Filter By
Books (349)
- Title
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Capitalism Hates You: Marxism and the New Horror Film Joshua Gooch 9781517917975
RRP: $39.67SciFier: $33.83What contemporary horror films teach us about the cruelties of capitalist societyCapitalism Hates You uses the horror film genre as a tool to diagnose and expose the hostile conditions of life under... -
Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen Samantha N. Sheppard 9780520307797
RRP: $47.25SciFier: $39.86Sporting Blackness examines issues of race and representation in sports films, exploring what it means to embody, perform, play out, and contest blackness by representations of Black athletes on... -
Dark Recesses in the House of Hammer by Melanie Boissonneau
RRP: $134.47SciFier: $125.67Twenty years after Universal horror movies, the Hammer studio brought back to life the great mythical figures inspired from British literature as well as French and European folklore (Dracula,... -
Ride, Boldly Ride by Mary Lea Bandy
RRP: $64.26SciFier: $56.10This comprehensive study of the Western covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as "No Country for Old Men", "There Will Be Blood", "True Grit", and... -
Apocalypse-Cinema: 2012 and Other Ends of the World Peter Szendy 9780823264810
RRP: $52.90SciFier: $48.54Apocalypse-cinema is not only the end of time that has so often been staged as spectacle in films like 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Terminator. By looking at blockbusters that play with... -
Hollywood Hybrids by Ira Jaffe
SciFier: $166.30'He wanted to move in and out of the various signature styles of all these genres_Western, melodrama, thriller, horror,' said cinematographer Robert Richardson of Quentin Tarantino's goals in making... -
The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction Nora M. Alter 9780231178204
SciFier: $203.42Nora M. Alter argues that the essay film is a hybrid genre that fuses three major categories of film: feature, art, and documentary. Much like the written essay, its literary predecessor, the essay... -
Apocalypse-Cinema: 2012 and Other Ends of the World Peter Szendy 9780823264803
RRP: $132.30SciFier: $117.39Apocalypse-cinema is not only the end of time that has so often been staged as spectacle in films like 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Terminator. By looking at blockbusters that play with... -
Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity Patricia Di Risio (Monash University, Australia) 9781350292871
SciFier: $58.57The 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment in the interplay of gender and genre. Patricia Di Risio argues that cinematic representations... -
On The Figure In General And The Body In Particular: by Ted Fendt
RRP: $151.20SciFier: $150.48Films fill our imagination with figures, figurines, and talismans. They ceaselessly rework the same archetypes and invent troubling prototypes - especially when they establish a deeper relationship... -
Undead in the West by Cynthia J. Miller
SciFier: $157.80In 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... -
An Annotated Bibliography for Taiwan Film Studies by Jim Cheng (Director, Columbia University)
RRP: $228.69SciFier: $187.94Compiled by two skilled librarians and a Taiwanese film and culture specialist, this volume is the first multilingual and most comprehensive bibliography of Taiwanese film scholarship, designed to... -
Sound Design for Moving Image: From Concept to Realization Miss Kahra Scott-James 9781474235112
SciFier: $72.92Sound Design for Moving Image offers a clear introduction to sound design theory and practice to help you integrate sound ideas into your productions. Contemporary soundtracks are often made up of... -
On The Figure In General And The Body In Particular:: Figurative Invention In Cinema Ted Fendt 9781839998867
SciFier: $47.25Films fill our imagination with figures, figurines, and talismans. They ceaselessly rework the same archetypes and invent troubling prototypes - especially when they establish a deeper relationship... -
Evacuee Cinema by Salma Siddique (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin)
SciFier: $179.53This new history of partition and South Asian cinema is narrated through the careers of emigre film personnel, as well as through the distinctive genres and ancillary ventures that accompanied the... -
Post-classical Hollywood by Barry Langford
RRP: $52.90SciFier: $49.20At the end of World War II, Hollywood basked in unprecedented prosperity. Since then, numerous challenges and crises have changed the American film industry in ways beyond imagination in 1945... -
The Bloodstained Doll John Everson 9781787588882
RRP: $37.80SciFier: $26.69When Allyson's mom dies unexpectedly, she thinks her world has hit rock bottom. But that's before she goes to live with her estranged Uncle Otto in Germany. When a child's empty casket is unearthed... -
Film as Religion by John C. Lyden
RRP: $39.67SciFier: $32.36Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 Film as Religion argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with... -
Merchants of Menace: The Business of Horror Cinema Dr. Richard Nowell 9781623564209
SciFier: $71.80Even though horror has been a key component of media output for almost a century, the genre's industrial character remains under explored and poorly understood. Merchants of Menace: The Business of... -
The Coen Brothers' America by M. Keith Booker
SciFier: $69.91For more than three decades, Joel and Ethan Coen have produced some of the most unique and thought-provoking works in modern cinema. In broad comedies such as Raising Arizona, violent thrillers like... -
The Rebirth of Suspense: Slowness and Atmosphere in Cinema Rick Warner 9780231212717
RRP: $56.70SciFier: $47.38Typically, films are suspenseful when they keep us on the edge of our seats, when glimpses of a turning doorknob, a ticking clock, or a looming silhouette quicken our pulses. Exemplified by Alfred... -
The Bloodstained Doll John Everson 9781787588875
RRP: $24.48SciFier: $17.37When Allyson's mom dies unexpectedly, she thinks her world has hit rock bottom. But that's before she goes to live with her estranged Uncle Otto in Germany. When a child's empty casket is unearthed... -
![How To Write Great Screenplays and Get Them Into Production Linda James 9781845283070 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/593555/665326/9781845283070__93643.1721800363.jpg?c=1 "How To Write Great Screenplays and Get Them Into Production Linda James 9781845283070 [USED COPY]")
How To Write Great Screenplays and Get Them Into Production Linda James 9781845283070 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.70SciFier: $4.10Have you got a great idea for a screenplay, but don't know how to write it visually? Then this book is for you. It will give you the vital information you need to know before you write your script;... -
Historical Film: A Critical Introduction Jonathan Stubbs (Cyprus International University, Cyprus) 9781847884978
SciFier: $64.24Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large group of films. In recent years, a lively... -
100 Greatest Film Scores by Matt Lawson
SciFier: $100.15The background music on a film can make or break the audience experience. Imagine the shower scene in Psycho without the shrieking violins or Jaws without the ominous notes that portend the shark's... -
The Rebirth of Suspense: Slowness and Atmosphere in Cinema Rick Warner 9780231212700
RRP: $221.13SciFier: $178.25Typically, films are suspenseful when they keep us on the edge of our seats, when glimpses of a turning doorknob, a ticking clock, or a looming silhouette quicken our pulses. Exemplified by Alfred... -
May Contain Graphic Material by Prof. M. Keith Booker
SciFier: $88.81Since the first Superman film came to the screen in 1978, films adapted from comics have become increasingly important as a film form. But 1978 was also important because it was the year of release... -
Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend Earl J. Hess 9780700630172
RRP: $68.04SciFier: $59.14Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912-1996) lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in MGM musicals, especially Singin' in the Rain. But dancing, however... -
Nazi Cinema's New Women Jana F. Bruns (Long Island University, New York) 9781107405103
SciFier: $85.03This book examines the careers of three of Nazi cinema's preeminent movie actresses, painting a unique portrait of mass entertainment and stardom under Nazi rule. Bruns uses undiscovered sources and... -
The Celluloid Courtroom by Ross D. Levi
SciFier: $117.16The genre of legal cinema is an extensive and revealing one: it is a body of films that depicts lawyers, clients, criminals, judges, and juries, often not as they actually are, but as we would like... -
Memento Andrew Kania (Trinity University, USA) 9780415774741
SciFier: $56.44Within a short space of time, the film Memento has already been hailed as a modern classic. Memorably narrated in reverse, from the perspective of Leonard Shelby, the film's central character, it... -
Ray Bradbury David Seed 9780252038945
RRP: $171.99SciFier: $136.55As much as any individual, Ray Bradbury brought science fiction's ideas into the mainstream. Yet he transcended the genre in both form and popularity, using its trappings to explore timely social... -
Saying It With Songs: Popular Music and the Coming of Sound to Hollywood Cinema Katherine Spring (Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada, Canada) 9780199842223
SciFier: $68.63In the late 1920s, Hollywood's conversion from silent to synchronized-sound film production not only instigated the convergence of the film and music industries but also gave rise to an extraordinary... -
Global Genres, Local Films: The Transnational Dimension of Spanish Cinema Elena Oliete-Aldea (University of Zaragoza, Spain) 9781501320163
SciFier: $77.47The acute processes of globalisation at the turn of the century have generated an increased interest in exploring the interactions between the so-called global cultural products or trends and their... -
The Philosophy of War Films by David LaRocca
RRP: $61.43SciFier: $54.73Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from... -
A History of Film Music Mervyn Cooke (University of Nottingham) 9780521010481
SciFier: $65.19This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant Hollywood practices but also... -
A History of Film Music Mervyn Cooke (University of Nottingham) 9780521811736
SciFier: $170.08This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant Hollywood practices but also... -
The Screenwriter Activist: Writing Social Issue Movies Marilyn Beker 9780415897150
SciFier: $72.82Hotel Rwanda. Philadelphia. Silkwood. Some of the most important films ever made have tackled real-world social issues, from genocide to homophobia to corporate greed. As storytellers, activist... -
Ray Bradbury David Seed 9780252080586
RRP: $35.89SciFier: $29.41As much as any individual, Ray Bradbury brought science fiction's ideas into the mainstream. Yet he transcended the genre in both form and popularity, using its trappings to explore timely social... -
American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960 Cynthia Lucia (Rider University, USA) 9781118475133
RRP: $79.38SciFier: $78.51This authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the rich and innovative history of this period in American cinema. Spanning an essential range of subjects from the...