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Blacks in Black and White by Henry T. Sampson
SciFier: $178.06Since its publication in 1977 to acclaim as a pioneering work, this has remained the first and only book to detail all aspects of a unique era in the history of motion pictures-the only time in the U... -
Showdown at High Noon by Jeremy Byman
SciFier: $165.34For more than fifty years, High Noon has been a touchstone in the popular imagination and a source of endless controversy about film art. On its release it was hailed as a masterpiece. But film... -
Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Charles Leinberger
SciFier: $86.90Although five-time Academy-Award nominee Ennio Morricone has scored numerous films in various genres, his westerns will undoubtedly remain his most memorable cinematographic accomplishments. This... -
Hong Kong Cinema by Law Kar
SciFier: $241.66Starting with the first "Western shadow plays" shown in the late 1890s, motion pictures have played a significant role in China's cultural existence for more than a century. Initially centered in... -
William Desmond Taylor by Bruce Long
SciFier: $166.40Now in paperback. William Desmond Taylor (1872-1922) was a leading silent film director remembered as the victim of Hollywood's most sensational unsolved murder, which shook the nation and shattered... -
Principal Characters by Christopher Neame
SciFier: $131.42As the grandson of actress Ivy Close and son of director Ronald Neame (Straight from the Horse's Mouth; Scarecrow, 2003), Christopher Neame's roots in the film business were already firmly... -
Danny Elfman's Batman by Janet K. Halfyard
SciFier: $86.90Danny Elfman is recognized as one of the most successful, interesting, and innovative figures in recent film music composition. He came to the fore in the late 1980s in connection with his... -
Little Caesar: A Biography of Edward G. Robinson Alan L. Gansberg 9780810849501
SciFier: $136.08Emanuel Goldenberg was born in Romania and from the age of ten grew up in New York's Lower East Side. He trained at the legendary Theater Guild, changed his name, and starred in many successful... -
A Research Guide to Film and Television Music in the United States by Jeannie Gayle Pool
SciFier: $131.42Unlike traditional music, film music sources are often difficult to locate and do not follow the patterns that researchers are trained to identify. Although there have been several self-described... -
That's Enough Folks by Henry T. Sampson
SciFier: $242.72An authoritative and valuable resource for students and scholars of film animation and African-American history, film buffs, and casual readers. It is the first and only book to detail the history of... -
Monty Python's Flying Circus by Darl Larsen
SciFier: $180.18In 1969, the BBC aired the first episode of a new comedy series titled Monty Python's Flying Circus, and the rest, as they say, is history. An instant success, the show ran until 1974, producing a... -
Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming's World of Intelligence by Nigel West
SciFier: $241.66Twelve novels and nine short stories define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time, creating the basis for the most successful movie series in cinematographic history, watched... -
The A to Z of Italian Cinema by Gino Moliterno
SciFier: $112.34The Italian cinema is regarded as one of the great pillars of world cinema. Films like Ladri di biciclette (1948), La dolce vita (1960), and Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) attracted unprecedented... -
Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing by Kendra Preston Leonard
SciFier: $124.00When writer and director Joss Whedon created the character Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he could hardly have expected the resulting academic interest in his work. Yet almost six years after the end of... -
Appraising Moving Images by Sam Kula
SciFier: $165.34In recent years the commercial value of moving images for use in new film and television productions has increased enormously, and gifts of moving images to cultural institutions have developed... -
The Silent Films of Harry Langdon (1923-1928) by James L. Neibaur
SciFier: $165.34Harry Langdon was a silent screen comedian unlike any other. Slower in pace, more studied in movement, and quirkier in nature, Langdon challenged the comic norm by offering comedies that were... -
Queer Males in Contemporary Cinema: Becoming Visible Kylo-Patrick R. Hart 9780810891173
SciFier: $241.66Over the past several decades, mainstream films have gradually featured queer content and characters. Depicted covertly at first, these characterizations have become much more prominent in recent... -
The Creative Producer by James Curtis
SciFier: $165.34In 1938, Warner Brothers production chief Hal Wallis grudgingly described David Lewis-one of his six "supervisors" and a veteran of 15 feature films-to director Michael Curtiz: "That Lewis is a... -
Screening Science by Errol Vieth
SciFier: $197.14Screening Science removes the science fiction genre from considerations of monsters and aliens, to an examination of humans and their relationship with science, technology and change. The book is... -
Gillo Pontecorvo by Carlo Celli
SciFier: $143.08Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo is best known for his films about anti-colonial insurgency and terrorism. In this book, containing several black and white photos, author Carlo Celli examines... -
Bernard Herrmann's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by David Cooper
SciFier: $86.90Regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time, Bernard Herrmann was responsible for some of the most memorable music in film. His work with Alfred Hitchcock produced a slew of classics... -
Outcasts by Howard Good
SciFier: $207.74This book examines how representative films about journalism from the early 1960s to the mid-1980s allegorized the working life of the journalist. The central chapters deal with three popular images... -
Neo-Noir by Ronald Schwartz
SciFier: $110.22According to many critics, the era of "Film Noir" ended with the 1958 release of Orson Welles' classic Touch of Evil. The style was not dead, but rather had been transformed, and two years later,... -
They Suck, They Bite, They Eat, They Kill: The Psychological Meaning of Supernatural Monsters in Young Adult Fiction Joni Richards Bodart 9780810882270
SciFier: $120.82Teen readers have always been fascinated by monsters, but lately it seems like every other young adult (YA) book is about vampires, zombies, or werewolves. These works are controversial, since they... -
Becoming Jack Nicholson by Shaun R. Karli
SciFier: $143.08One of the most celebrated figures in the world of cinema, Jack Nicholson has appeared in more than fifty films, stamping each with his larger-than-life presence. Because Nicholson brought a set of... -
Too Bold for the Box Office by Cynthia J. Miller
SciFier: $193.15Although considered a relatively new genre, the mockumentary has existed nearly as long as filmmaking itself and has become one of the most common forms of film and television comedy today. In order... -
Life Lessons from Slasher Films by Jessica Robinson
SciFier: $131.42Horror and slasher films are often dismissed for their apparent lack of sophistication and dearth of redeemable values. However, despite criticism from film snobs who turn up their noses and... -
The Synergy of Film and Music: Sight and Sound in Five Hollywood Films Peter Rothbart 9780810887589
SciFier: $218.34Although writers on film music frequently allude to specific parts of scores, comprehensive examinations of entire scores are rare. In addition, most analyses of scores composed for the screen are... -
Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second by Julien R. Fielding
SciFier: $244.84Traditionally, university students have gained access to world religions by reading primary texts. Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second takes students beyond the written page, offering... -
The Synergy of Film and Music: Sight and Sound in Five Hollywood Films Peter Rothbart 9780810887596
SciFier: $120.82Although writers on film music frequently allude to specific parts of scores, comprehensive examinations of entire scores are rare. In addition, most analyses of scores composed for the screen are... -
Screen Jesus by Peter Malone
SciFier: $166.40Since the dawn of film in the 1890s, religious themes and biblical subjects have been a staple of cinema. One of the earliest focuses of screen presentations was the Bible, especially the New... -
Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema by Thomas G. Deveny
SciFier: $241.66Immigration is an important and much-discussed topic throughout the world, and its depiction on screen helps shape the way we perceive this issue. In Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema, Thomas... -
Undead in the West by Cynthia J. Miller
SciFier: $177.00In Undead in the West: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have assembled a collection of essays that explore the many tropes... -
The Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein James Gunn 9780810844391
RRP: $42.38SciFier: $38.99Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From... -
Girls and Their Comics: Finding a Female Voice in Comic Book Narrative Jacqueline Danziger-Russell 9780810883758
SciFier: $165.34In America, comics and comic books have often been associated with adolescent male fantasy-muscle-bound superheroes and scantily clad women. Nonetheless, comics have also been read and enjoyed by... -
The Road to Science Fiction: From Gilgamesh to Wells James Gunn 9780810844148
SciFier: $43.44Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From... -
The Road to Science Fiction: From Heinlein to Here James Gunn 9780810842458
SciFier: $48.74Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From... -
Film in Australia by Albert Moran (Griffith University, Queensland)
SciFier: $58.43Film in Australia is a groundbreaking book that systematically addresses the wide-ranging output of Australian feature films. Adopting a genre approach, it gives a different take on Australian films... -
Artists on the Art of Survival by Bill Mesce, Jr.
SciFier: $134.60From across the spectrum of the arts-theater to music, painting to poetry, and everything in between-men and women from the creative front lines share their experiences and insights on the often... -
The X-Men Films by Claudia Bucciferro
SciFier: $208.80Originally appearing as a comic book in the 1960s, X-Men has been a cultural touchpoint for decades. Since the release of the first film in 2000, the series has enjoyed an even greater transnational...