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Deleuze and the Concepts of Cinema by Daniela Angelucci
RRP: $45.78SciFier: $38.91This is a significant exploration of some of Deleuze's key concepts and an excellent introduction to Deleuze's Cinema books. Presented as part of this special issue of Deleuze Studies is the complete... -
Ghost Images: Cinema of the Afterlife Tom Ruffles 9780786420056
RRP: $66.39SciFier: $56.81The possibility of life after death is a significant theme in cinema, in which ghosts return to the world of the living to wrap up unfinished business, console their survivors, visit lovers, and just... -
Hong Kong Horror Cinema Gary Bettinson 9781474452229
RRP: $54.94SciFier: $52.14Hong Kong Horror Cinemaoffers new insights into the history of Hong Kong horror through case studies of classic films and through a detailed consideration of their aesthetic power, economic... -
Holocaust Intersections: Genocide and Visual Culture at the New Millennium Axel Bangert 9780367600662
SciFier: $100.14This book charts how visual culture at the new millennium has engaged with the Holocaust and provides insight into a number of significant trends in the production, distribution and reception of... -
Genre, Authorship and Contemporary Women Filmmakers Katarzyna Paszkiewicz 9781474425292
RRP: $66.39SciFier: $63.68Examining the significance of women's work in popular film genres, Genre, Authorship and Contemporary Women Filmmakers sheds light on women's contribution to genre cinema through an exploration of... -
Internal Labor Markets and Manpower Analysis Peter B. Doeringer 9780873323321
SciFier: $102.13This book provides a description of a number of institutional features of the U.S. labor market and prompts an analytical debate about the origins of the institutions it describes and their... -
Exhibitionist by Richard Dorment
RRP: $57.25SciFier: $44.08For thirty years, until 2015, Richard Dorment was the art critic of the Daily Telegraph. Writing almost every week it was his job to introduce, to explain and to criticise for a popular newspaper the... -
New Chinese Cinemas by Nick Browne (University of California, Los Angeles)
RRP: $52.65SciFier: $51.62New Chinese Cinemas analyses the changing forms and significance of filmmaking in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong since the end of the Cultural Revolution, with a particular... -
Second Night by Gabriel J Klein
RRP: $20.59SciFier: $14.01Nearly two years have passed since the first of the three Runes of the Deathless was won. Caz Wylde is approaching his sixteenth birthday. He and Kyri, one of the legendary Galdramerar, are... -
Intersecting Threads: Art, Cloth and Intersectional Feminism Julia Skelly (Concordia University, Canada) 9781350422223
SciFier: $219.13Examining the significance of cloth in the work of contemporary feminist artists, Intersecting Threads: Art, Cloth and Intersectional Feminism draws on Black feminist theories, queer theories, and... -
Pastiche Richard Dyer 9780415340106
SciFier: $88.23Writing with his customary wit and style, Richard Dyer argues that while pastiche can be used to describe works which contain montage or collage, it can also be used to describe works which are a... -
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy Nick Browne (University of California, Los Angeles) 9780521559508
RRP: $36.62SciFier: $36.16The Godfather trilogy is among the most significant works of Hollywood cinema of the last quarter century. They provide a richly complex look at a whole segment of American life and culture spanning... -
At a Theater or Drive-in Near You: The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film Randall Clark 9781138964051
SciFier: $108.09Millions of Americans have been thrilled, scared, titillated, and shocked by exploitation movies, low budget films with many scenes of sex, violence, and other potentially lurid elements. The term... -
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy Nick Browne (University of California, Los Angeles) 9780521550840
SciFier: $132.80The Godfather trilogy is among the most significant works of Hollywood cinema of the last quarter century. They provide a richly complex look at a whole segment of American life and culture spanning... -
Tony Richardson by Don Radovich
SciFier: $156.84Film and theatre director Tony Richardson's death in 1991, the publication of his memoirs in 1993, and the posthumous release of his final movie, Blue Sky in 1994 have resulted in the beginning of a... -
Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror by James F. Iaccino
SciFier: $178.60In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret... -
The Red Screen: Politics, Society, Art in Soviet Cinema Anna Lawton 9780415078191
RRP: $98.45SciFier: $90.20This original collection of essays encompasses seventy years of Soviet cinema from the perspective of twenty academics of different backgrounds and nationalities. The book highlights significant... -
Evangelion Illustrations 2007-2017 by khara
Viz MediaRRP: $64.10SciFier: $46.81Full-color oversize collection showcasing art of the landmark animated series that redefined the mecha genre.Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most enduring and significant touchstones for anime,... -
European Film Noir by Andrew Spicer
SciFier: $52.65European Film Noir is the first book to bring together specialist discussions of film noir in specific European national cinemas. Written by leading scholars, this groundbreaking study provides an... -
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment Peter McNeil 9780857857613
SciFier: $244.89Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire had significant influence on wider dress habits,... -
Radio Content in the Digital Age by Angeliki Gazi (Cyprus University of Technology, Greece)
RRP: $54.85SciFier: $49.24The traditional radio medium has seen significant changes in recent years as part of the current global shift toward multimedia content, with both digital and FM making significant use of new... -
Stand-up Comedy, Theology, and Ethics Jacob D. Myers 9781978714762
SciFier: $190.05Bringing together the distinct but connected disciplines of theology and ethics, Stand-up Comedy, Theology, and Ethics adds to the growing field of humor and religion. Beginning by re-considering... -
The Penultimate Truth Philip K Dick 9780575074811
GatewayRRP: $22.88SciFier: $13.67A masterly tale of political deception from the most significant writer of SF in the 20th centuryWorld War III is raging - or so the millions of people crammed in their underground tanks believe. For... -
Colour Steven Peacock 9780719076435
RRP: $45.78SciFier: $43.88Colour remains one of the few uncharted territories in writing about film style. Colour is the first monograph to deal with the close criticism of film colour across decades and countries. Through... -
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment Peter McNeil 9781350204690
SciFier: $67.23Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire had significant influence on wider dress habits,... -
Coming-Of-Age Cinema in New Zealand: Genre, Gender and Adaptation Alistair Fox 9781474429443
RRP: $229.00SciFier: $212.99This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand's national cinema, tracing its development and elucidating its role in cultural change. With... -
Animating the Science Fiction Imagination J. P. Telotte (Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology) 9780190695279
SciFier: $90.75Long before flying saucers, robot monsters, and alien menaces invaded our movie screens in the 1950s, there was already a significant but overlooked body of cinematic science fiction. Through... -
The Tattoo Encyclopedia Terisa Green 9780743252263 [USED COPY]
RRP: $29.75SciFier: $6.09Tattoos have moved into the mainstream and are continuing to grow in popularity. For people contemplating getting a tattoo, however, the choice of images can be overwhelming. THE TATTOO ENCYCLOPEDIA... -
Encyclopedia of Religion and Film by Eric Michael Mazur (Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, USA)
SciFier: $194.63Comprising 91 A-Z entries, this encyclopedia provides a broad and comprehensive introduction to the topic of religion within film. Technology has enabled films to reach much wider audiences,... -
Gaming and the Divine: A New Systematic Theology of Video Games Frank G. Bosman (Tilburg University, Netherlands) 9780367786731
SciFier: $100.14This book formulates a new theological approach to the study of religion in gaming. Video games have become one of the most important cultural artifacts of modern society, both as mediators of... -
Pasternak: A Biography Ronald Hingley 9780367753375
SciFier: $78.30This biographical study, first published in 1985, draws on extensive newly available material and illuminates the life and work of a man who lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Russian... -
Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star Lisa Funnell 9781438452487
SciFier: $59.06Considers the significance of female Chinese action stars in national and transnational contexts.Finalist for the 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year Award in the Women's Studies CategoryBronze... -
Fashioning the Body Politic: Dress, Gender, Citizenship Wendy Parkins 9781859735879
SciFier: $84.71With an afterword by Roger Griffin.Fashion is often thought of as a matter of personal taste, completely unconnected with the public domain of political life and citizenship. Overturning this... -
100 Bible Films Matthew Page (Independent scholar, UK) 9781839023521
RRP: $45.78SciFier: $40.28From The Passion of the Christ to Life of Brian, and from The Ten Commandments to Last Temptation of Christ, filmmakers have been adapting the stories of the Bible for over 120 years, from the first... -
Women in Weimar Fashion by Mila Ganeva (Customer)
RRP: $75.55SciFier: $53.56New view of the crucial role of fashion discourse and practice in Weimar Germany and its significance for women. In the Weimar Republic, fashion was not only manipulated by the various mass media... -
Hammer Goes to Hell by Kieran Foster
RRP: $194.65SciFier: $183.18Explores the production issues and cultural contexts of Hammer's unmade films Presents a previously undocumented history of one of the most famous British production companies of all time The... -
Strange Travellers by Gene Wolfe
RRP: $27.46SciFier: $24.59Gene Wolfe is producing the most significant body of short fiction of any living writer in the SF genre. It has been ten years since the last major Wolfe collection, so STRANGE TRAVELLERS contains a... -
At the Movies, Film Reviewing, and Screenwriting by Steven Maras (University of Western Australia, Australia)
RRP: $205.99SciFier: $188.31This book examines film reviewing and screenwriting as key sites of cultural mediation, providing new insights on the relationship between criticism and reviewing, as well as the way reviewers handle... -
Coalescent by Stephen Baxter
GollanczSciFier: $58.37The beginning of a new trilogy from perhaps the most significant SF writer of the 21st century and co-author with Terry Pratchett of the Long Earth booksThe first in a new trilogy that will chart... -
The Lore of New Mexico by Marta Weigle
SciFier: $121.35First published in 1988, this award-winning compendium of New Mexico's Indian, Hispanic and Anglo traditions is the state's first complete folklore volume. Using a broad range of sources from...