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100 Animated Feature Films: Revised Edition Andrew Osmond (Writer and journalist, Berkshire, UK) 9781839024412
RRP: £70.00SciFier: £58.7620 years ago, animated features were widely perceived as cartoons for children. Today they encompass an astonishing range of films, styles and techniques. There is the powerful adult drama of Waltz... -
Beyond Bagpuss by Chris Pallant (University of Greenwich, UK)
SciFier: £101.43Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, The Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a... -
Y Tu Mama Tambien by Paul Julian Smith (University of Cambridge, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001), an intelligent and sensual road movie directed by Alfonso Cuaron and co-written by him and his brother Carlos, is both an acclaimed feature by a director who would go on to... -
The Exorcist by Mark Kermode (writer and broadcaster, Hampshire, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.55Inspired by an alleged real case of demonic possession in 1949, The Exorcist became an international phenomenon on its release in 1973. A blockbusting adaptation of a best-selling novel, it was... -
Cinema's Melodramatic Celebrity by Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
SciFier: £34.63Challenging the study of both celebrity and the cinema, Mandy Merck argues that modern fame and film melodrama are part of the same worldview, one that cannot resolve the relation of personal worth... -
The German Cinema Book Tim Bergfelder (University of Southampton, UK) 9781844575305
SciFier: £46.76This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the present day, covering key periods and movements including early and... -
George Clooney Paul McDonald 9781911239925
SciFier: £90.41Paul McDonald's study of the actor-filmmaker George Clooney traces the star's career, from his role in the hit television medical drama ER to his dual screen persona, allowing him to move seamlessly... -
Music Films: Documentaries, Concert Films and Other Cinematic Representations of Popular Music Neil Fox (Falmouth University, UK) 9781839023439
SciFier: £29.90In Music Films, Neil Fox considers a broad range of music documentaries, delving into their cinematic style, political undertones, racial dynamics, and gender representations, in order to assess... -
Seven by Richard Dyer (King's College London, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35David Fincher's Seven (1995) follows two detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) and William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), as they investigate a series of gruesome murders. One of the most acclaimed films... -
The Shawshank Redemption by Mark Kermode (writer and broadcaster, Hampshire, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35How did a low-key prison drama which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time? Mark Kermode traces the history of this... -
The Silence of the Lambs by Yvonne Tasker (University of Leeds, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35Released in 1990, The Silence of the Lambs is one of the defining films of late twentieth century American cinema. Adapted from the Thomas Harris novel and directed by the late Jonathan Demme, its... -
Pulp Fiction by Dana Polan (New York University, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35Pulp Fiction was one of the films that defined American cinema of the 1990s, and remains one of the stand-out movies of its director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino's style - violent, fast, funny and... -
Black Girl (La noire de...) by Vlad Dima (Syracuse University, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Ousmane Sembene was one of the greatest, most groundbreaking filmmakers in the history of cinema, an acclaimed novelist, and the most renowned African director of the twentieth century. Black Girl... -
In the Mood for Love Tony Rayns 9781839028281
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) is a film that luxuriates in the feeling of being in love - without ever turning into a love story. Its central characters, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, are... -
Riddles of the Sphinx by Kimberly Lamm (Duke University, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) follows the life of Louise (played by Dinah Stabb), a white middle-class woman living in London in the 1970s who is transforming her place... -
Supply Chain Cinema by Kay Dickinson (University of Glasgow, UK)
SciFier: £30.99Why are big budget films typically made across an array of seemingly dissociated sites? Supply Chain Cinema shows how the production journeys of such films exemplify the principles of the supply... -
Film, In Theory by Colm McAuliffe (Kingston University, UK)
SciFier: £84.06Film, in Theory tells the story of Paddy Whannel and Peter Wollen's revolutionary work at the BFI's Education Department and how this led to the establishment of film studies, theory and education in... -
The Heart of Your Script: The Insider's Guide to Writing the Difficult Middle Section of a Screenplay Ted Wilkes (Regent's University London, UK) 9781839028106
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £20.56While there are many guides to screenwriting, none of them tackle the specific difficulties of writing the tricky mid-section of the screenplay. The Heart of Your Script reveals the six key elements... -
Terence Davies Screenplays, Volume 1: Autobiography and Biography Terence Davies 9781350559455
SciFier: £95.23This collection of Terence Davies's screenplays brings together his powerful autobiographical work, from the films that comprise The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) to his 2008 poetic documentary Of... -
Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain John Wyver (Independent Scholar, UK) 9781839028199
SciFier: £106.94Magic Rays of Light is an original and ambitious history of the largely unknown early years of television in Britain. A detailed cultural study of the first demonstrations, of the extensive... -
Terence Davies Screenplays, Volume 2: Adaptations Terence Davies 9781839029752
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £26.03This second volume of Terence Davies's screenplays brings together his adaptations of classic novels and plays, including his 1995 film of John Kennedy Toole's coming-of-age novel The Neon Bible; his... -
Re-viewing Hitchcock: New Critical Perspectives Robert E. Kapsis (City University of New York, USA.) 9781839026195
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £29.73Re-viewing Hitchcock approaches Alfred Hitchcock's prolific career in film and television from a reception focus, charting the changing fortunes of the master auteur's work from 1927's silent The... -
Duck Soup J. Hoberman (film critic, journalist and author, New York, USA) 9781839022258
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71The Marx Brothers are universally considered to be classic Hollywood's preeminent comedy team and Duck Soup is generally regarded as their quintessential film. A topical satire of dictatorship and... -
Blue Velvet by Michael Atkinson (Adjunct Professor of Film at Long Island University, Long Island University, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35For many, Blue Velvet is David Lynch's masterpiece. It represents a unique act of cinema: an 80s Hollywood studio film as radical, visionary and cabalistic as anything found in the ... -
The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen by Oliver Fuke
SciFier: £30.29This collection of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's film scripts vividly evokes the close connection between their influential work as theorists and their work as filmmakers. It includes scripts for... -
The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen by Oliver Fuke (Independent researcher, UK)
SciFier: £90.41This collection of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's film scripts vividly evokes the close connection between their influential work as theorists and their work as filmmakers. It includes scripts for... -
John Akomfrah Dr James Harvey (University of Hertfordshire, UK.) 9781839023224
SciFier: £84.76The films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Britain, yet little attempt has been made to analyse the consistencies and... -
Withnail and I by Kevin Jackson (late writer, broadcaster and film-maker)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35Withnail and I sank almost without a trace when it was first released in 1987. Financed by HandMade Films, the late George Harrison's production company, and drawing heavily on first-time... -
Eraserhead by Claire Henry
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35A surreal and darkly humorous vision, David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977) has been recognised as a cult classic since its breakout success as a midnight movie in the late 1970s. Claire Henry's study... -
Rebecca by Patricia White (Swarthmore College, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71The 1940 film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic romance Rebecca begins by echoing the novel's famous opening line, 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.' Patricia White takes the... -
The Empire Strikes Back by Rebecca Harrison (Open University, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is often cited as the 'best' and most popular Star Wars movie. In her compelling study, Rebecca Harrison draws on... -
Point Blank by Eric G. Wilson (Wake Forest University, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) has long been recognised as one of the seminal films of the sixties, with its revisionary mix of genres including neo-noir, New Wave, and spaghetti western. Its... -
Rushmore Kristi Irene McKim (Hendrix College, USA) 9781839024498
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35Earning critical acclaim and commercial success upon its 1998 release, Rushmore-the sophomore film of American auteur Wes Anderson-quickly gained the status of a cult classic. A melancholic... -
The New Screen Ecology in India: Digital Transformation of Media Smith Mehta (University of Groningen, Netherlands) 9781839025709
SciFier: £90.41New Screen Ecology in India is an open access book that provides an in depth exploration of the digital transformation of the Indian media industry. Smith Mehta takes a deep dive into the world of... -
Music Films: Documentaries, Concert Films and Other Cinematic Representations of Popular Music Neil Fox (Falmouth University, UK) 9781839023446
SciFier: £91.11In Music Films, Neil Fox considers a broad range of music documentaries, delving into their cinematic style, political undertones, racial dynamics, and gender representations, in order to assess... -
Kes by David Forrest (University of Sheffield, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Ken Loach's 1969 drama Kes, considered one of the finest examples of British social realism, tells the story of Billy, a working class boy who finds escape and meaning when he takes a fledgling... -
We Have Some Notes...: The Insider's Guide to Notes, Script Editing and Development Venetia Hawkes (The National Film & Television School, UK.) 9781839025495
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £16.74From the early stages of script writing to the final cut, We Have Some Notes... provides a detailed overview of the script editing and development process, emphasising the impact of critical... -
Midnight Cowboy by James Kendrick (Baylor University, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.72John Schlesinger's 1969 drama, Midnight Cowboy, follows the story of naive would-be hustler Joe Buck (Jon Voight) and ailing con man Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), set against the gritty backdrop of... -
Rocco and his Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) by Sam Rohdie (Late of University of Central Florida, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Sam Rohdie's insightful and compelling analysis of Luchino Visconti's 1960 epic of modern urban life provides reveals the film as one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian cinema. Rocco tells the... -
The Big Sleep by David Thomson (film critic and historian, San Francisco, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71The Big Sleep: Marlowe and Vivian practising kissing; General Sternwood shivering in a hothouse full of orchids; a screenplay, co-written by Faulkner, famously mysterious and difficult to solve...