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Theology of Horror: The Hidden Depths of Popular Films Ryan G. Duns, SJ 9780268208561
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £18.49Theology of Horror explores the dark reaches of popular horror films, bringing to light their implicit theological and philosophical themes.Horror films scare and entertain us, but there's more to be... -
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... -
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... -
German Film after Germany by Randall Halle
SciFier: £29.49What is the work of film in the age of transnational production? To answer that question, Randall Halle focuses on the film industry of Germany, one of Europe's largest film markets and one of the... -
Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film Mia Mask 9780252076190
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £17.90This insightful study places African American women's stardom in historical and industrial contexts by examining the star personae of five African American women: Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi... -
Women on the Edge: Twelve Political Film Practices S. Tay 9781349304011
SciFier: £46.99Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political,... -
Night of the Living Dead: The Official Story of the Film Simon Braund 9781835414019
Titan BooksRRP: £39.99SciFier: £35.99The official retrospective of one of cinema's most important films - Night of the Living Dead.The full story of the first "zombie" movie, the 1968 George A. Romero cult film that denoted the birth of... -
Cultivating Creativity through World Films: Exploring Cinematic Narratives Featuring Child Protagonists David Campos 9781475851731
SciFier: £83.49With the aim to help teachers design and deliver instruction around world films featuring child protagonists, Cultivating Creativity through World Films guides readers to understand the importance of... -
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 Permanent Crisis of Film Criticism: The Anxiety of Authority Mattias Frey 9789089647177
SciFier: £58.49Film criticism is in crisis. Dwelling on the many film journalists made redundant at newspapers, magazines, and other 'old media' in past years, commentators have voiced existential questions about... -
Film History as Media Archaeology: Tracking Digital Cinema Thomas Elsaesser 9789462984899
SciFier: £69.41Since cinema has entered the digital era, its very nature has come under renewed scrutiny. Countering the 'death of cinema' debate, Film History as Media Archaeology presents a robust argument for... -
Aesthetics and Politics in the Mexican Film Industry M. MacLaird 9781137008060
SciFier: £92.99Evaluating a broad selection of Mexican films produced from the early 1990s to the present, this study examines how production methods, audience demographics, and aesthetic approaches have changed... -
Aesthetics and Politics in the Mexican Film Industry M. MacLaird 9781349435456
SciFier: £94.96Evaluating a broad selection of Mexican films produced from the early 1990s to the present, this study examines how production methods, audience demographics, and aesthetic approaches have changed... -
Digital Film-making Revised Edition Mike Figgis 9780571305032
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.31In this indispensable guide to digital film-making, leading film-maker Mike Figgis offers the reader a step-by-step tutorial in how to use digital technology so as to get the best from it. Mike... -
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... -
A Great Big Girl Like Me: The Films of Marie Dressler Victoria Sturtevant 9780252076220
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £14.78In this study of Marie Dressler, MGM's most profitable movie star in the early 1930s, Victoria Sturtevant analyzes Dressler's use of her body to challenge Hollywood's standards for leading ladies. At... -
Film Marketing and Distribution: An Independent Filmmaker's Guide Jonathan Sadler 9780857306128
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £17.26Breaking into the world of independent filmmaking is one thing - getting your film seen is another. In this essential guide, you'll discover how to navigate the often overlooked, yet critical,... -
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,... -
ReFocus: The Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan by Gnl Dnmez-Colin
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £17.87ReFocus: The Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan brings together a cohort of expert scholars to analyse the films of Turkey's most renowned filmmaker. His self-reflexive films inspired by local incidents have... -
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... -
Harry Potter Film Wizardry by Warner Bros
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £26.18This stunning package is a truly immersive reading experience with unseen imagery, concept art and exclusive insights from the cast and crew. It includes exclusive and removable photographs,... -
De-Westernizing Film Studies Saer Maty Ba 9780415687843
SciFier: £39.39De-Westernizing Film Studies aims to consider what form a challenge to the enduring vision of film as a medium - and film studies as a discipline - modelled on 'Western' ideologies, theoretical and... -
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... -
Film Scriptwriting: A Practical Manual Dwight V Swain 9780240511900
SciFier: £69.64This second edition of the widely acclaimed Film Scriptwriting is a truly practical manual for the working writer. It provides all the clear, step-by-step guidance you need to script both fact 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... -
Gay Directors, Gay Films?: Pedro Almodovar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters Emanuel Levy 9780231152761
SciFier: £81.82Through intimate encounters with the life and work of five contemporary gay male directors, this book develops a framework for interpreting what it means to make a gay film or adopt a gay point of... -
Filming the Everyday: Independent Documentaries in Twenty-First-Century China Paul G. Pickowicz 9781442270244
SciFier: £40.99This cutting-edge book examines the rapidly developing scene of Chinese independent documentary, arguably the most courageous player in contemporary Chinese visual culture. The authors explore two... -
Refocus: the Films of Lucrecia Martel Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha 9781474485227
SciFier: £93.01Collects critical essays on the influential Argentine director Lucrecia MartelAbout the AuthorNatalia Christofoletti Barrenha, Independent film researcher and programmer specialising in Latin... -
New Philosophies of Film: An Introduction to Cinema as a Way of Thinking Dr Robert Sinnerbrink 9781350181922
SciFier: £27.74What can philosophy teach us about cinema? Can cinema transform how we understand philosophy? How should we describe the competing approaches to philosophizing on film? New Philosophies of Film... -
Art and the Historical Film by Dr Gillian McIver
SciFier: £31.99Art and the Historical Film provides an important examination of fine art's impact on filmmaking, grappling with the question of authenticity. From Eugene Delacroix's interpretation of the 1830... -
Image and Influence: Studies in the Sociology of Film Andrew Tudor (University of York, UK) 9781138992368
SciFier: £45.46This text outlines what sociologists need to know of the nature of communication and of mass culture, while also looking in some empirical detail at the workings of the Hollywood community and the... -
Infrastructure in Dystopian and Post-apocalyptic Film, 1968-2021 by Christian B. Long (The University of Queensland)
RRP: £99.95SciFier: £91.95Dystopian and post-apocalyptic movies from 1968 to 2021 usually conclude with optimism, with a window into what is possible in the face of social dysfunction - and worse. The infrastructure that... -
Border Witness: Reimagining the US-Mexico Borderlands through Film Michael Dear 9780520391949
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £21.09What a century of border films teaches about the real and imagined worlds of the US-Mexico borderlands-and how this understanding helps build better relations across boundaries. Border Witness is an... -
Film, Hot War Traces and Cold War Spaces Maurizio Cinquegrani 9781474475204
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.68Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474475204Author Maurizio CinquegraniFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Edinburgh University... -
Male Anxiety and Psychopathology in Film: Comedy Italian Style Andrea Bini 9781137516886
RRP: £99.99SciFier: £92.99The most popular film genre during the golden years of Italian cinema, the Comedy Italian Style emerged after the fall of the Facist regime, narrating the identity crisis of many Italian men... -
Channel 4 and British Film Culture: Journal of British Cinema and Television Volume 11, Issue 4 Paul McDonald 9780748692514
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £17.87This title considers aspects of the legacy that makes Film4 synonymous with a rejuvenated national cinema. When Channel 4 was launched in 1982 its policy of commissioning new feature films for... -
Fifty Contemporary Film Directors Yvonne Tasker 9780415554336
SciFier: £28.83Fifty 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,... -
Border Witness: Reimagining the US-Mexico Borderlands through Film Michael Dear 9780520391932
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £65.38What a century of border films teaches about the real and imagined worlds of the US-Mexico borderlands-and how this understanding helps build better relations across boundaries. Border Witness is an... -
German Postwar Films: Life and Love in the Ruins W. Wilms 9781349375042
SciFier: £46.99This volume offers a cultural, aesthetic, and critical reappraisal of German 'rubble films' produced in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and constructs their meaning in a historical... -
Cinematic Corpographies: Re-Mapping the War Film Through the Body Eileen Rositzka 9783110709124
RRP: £21.00SciFier: £15.60Writing on the relationship between war and cinema has largely been dominated by an emphasis on optics and weaponised vision. However, as this analysis of the Hollywood war film will show, a wider...