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Hollywood by Hollywood: The Backstudio Picture and the Mystique of Making Movies Steven Cohan (Professor Emeritus of Film, Professor Emeritus of Film, Syracuse University) 9780190865788
RRP: £98.00SciFier: £73.99The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, is a staple of Hollywood film production harking back to the silent era and extending to the present day. What gives backstudios their... -
The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens by Isabel Roxas
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97When oddballs Agnes, Roberta and Ruby discover a mutual passion for synchronised swimming, the trio form Team Pom. But between snack time, their favourite TV show and raising pigeons, it can be hard... -
Queer Males in Contemporary Cinema: Becoming Visible Kylo-Patrick R. Hart 9780810891180
SciFier: £56.99Over 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... -
Dying Swans and Madmen by Adrienne L. McLean
SciFier: £40.30From mid-twentieth-century films such as Grand Hotel, Waterloo Bridge, and The Red Shoes to recent box-office hits including Billy Elliot, Save the Last Dance, and The Company, ballet has found its... -
The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema Daisuke Miyao (Associate Professor of Film, Associate Professor of Film, University of Oregon) 9780190937355
RRP: £40.99SciFier: £39.99The reality of transnational innovation and dissemination of new technologies, including digital media, has yet to make a dent in the deep-seated culturalism that insists on reinscribing a divide... -
Drawing From Your Memory 1 Shiki Kawabata 9798888776896
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £10.19A poignant and funny time-skip manga about grief, art, and love, like Orange meets Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, from the creator behind the Netflix miniseries Switched. Complete in five volumes... -
Costume, Makeup, and Hair Adrienne L. McLean 9780813571515
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £24.30Movie buffs and film scholars alike often overlook the importance of makeup artists, hair stylists, and costumers. With precious few but notable exceptions, creative workers in these fields have... -
Emerald Spire Leslie O'Sullivan 9781648985546
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.58One last shot at stardom. One irresistible romance. One impossible choice. In the spellbinding conclusion to the Rockin' Fairy Tales series, sassy pop singer, Aurora, has worked her way up from... -
Who Was Her Own Work of Art?: Frida Kahlo: An Official Who HQ Graphic Novel Terry Blas 9780593384664
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £9.83Discover how Frida Kahlo became one of the most recognizable artists in the world in this powerful graphic novel written by award-winning author Terry Blas and illustrated by Ignatz Award-winning... -
Celebrity Bromances: Constructing, Interpreting and Utilising Personas Celia Lam 9780367554002
RRP: £38.99SciFier: £38.53This comprehensive work presents a thorough exploration of celebrity 'bromances,' interrogating how bromances are portrayed in media and consumed by audiences to examine themes of celebrity persona,... -
DC Finest: Harley Quinn: Birth of the Mirth
DC ComicsRRP: £36.00SciFier: £23.93Harley Quinn s earliest comic book appearances are collected in a massive collection, showcasing the now-iconic antihero s evolution! DC Finest presents comprehensive collections of the most... -
Phoo Action Matthew Wakeham 9781787743465
RRP: £39.99SciFier: £35.99Celebrate 25 years of the universe created by Gorillaz star Jamie Hewlett, in the iconic style that spearheads the band's success, with this silver jubilee compilation of comics, scripts, and an... -
Survival Show: The thrilling new dystopian series! Juno Dawson 9781398547957
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.21DARKNESS, DRAMA AND DEATH FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AND BESTSELLING* AUTHOR OF CLEAN AND HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN.SING FOR YOUR LIFE!Taryn Beck and her family don't have much, and her... -
Cinema, Gender, and Everyday Space: Comedy, Italian Style Natalie Fullwood 9781349487042
SciFier: £92.99Commedia all'italiana, or Comedy, Italian style, became popular at a time of great social change. This book, utilizing comedies produced in Italy from 1958-70, examines the genre's representation of... -
Not Your China Doll by Katie Gee Salisbury
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.74Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles in the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an... -
Forever Young by Hayley Mills
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £4.90* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *What happens when a girl tries to grow up in a world where everyone wants her to remain a child?Hayley Mills's teenage decade in Hollywood produced some of the era's... -
No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel Janice Dickinson 9780060009472
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £9.24Before her star turns on The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency and America's Next Top Model, the stunning, exotic brunette Janice Dickinson broke the long chain of All-American blondes to become the... -
Isadora by Julie Birmant
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46"There was never a place for [Isadora Duncan] in the ranks of the terrible, slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead, where there were no paths." - Dorothy Parker In 1899, performing in the drawing... -
The Magicians of Elephant County Adam Perry 9780062795359
SciFier: £13.85The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris meets Disney's Hocus Pocus in this rollicking illustrated middle grade novel about two aspiring magicians who stumble upon real magic in their small town.Best... -
Charlie Chaplin by Kevin J. Hayes
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.64In late 1914, Charlie Chaplin's name first began appearing on marquees. By the end of the following year, moviegoers couldn't get enough of him and his iconic persona, the Little Tramp. Perpetually... -
The Cinema of Stephen Chow Gary Bettinson (Lancaster University, UK.) 9781350362178
SciFier: £30.99An in-depth exploration of the stardom and authorship of Stephen Chow Sing-chi, one of Hong Kong cinema's most enduringly popular stars and among its most commercially successful directors. In the... -
Asian Cinemas by Dimitris Eleftheriotis
RRP: £31.00SciFier: £30.99Asian cinema is an area of increasing interest in Anglo-US film studies while Asian films are now widely distributed and popular with western audiences. The fascination with Asian cinema must be... -
Film and Television After DVD James Bennett 9780415962414
RRP: £105.00SciFier: £94.82Heralded as "the most significant invention [for film] since the coming of sound" (The Observer 2003), by 2005 DVD players were in approximately 84 million homes in the US, making it the "fastest... -
Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu?: Bruce Lee: A Who HQ Graphic Novel Teresa Robeson 9780593384633
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £9.83Discover how Bruce Lee introduced gung fu to millions across America through his historic role as Kato in this dynamic graphic novel by APALA Award-winning author Teresa Robeson and Eisner-nominated,... -
Fashion on the Red Carpet by Elizabeth Castaldo Lund n
RRP: £37.00SciFier: £35.28Offers the first scholarly study of the Oscars red carpet as a media phenomenon Unravels the political actions of institutions and individuals that put Hollywood Designers and stars under the... -
Harry Langdon by Gabriella Oldham
RRP: £43.50SciFier: £37.59Among silent film comedians, three names stand out -- Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd -- but Harry Langdon indisputably deserves to sit among them as the fourth "king." In films such... -
Social Class and Television Drama in Contemporary Britain by David Forrest
RRP: £129.99SciFier: £124.99This collection is a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary British television drama and its representations of social class. Through early studio-set plays, soap operas and period drama, the... -
The Cinema of Stephen Chow by Gary Bettinson (Lancaster University, UK.)
SciFier: £101.14An in-depth exploration of the stardom and authorship of Stephen Chow Sing-chi, one of Hong Kong cinema's most enduringly popular stars and among its most commercially successful directors. In... -
Film and Television After DVD James Bennett 9780415878340
RRP: £31.99SciFier: £29.86Heralded as "the most significant invention [for film] since the coming of sound" (The Observer 2003), by 2005 DVD players were in approximately 84 million homes in the US, making it the "fastest... -
Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart Mike Peros 9781496830739
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £19.46Dan Duryea (1907-1968) made a vivid impression on moviegoers with his first major screen appearance as the conniving Leo Hubbard in 1941's classic melodrama The Little Foxes. His subsequent film and... -
Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu?: Bruce Lee: A Who HQ Graphic Novel Teresa Robeson 9780593384626
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.48Discover how Bruce Lee introduced gung fu to millions across America through his historic role as Kato in this dynamic graphic novel by APALA Award-winning author Teresa Robeson and Eisner-nominated,... -
Cary Grant by Beverly Bare Buehrer
SciFier: £56.99Cary Grant, one of the most enduring stars in the history of Hollywood history, is the subject of this unique bio-bibliography that places equal emphasis on the actor's professional and private lives... -
Framing Celebrity: New directions in celebrity culture Su Holmes 9780415377102
SciFier: £37.66Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives - perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values... -
How Documentaries Work Jacob Bricca (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Arizona's School of Theatre, Film and Television) 9780197554104
SciFier: £87.15How Documentaries Work breaks down the hidden conventions of documentaries in clear and accessible language for film students and documentary enthusiasts alike. Jacob Bricca, ACE, an award-winning... -
Joe E. Brown by Wes D. Gehring
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81As a young boy in the depths of the 1890s depression, Joe E. Brown had a job: making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him. As a child he also worked as... -
Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms See Kam Tan 9781474476379
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.68Examines new sinophone modes of filmic address in Hong Kong cinema in the 20th century, enabling a developing cosmopolitanism to emerge Examines new sinophone modes of filmic address in Hong Kong... -
The Star and the Strange Moon Constance Sayers 9780349425986
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.24From the author of A Witch in Time comes a haunting tale of ambition, obsession, and the eternal mystery and magic of film - perfect for fans of The Night Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue... -
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.93A feminist YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the TikTok sensation and author of The Society for Soulless Girls... Penny Paxton... -
Lost in Translation Dr. Geoff King 9780748637461
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.68Elusive, subtle and atmospheric, Lost in Translation was one of the indie hits of 2004, earning widespread critical praise, awards and success at the box office. But what was the basis of its appeal... -
How Documentaries Work Jacob Bricca (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Arizona's School of Theatre, Film and Television) 9780197554111
SciFier: £14.17How Documentaries Work breaks down the hidden conventions of documentaries in clear and accessible language for film students and documentary enthusiasts alike. Jacob Bricca, ACE, an award-winning...