studying Film with Andre Bazin by Blandine Joret
SciFier: £50.59The impact of French film critic Andre Bazin (1918-1958) on the development of film studies, though generally acknowledged, remains contested. A passionate initiator of film culture during his... -
A Companion to the Gangster Film by George S. Larke-Walsh
RRP: £188.95SciFier: £163.99A companion to the study of the gangster film's international appeal spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia A Companion to the Gangster Film presents a comprehensive overview of the newest... -
The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema Jacqueline Reich 9780253017451
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £19.46Italian film star Bartolomeo Pagano's "Maciste" played a key role in his nation's narratives of identity during World War I and after. Jacqueline Reich traces the racial, class, and national... -
Working Title Films: A Creative and Commercial History Nathan Townsend 9781474451949
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32Provides the first history of Working Title Films Offers a detailed history of Working Title's evolution as a film business over almost 40 years Provides a major reconsideration of the... -
Film Studies: An Introduction: Teach Yourself by Warren Buckland
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.21An unpretentious guide for all those who want to learn to analyse, understand and evaluate films.Film Studies: An Introduction provides an overview of the key areas in film studies, including... -
Film Museum Practice and Film Historiography: The Case of the Nederlands Filmmuseum (1946-2000) Bregt Lameris 9781041179351
RRP: £47.99SciFier: £43.73Rich in detail, this is a study of the interrelationships between film historical discourse and archival practices. Exploring the history of several important collections from the EYE Film Museum in... -
The Canadian Horror Film by Gina Freitag
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £22.56From the cheaply made "tax-shelter" films of the 1970s to the latest wave of contemporary "eco-horror," Canadian horror cinema has rarely received much critical attention. Gina Freitag and Andre... -
The Musicality of Narrative Film D. Kulezic-Wilson 9781349504329
RRP: £79.99SciFier: £56.99The Musicality of Narrative Film is the first book to examine in depth the film/music analogy. Using comparative analysis, Kulezic-Wilson explores film's musical potential, arguing that film's... -
From Film Practice to Data Process: Production Aesthetics and Representational Practices of a Film Industry in Transition Sarah Atkinson 9780748693580
SciFier: £93.01Examines the practices of independent digital feature-filmmaking in contemporary BritainTo what extent have digital innovations transformed the UK film industry? What new practices and processes are... -
Film and the Working Class: The Feature Film in British and American Society Peter Stead 9780415726580
SciFier: £180.36Taking the subject chronologically from the 1890s to when the book was initially published in 1989, this book analyses those films specifically concerned with working-class conditions and struggle,... -
Film and Faith by Micah Watson, long-time policy analyst
SciFier: £83.49Film and Faith: Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe explores religious themes in contemporary film with a focus on recent depictions of religion's continuing manifestations in a secularizing... -
Introduction to Film Nick Lacey 9781137463838
SciFier: £42.98This core textbook offers a concise yet complete introduction to film, responding to shifts in the medium while addressing all of the main approaches that inform film studies. The rise of on demand... -
Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films by Rafael de Espana
SciFier: £57.99This new book catalogues some 215 prominent film directors from both countries, giving accurate bio-filmographies and providing an in-depth reference source. Full attention is given to the propaganda...