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Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times by Carl Peters
SciFier: £22.04This book looks at Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece, Modern Times (1936), through the lens of film aesthetics, structure, and post-modern perspective. The naive Tramp character of Modern Times is often... -
Screen Acting Peter Kramer 9780415182942
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £41.13While not everyone would agree with Alfred Hitchcock's notorious remark that 'actors are cattle', there is little understanding of the work film actors do. Yet audience enthusiasm for, or dislike of,... -
Modernizing Costume Design, 1820-1920 Annie Holt 9780367561161
SciFier: £41.13Annie Holt identifies the roots of contemporary Euro-American practices of costume design, in which costumes are an integrated part of the dramaturgy rather than a reflection of an individual... -
What Is Cinema? Volume I by Andre Bazin
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £19.27Andre Bazin's What Is Cinema? (volumes I and II) have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although... -
Siegfried Kracauer's American Writings: Essays on Film and Popular Culture Siegfried Kracauer 9780520271838
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £24.93Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. In this book, Johannes von... -
Amateur Cinema: The Rise of North American Moviemaking, 1923-1960 Charles Tepperman 9780520279865
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.49From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work. It wasn't until Kodak introduced 16mm film in 1923, however, that amateur moviemaking became a widespread reality, and... -
The Doors of Midnight R.R. Virdi 9781473234031
GollanczRRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.56Some stories are hidden for a reason. All tales have a price. And every debt must be paid.I killed three men as a child and earned myself the name Bloodletter. Then I set fire to the fabled Ashram... -
The Magic Pet Shop Stories: Pugicorn Saves the Show: Book four in a new chapter book series Matilda Rose 9781408374191
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10Twinkleton-Under-Beanstalk is having a talent show, and Princess Ava and Pugicorn have been working hard on their act! But their practice is put on pause when a shy Koalacorn comes in and needs help... -
Theatre on Trial by Anna McMullan
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £28.69This book, first published in 1993, is the first full-length analysis of Samuel Beckett's later drama in the context of contemporary critical and performance theory. It employs a close, textual... -
Experiencing Music and Visual Cultures: Threshold, Intermediality, Synchresis Antonio Cascelli (Maynooth University, Ireland) 9780367678623
SciFier: £38.53Bringing the research of musicologists, art historians, and film studies scholars into dialogue, this book explores the relationships between visual art forms and music. The chapters are organized... -
Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema Daniel Morgan 9780520273313
RRP: £59.00SciFier: £48.49With "Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema", Daniel Morgan makes a significant contribution to scholarship on Jean-Luc Godard, especially his films and videos since the late 1980s, some of the... -
Transnational Screens: Expanding the Borders of Transnational Cinema Armida De La Garza 9781032839530
SciFier: £41.13This book marks the 10th anniversary of the Routledge journal Transnational Cinemas, and its renaming to Transnational Screens. The introduction reflects on the changing ways in which film is... -
Practices of Relations in Task-Dance and the Event-Score by Josefine Wikstroem
SciFier: £39.99This book takes a new critical approach to the concept of performance as it operates in performance studies and art theory. It constructs a critical concept of performance by understanding it as... -
The Dark Mirror: German Cinema between Hitler and Hollywood Lutz Koepnick 9780520233119
RRP: £29.00SciFier: £24.86Lutz Koepnick analyzes the complicated relationship between two cinemas--Hollywood's and Nazi Germany's--in this theoretically and politically incisive study. The Dark Mirror examines the split... -
Siegfried Kracauer's American Writings: Essays on Film and Popular Culture Siegfried Kracauer 9780520271821
RRP: £63.00SciFier: £57.49Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. In this book, Johannes von... -
Superman in Myth and Folklore by Daniel Peretti
RRP: £28.95SciFier: £22.56Superman rose from popular culture-comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies-but people have so embraced the character that he has now become part of folklore. This... -
Opera as Soundtrack Jeongwon Joe 9781138251526
SciFier: £50.66Filmmakers' fascination with opera dates back to the silent era but it was not until the late 1980s that critical enquiries into the intersection of opera and cinema began to emerge. Jeongwon Joe... -
To Be A Playwright Janet Neipris 9780367183257
SciFier: £108.03Originally published in 2005, To Be A Playwright is an insightful and detailed guide to the craft of playwriting. Part memoir and part how-to guide, this useful book outlines the tools and techniques... -
Amateur Cinema: The Rise of North American Moviemaking, 1923-1960 Charles Tepperman 9780520279858
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £66.08From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work. It wasn't until Kodak introduced 16mm film in 1923, however, that amateur moviemaking became a widespread reality, and... -
The Doors of Midnight: The epic Silk Road fantasy adventure R.R. Virdi 9781473234055
GollanczRRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.78A breathtaking Silk Road-inspired epic fantasy, an ode to the power of storytelling and an adventure story filled with magic - this is the captivating sequel to The First Binding.Some stories are... -
Contemporary Drag Practices and Performers: Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 1 Mark Edward (Edge Hill University, UK) 9781350319196
SciFier: £33.99In recent years drag performance has moved from the fringes to emerge as a mainstream phenomenon, showcased on TV shows in the US and the UK. This collection offers a diverse range of critical... -
Five Conversations About Peter Sellers by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
RRP: £16.95SciFier: £11.67Five Conversations About Peter Sellers is an essay that begins as an exploration of the author's burgeoning obsession with Peter Sellers, and specifically his role in hijacking and derailing... -
Performing Marginality: Humour, Gender and Cultural Critique Joanne R. Gilbert (Associate Professor of Communications, Alma College, USA) 9780814328033
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £24.49How do contemporary American female comics perform onstage, and what does this performance reveal about power relations in our culture as well as the existence of a "female" and, more specifically,... -
Celebrating Birds: An Interactive Field Guide Featuring Art from Wingspan Natalia Rojas 9780063045743
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.58A gorgeously illustrated and interactive full-color guide to more than 181 birds of North America, based on the bestselling board game, Wingspan.Praised for its gorgeous illustrations, accurate... -
Miranda July by Miranda July
RRP: £39.99SciFier: £31.48From her early rarely seen Riot Grrrl-influenced fanzines and performances to a career that has produced seminal films, fiction, sculptures, public art, and even a smartphone app, Miranda July has... -
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 3 by Haruko Kumota
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.70A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship... -
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 8 by Haruko Kumota
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.66A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship... -
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 1 by Haruko Kumota
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £12.99SciFier: £7.77A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, DESCENDING STORIES follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship... -
Noir Burlesque by Enrico Marini
Titan BooksRRP: £26.99SciFier: £18.88A heist gone wrong forces Slick to do a job for his employer, Rex, to repay the debt he owes. But Slick is in love with Caprice, Rex's ex-call girl wife-turned-burlesque legend and Rex also has the... -
British Popular Films 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance Stephen Shafer 9780415754989
RRP: £38.99SciFier: £38.53Shafer's study challenges the conventional historical assumption that British feature films during the Thirties were mostly oriented to the middle-class. Instead, he makes the critical distinction... -
Contemporary Drag Practices and Performers: Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 1 Mark Edward (Edge Hill University, UK) 9781350082946
SciFier: £97.99In recent years drag performance has moved from the fringes to emerge as a mainstream phenomenon, showcased on TV shows in the US and the UK. This collection offers a diverse range of critical... -
Theorizing Film Acting Aaron Taylor 9781138922150
SciFier: £42.00This comprehensive collection provides theoretical accounts of the grounds and phenomenon of film acting. The volume features entries by some of the most prominent scholars on film acting who... -
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 2 by Haruko Kumota
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.39A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship... -
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 5 by Haruko Kumota
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.89A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship... -
The Midnight Carousel Fiza Saeed McLynn 9780778305965
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £12.40Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780778305965Author Fiza Saeed McLynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Park Row BooksPublisher Mira... -
An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe
SciFier: £9.99Lovecraft meets "Blade Runner" in a stand-alone supernatural horror novel. Gene Wolfe can write in whatever genre he wants - and always with superb style and profound depth. Now following his World... -
The Dream by Mohammad Malas
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £15.21In 1980, Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas traveled to Lebanon to film a documentary of interviews with Palestinians of the refugee camps around Beirut about their dreams. The Dream: A Diary of the... -
Scriptwriting for Web Series: Writing for the Digital Age Marie Drennan (San Francisco State University, USA) 9780815376378
SciFier: £34.19Scriptwriting for Web Series: Writing for the Digital Age offers aspiring writers a comprehensive how-to guide to scriptwriting for web series in the digital age.Containing in-depth advice on writing... -
Stage-Play and Screen-Play by Michael Ingham
SciFier: £44.60Dialogue between film and theatre studies is frequently hampered by the lack of a shared vocabulary. Stage-Play and Screen-Play sets out to remedy this, mapping out an intermedial space in which both... -
Teaching Transnational Cinema: Politics and Pedagogy Katarzyna Marciniak (Ohio University) 9781138059320
SciFier: £53.10This collection of essays offers a pioneering analysis of the political and conceptual complexities of teaching transnational cinema in university classrooms around the world. In their exploration of...