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A Hard Day's Night Samira Ahmed 9781839029394
SciFier: £11.50How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic?With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles' first film changed both the band themselves... -
Hanyo (The Housemaid) by Youngmin Choe
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50The upwardly mobile Kim family employs a young woman to help manage their new house. Mr. Kim begins an affair with the nameless 'housemaid', who soon drags the entire family into a terrible tragedy..... -
Groundhog Day Ryan Gilbey 9781839029806
RRP: £17.95SciFier: £12.59Groundhog Day (1993), directed by Harold?Ramis and starring Bill?Murray, is widely regarded as one of the most original and enduring films of 1990s Hollywood. What begins as a high-concept romantic... -
Vertigo by Charles Barr (University of East Anglia, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Vertigo (1958) is widely regarded as not only one of Hitchcock's best films, but one of the greatest films of world cinema. Made at the time when the old studio system was breaking up, it functions... -
Jaws Antonia Quirke 9781839023637
SciFier: £11.50This study of Jaws (1975) examines how Steven Spielberg's breakout film not only redefined the thriller but also pioneered the summer blockbuster, cementing his reputation as a master filmmaker... -
The Lives of Others by Annie Ring (University of Cambridge, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50This study offers a fresh approach to the remarkable German film The Lives of Others (2006), known for its compelling representation of a Stasi surveillance officer and the moral and ethical turmoil... -
Spirited Away by Andrew Osmond (Writer and journalist, Berkshire, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.99Spirited Away, directed by the veteran anime film-maker Hayao Miyazaki, is Japan's most successful film, and one of the top-grossing 'foreign language' films ever released. Set in modern Japan, the... -
In the Mood for Love Tony Rayns 9781839028281
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) is a film that luxuriates in the feeling of being in love - without ever turning into a love story. Its central characters, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, are... -
Toy Story by Tom Kemper
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.39The first computer-generated animated feature film, Toy Story (1995) sustains a dynamic vitality that proved instantly appealing to audiences of all ages. Like the great Pop Artists, Pixar Studios... -
When Harry Met Sally ... Tamar Jeffers McDonald (University of Kent, UK) 9781844579075
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.29Ground-breaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Placing the film in its... -
The Red Shoes by Pamela Hutchinson
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the transcendence of art itself, only to... -
La Grande Illusion Julian Jackson 9781844572854
SciFier: £11.50Jean Renoir's 1937 film La Grande Illusion is set during the First World War, but its themes of Franco-German conflict, divided loyalties in a time of war and the rise of anti-Semitism made it... -
All the President's Men by Robert B. Ray
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Alan J. Pakula's political thriller All the President's Men (1976) was met with immediate critical and commercial success upon its release, finishing second at the box office and earning seven... -
Rebel Without a Cause Glyn Davis (University of St Andrews, UK) 9781839027765
SciFier: £11.50Nicholas Ray's 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause is a globally recognised landmark of post-war American cinema. The film follows twenty-four hours in the life of troubled teen Jim Stark (James Dean),... -
The Shining by Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.53Stanley Kubrick hailed The Shining as 'the scariest horror film of all time' before its release in 1980. Though the film opened to poor reviews, it has since become one of the most admired horror... -
Brief Encounter Richard Dyer 9781844578771
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.95Brief Encounter (1945), adapted from Noel Coward's play Still Life, is a classic of British cinema - a tale of impossible love between a married woman and a man she meets while waiting for a train... -
Producing: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking Jon Lewis (Oregon State University, USA) 9781784534356
SciFier: £31.38Producers raise money and supervise development, they procure a script or book or 'pre-sold property' (like Harry Potter or Batman) & more. This book is all about what producers have actually done... -
Show People by Michael Newton
SciFier: £37.59Show People offers a comprehensive history of the film star from Mary Pickford to Andy Serkis, traversing more than one hundred years and drawing on examples from America, Britain, Europe, Asia and... -
The Sound of Music Caryl Flinn 9781844574742
SciFier: £11.50Fifty years after its release, The Sound of Music (1965) remains the most profitable and recognisable film musical ever made. Quickly consolidating its cultural authority, the Hollywood film soon... -
Written on the Wind by Peter William Evans (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Written on the Wind (1956) is one of classical Hollywood's most striking films and ranks among Douglas Sirk's finest achievements. An intense melodrama about an alcoholic playboy who marries the... -
Star Wars by Will Brooker (Kingston University, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50The release of Star Wars in 1977 marked the start of what would become a colossal global franchise. Star Wars remains the second highest-grossing film in the United States, and George Lucas's... -
Haunted Europe: Continental Connections in English-Language Gothic Writing, Film and New Media Evert Jan Van Leeuwen 9781032240862
SciFier: £42.00Haunted Europe offers the first comprehensive account of the British and Irish fascination with a Gothic vision of continental Europe, tracing its effect on British intellectual life from the birth... -
Vampyr by David Rudkin (Author)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Described by its maker as a 'poem of horror', Vampyr (1932) is one of the founding works of psychological horror cinema, adapted from a collection of gothic stories by Sheridan Le Fanu and directed... -
Eyes Wide Shut by Michel Chion
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.02Stanley Kubrick died on 7 March 1999 at his Hertfordshire home, having finished the editing of his last film. Eyes Wide Shut was released later that year. Adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's 1926... -
Eight and a Half (Otto e mezzo) by D. A. Miller (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Federico Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) shocked audiences around the world when it was released in 1963 by its sheer auteurist gall. The hero, a film director named Guido Anselmi, seemed... -
Rebecca by Patricia White (Swarthmore College, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50The 1940 film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic romance Rebecca begins by echoing the novel's famous opening line, 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.' Patricia White takes the... -
Greta Gerwig: Filmmaker Suzanne Ferriss (Emiritus Professor, Nova Southeastern University) 9781399553506
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £17.87This is the first book to consider Gerwig as a writer-director. It argues that her three feature films to date-Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019) and Barbie (2023)-engage with debates about... -
The War of the Worlds by Barry Forshaw
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50The War of the Worlds was one of a handful of high-prestige science fiction productions in a low-budget era, and initiated modern cinema's reliance on screen-filling special effects. Barry Forshaw... -
The Art of Pacific Rim: The Black by Andrew Osmond
Titan BooksRRP: £29.99SciFier: £19.35Official art book of Seasons 1 and 2 of the anime series Pacific Rim: The Black, featuring concept art created during the development of the series. Pacific Rim: The Black burst onto TV screens in... -
On Kubrick: Revised Edition James Naremore 9781839024009
SciFier: £95.93In a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, James Naremore provides an illuminating critical account of the films of Stanley Kubrick, from his earliest feature, Fear and Desire (1953), to... -
Robert Altman's Nashville: An Archival Exploration Justin Wyatt 9780472040124
RRP: £20.95SciFier: £19.27Nashville (1975) is a beguiling work of art. It illustrates director Robert Altman's ability to blend small, quotidian moments; large scenes of spectacle; and insights into American life that are... -
On Kubrick: Revised Edition James Naremore 9781839023996
SciFier: £32.46In a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, James Naremore provides an illuminating critical account of the films of Stanley Kubrick, from his earliest feature, Fear and Desire (1953), to... -
Victim by John Coldstream
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Victim (1961) was a landmark in the history both of the cinema and of British society. This modest black-and-white thriller, produced by Michael Relph and directed by Basil Dearden, tackled... -
Performance by Colin MacCabe (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, and starring James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg, Performance was filmed in 1968, but not released until 1970. When its studio backers saw the... -
The Bigamist Amelie Hastie 9781844572663
SciFier: £11.50Directed by the actor/film-maker Ida Lupino, The Bigamist (1953) is the story of Harry Graham, a salesman travelling between two towns and two wives. In its portrayal of Harry's 'double life', the... -
Solaris Mark Bould (University of the West of England, UK) 9781844578054
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.50Despite being one of Andrei Tarkovsky's most successful films, Solaris (1972) was the one he most disliked. This dismissal of his most generically marked film has often been accepted by those quick... -
Luchino Visconti by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
SciFier: £114.99Aristocrat and Marxist, master equally of harsh realism and sublime melodrama, Luchino Visconti (1906-1976) was without question one of the greatest European film directors. His career as a... -
Ultimate Film: The UK's 100 Most Popular Films Jonathan Ross 9781844571055
SciFier: £45.10One of the most revealing snapshots of British cinema-going ever produced, The Ultimate Film is the definitive list of the all-time top 100 films based on UK cinema admissions. From the 1930s to the... -
Adapting Sex on Screen: The Cinematic Biographies of Lulu, La Ronde and Venus in Furs Julian Preece (Swansea University, UK) 9781350538139
SciFier: £96.63Tracing the adaptation histories of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's novel Venus in Furs, Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde, and Frank Wedekind's play Lulu, Julian Preece explores how these works were... -
A Mirror for England: British Movies from Austerity to Affluence Raymond Durgnat 9781844574537
SciFier: £38.49Raymond Durgnat's classic study of British films from the 1940s to the 1960s, first published in 1970, remains one of the most important books ever written on British cinema. In his introduction,...