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Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero: Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics Jason Dittmer 9781439909775
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £20.23Highlights the unique relationship between popular culture and international relationsHighlights the unique relationship between popular culture and international relationsAbout the AuthorJason... -
Video Game Ecologies and Culture by Nathalie Aghoro
RRP: £82.00SciFier: £54.40Video Game Ecologies and Culture examines the environments that video games affect and are impacted by. The edited collection engages with the notion of ecology as a critical concept that allows to... -
Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures Peter Horne 9780415124683
SciFier: £37.66Outlook explores the relationship of lesbian and gay sexualities to visual representation. It reflects the richness of lesbian and gay ways of producing and reading visual cultures, at the same time... -
Island in a Puddle 4 by Kei Sanbe
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.87The tiny apartment where Minato lives may as well be an isolated island in the middle of the ocean. Despite still being in elementary school, it falls on his shoulders to care for his little sister... -
New Challenges for Documentary by Alan Rosenthal
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £19.86The first edition of New challenges for documentary provided a major stimulus for teaching about documentary film and television and fresh encouragement for critical thinking about practice. This... -
Word and Image in Japanese Cinema Dennis Washburn (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire) 9780521777414
SciFier: £46.09Word and Image in Japanese Cinema examines the complex relationship between the temporal order of linguistic narrative and the spatiality of visual spectacle, a dynamic that has played an important... -
Hackers as Heroes in German Film and Television by William Mahan
SciFier: £78.49This book examines German feature films and television series centered around the figure of the computer hacker as a hero, introducing the German hacker genre to the ongoing scholarly discussion of... -
The Virtues of Underwear by Nina Edwards
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £15.41This book unravels the intimate narratives woven into the fabric of our most personal garments. From the first loincloths to the intricate layers of shapewear, the narrative explores the concealed... -
Genders and Sexualities in Indonesian Cinema: Constructing gay, lesbi and waria identities on screen Ben Murtagh 9781138652231
SciFier: £42.86Indonesia has a long and rich tradition of homosexual and transgender cultures, and the past 40 years in particular has seen an increased visibility of sexual minorities in the country, which has... -
Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.50Christopher Nolan's previous films have reflected the uncertainties of the twentieth-first century. With Dunkirk, Nolan has gone back into the past and brought to life one of the momentous events of... -
Thoughts of Dog by Matt Nelson
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.41Based on the beloved Twitter sensation, Thoughts of Dog contains never-before-seen, sweet and funny reflections on life from the pup-spective of a gooooob dog, who, above all else, loves their human... -
Doubling, Distance and Identification in the Cinema P. Coates 9781137396709
SciFier: £46.99This book argues theoretically for, and exemplify through critical and historical analysis, the interrelatedness of discourses on scale, distance, identification and doubling in the cinema. It... -
Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero: Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics Jason Dittmer 9781439909768
RRP: £67.00SciFier: £53.51Highlights the unique relationship between popular culture and international relationsHighlights the unique relationship between popular culture and international relationsAbout the AuthorJason... -
Contemporary French Cinema: An Introduction (Revised Edition) Guy Austin 9780719078293
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £19.16Contemporary French cinema is an essential introduction to popular French film of the last 35 years. It charts recent developments in all genres of French cinema with analyses of over 120 movies,... -
Bags (Victoria and Albert Museum) by Claire Wilcox
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46An impeccably researched and beautifully produced concise history of bags through the ages, with examples drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum's remarkable collection. From the hand-stitched... -
Transnational Crime Cinema Sarah Delahousse 9781399505680
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £22.77Framed by approaches in critical transnationalism, this volume examines crime as a cinematic mode moving within, between, and across national cinemas to provide rigorous accounts of the political,... -
Kenneth Lonergan: Filmmaker and Philosopher Todd May 9781350112070
SciFier: £29.20Kenneth Lonergan's three films-You Can Count on Me (2000), Margaret (2011), and Manchester by the Sea (2016)-are rife with philosophical complexities. They challenge simple philosophical approaches... -
Me. You. Not a Diary by Dawn French
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.94'A mellow, gentle read with a lot of words of wisdom' IndependentLet Dawn French guide you through the year with her witty and wise seasonal insights. __________Me You: Not A Diary is a pocket diary... -
Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema Hilary Radner 9780415895880
SciFier: £46.33Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today's changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of... -
2020 by Kenneth Steven
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72IN 2020, BRITAIN IS AT BREAKING POINT...In a country sorely divided, what happens to empathy and tolerance, to generosity of spirit? And can hope survive? In 2020, years of economic turmoil, bitter... -
Ever After by Kim Harrison
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.74New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Ever After! The ever-after, the demonic realm that parallels our own,... -
Billy & Buddy Vol.2: Bored Silly with Billy by Jean Roba
CinebookRRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10Billy has a very normal life, growing up in a typical family in a nondescript town. His dog, however, is a bit unusual: a cocker spaniel with human-or, as he often reflects himself,... -
Contemporary American Print Makers by E. Ashley Rooney
RRP: £31.99SciFier: £25.91Printmakers today are sustained both by their traditions and by their willingness to embrace new technologies, new mediums, and innovative processes. Over 500 beautiful color images display the... -
How To Be Your Own Script Doctor by Jennifer Kenning
SciFier: £24.49Rewriting a screenplay begins with "fade out" and can be a long, frustrating and ultimately expensive process - especially when professional script doctors, consultants and analysts charge between... -
If I Had a Horse by Gianna Marino
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.07If I had a horse, he might be shy, like me. But if I stayed quiet, he'd learn to be my friend. I would have to tame him. I would have to be strong, like him. And he would have to be gentle, like... -
50s Popular Fashions by Roseann Ettinger
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £20.87Those swinging 50s are fondly remembered in this bright and catchy book of everyday fashions for men, women, boys and girls. The day and evening dresses, suits, sports clothing, sweaters, ties,... -
Science Fiction and Christian Theology Victoria Lorrimar (University of Notre Dame, Australia) 9781009565585
SciFier: £52.18Theologians often struggle to engage with scientific and technological proposals meaningfully in our contemporary context. This Element provides an introduction to the use of science fiction as a... -
Werner Herzog - A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin Paul Cronin 9780571336067
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £14.55'One of the best things published about cinema.' Sight & SoundHerzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with mercurial... -
Darkening the Italian Screen II by Eugenio Ercolani
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81This work is a detailed portrait of one of the most important, bustling and absurd industries that cinema has ever known: colorful essays and nine career-spanning interviews with Italian genre... -
Walking Distance Lizzy Stewart 9781910395813
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, the author examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by... -
The Metamodern Slasher Film by Steve Jones
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £21.94It is commonly proposed that since the mid-2000s, the slasher subgenre has been dominated by unoriginal remakes of "classics". Consequently, most original slasher films have been ignored by academics... -
Crisis as Form by Peter Osborne
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.41Criticism of contemporary art is split by an opposition between activism and the critical function of form. Yet the deeper, more subterranean terms of art-judgment are largely neglected on both sides... -
Abel Ferrara Nicole Brenez 9780252074110
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £14.78Nicole Brenez argues for Abel Ferrara's place in a line of grand inventors who have blurred distinctions between industry and avant-garde film, including Orson Welles, Monte Hellman, and Nicholas Ray... -
Hollywood Quarterly by Eric Smoodin
RRP: £24.00SciFier: £22.41The first issue of Hollywood Quarterly, in October 1945, marked the appearance of the most significant, successful, and regularly published journal of its kind in the United States. For its entire... -
Trilby George Du Maurier 9780199538805
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.28'You shall see nothing, hear nothing, think of nothing but Svengali, Svengali, Svengali!' First published in 1894, the story of the diva Trilby O'Ferrall and her mesmeric mentor, Svengali, has... -
Essay Film and Narrative Techniques by Kiki Tianqi Yu (University of Nottingham Ningbo China)
RRP: £89.95SciFier: £89.08The collection explores various methods of screen-writing for essay film, through a diverse set of reflections and analyses of canonical and unconventional approaches of essay filmmaking. It includes... -
Island in a Puddle 2 by Kei Sanbe
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.78The tiny apartment where Minato lives may as well be an isolated island in the middle of the ocean. Despite still being in elementary school, it falls on his shoulders to care for his little sister... -
Ayoade on Ayoade by Richard Ayoade
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £4.90In this book Richard Ayoade -- actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist -- reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over ten brilliantly insightful and often... -
New Irish Storytellers by Diog O'Connell
SciFier: £24.44With the success of such films as the Oscar winner Once, Irish film has been getting well-deserved international attention recently. New Irish Storytellers examines storytelling techniques and... -
Westerns in a Changing America, 1955-2000 by R.Philip Loy
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21For many, the Westerns of 1930 to 1955 were a defining part of American culture. Those Westerns were one of the vehicles by which viewers learned the values and norms of a wide range of social...