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The A to Z of German Cinema by Robert C. Reimer
SciFier: £52.99German film is diverse and multi-faceted; its history includes five distinct German governments (Wilhelmine Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the... -
The A to Z of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof
SciFier: £51.99In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Proszynski made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow (Powrot Birbanta). Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse... -
The A to Z of Spanish Cinema by Alberto Mira
SciFier: £53.49Spanish cinema is emerging as one of the most exciting, fascinating, and special cinemas in the world. Not only are others viewing Spanish films, but they are adopting Spanish producers and Spanish... -
Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts by James L. Neibaur
SciFier: £77.99By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr., The Navigator, and his 1927 work The General, which was the highest ranked... -
The Films of Leni Riefenstahl by David B. Hinton
SciFier: £38.99After considerable controversy over the bold appraisal of Riefenstahl in his first two editions, Hinton continues to celebrate the life and films of this brilliant woman in the absence of the... -
Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars by Douglas Brode
SciFier: £72.99In 1977, Star Wars blazed across the screen to become one of the highest grossing and most beloved movies of all time. It was followed by two sequels and three prequels, all of which became... -
Border Visions by Jakub Kazecki
SciFier: £93.49Over the last several decades, the boundaries of languages and national and ethnic identities have been shifting, altering the notion of borders around the world. Borderland areas, such as East and... -
Twentieth Century-Fox by Aubrey Solomon
SciFier: £78.49New in Paperback! In 1935, two film production companies merged to form one of the most influential corporations in the world-Twentieth Century-Fox. Here is the story of that dynamic company and of... -
Nino Rota's The Godfather Trilogy by Franco Sciannameo
SciFier: £51.99Released in 1972, 1974, and 1990 respectively, Francis Ford Coppola's three-part saga is one of the greatest artistic accomplishments (and financial successes) in the history of Hollywood cinema. The... -
Composing for the Cinema: The Theory and Praxis of Music in Film Ennio Morricone 9780810892408
SciFier: £104.49With nearly 400 scores to his credit, Ennio Morricone is one of the most prolific and influential film composers working today. He has collaborated with many significant directors, and his scores for... -
Contemporary Spanish Film from Fiction by Thomas G. Deveny
SciFier: £83.49Now available in paperback! Cinema often relies on novels or short stories for narrative material. Contemporary Spanish Film from Fiction examines cinematic versions of post-Civil War narratives that... -
The Big V by Anthony Slide
SciFier: £102.99This is a completely new, revised, and expanded version of the book first published by Scarecrow in 1976. It documents the work of America's first major film company, Vitagraph, from its beginnings... -
Screening Politics: The Politician in American Movies Harry Keyishian 9780810858824
SciFier: £51.99This reference guide provides detailed discussions of over fifty movies about American politics and politicians. In his introduction, author Harry Keyishian describes how the political genre has... -
Examining Lois Lane by Nadine Farghaly
SciFier: £67.49In June 1938, Superman made his debut in Action Comics #1, which also featured his romantic interest-and Clark Kent's journalistic rival-Lois Lane. In the decades since, the intrepid reporter has... -
The Stars Appear Richard Dyer MacCann 9780810825284
SciFier: £56.99'A splendid anthology' -Kevin Brownlow, author of The Parade's Gone By and Hollywood: The Pioneers. This pathbreaking work will become our most valuable resource on the performers of the American... -
Blacks in Black and White by Henry T. Sampson
SciFier: £83.99Since 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: £77.99For 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: £40.99Although 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: £113.99Starting 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: £78.49Now 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: £61.99As 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: £40.99Danny 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: £64.19Emanuel 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... -
Becoming Jack Nicholson by Shaun R. Karli
SciFier: £67.49One 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: £91.11Although 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: £61.99Horror 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: £102.99Although 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: £78.49Since 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... -
Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second by Julien R. Fielding
SciFier: £115.49Traditionally, 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: £56.99Although 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... -
Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema by Thomas G. Deveny
SciFier: £113.99Immigration 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: £83.49In 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: £19.99SciFier: £18.39Now 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: £77.99In 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: £20.49Now 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: £22.99Now 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... -
Film in Australia by Albert Moran (Griffith University, Queensland)
SciFier: £27.56Film 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: £63.49From 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: £98.49Originally 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... -
Horror International by Steven Jay Schneider
RRP: £32.95SciFier: £27.99As global cinema becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish, characterizations of horror films from various geographical and cultural locations seem more fluid and transitional than ever before...