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Lance Comfort by Brian McFarlane
SciFier: £22.99In the years between 1941 and 1965, Lance Comfort made some of the most entertaining films in Britain. There was the striking success of his second feature as director, Hatter's Castle (1941) and... -
New Australian Cinema by Brian McFarlane
SciFier: £30.99The institutions and products of the Australian film industry have been extensively surveyed, yet few analyses consider the sources of the film revival that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. This... -
Roger Michell Brian McFarlane 9781526185297
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £76.99This book offers the first serious critical study of Roger Michell's career as a filmmaker. Best known for Notting Hill, Michell brought a distinctive sensitivity to his work in both the UK and the... -
Four from the Forties by Brian McFarlane
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £62.75The 'Gainsborough melodramas' were a mainstay of 1940s British cinema, and helped make the careers of such stars as Margaret Lockwood, James Mason and Stewart Granger. But what was unique about these... -
The Films of Fred Schepisi Brian McFarlane 9781496835352
RRP: £91.00SciFier: £72.25Fred Schepisi is one of the crucial names associated with the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. The Films of Fred Schepisi traces the lead-up to his critical successes in feature... -
The Films of Fred Schepisi Brian McFarlane 9781496835307
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £22.56Fred Schepisi is one of the crucial names associated with the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. The Films of Fred Schepisi traces the lead-up to his critical successes in feature... -
The Cinema of Britain and Ireland Brian Mcfarlane 9781904764380
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £22.07Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904764380Author Brian McfarlaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher... -
The Cinema of Britain and Ireland Brian Mcfarlane 9781904764397
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £66.08Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904764397Author Brian McfarlaneFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher... -
Outback by Brian McFarlane (Swinburne University of Technology,Melbourne)
RRP: £89.95SciFier: £89.22Focusing on the incidence of the 'Westerns' film genre in the 120-odd years of Australian cinema history, exploring how the American genre has been adapted to the changing Australian social,... -
Outback: Westerns in Australian Cinema Brian McFarlane (Swinburne University of Technology,Melbourne) 9781835952672
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £32.78Focusing on the incidence of the 'Westerns' film genre in the 120-odd years of Australian cinema history, exploring how the American genre has been adapted to the changing Australian social,... -
Ncmplt: My Unfinished Projects From the Past H Brian McFarland 9798290503639
RRP: £9.62SciFier: £9.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798290503639Author H Brian McFarlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Independently... -
The Routledge Companion to Adaptation Dennis Cutchins 9780367517816
SciFier: £44.60The Routledge Companion to Adaptation offers a broad range of scholarship from this growing, interdisciplinary field. With a basis in source-oriented studies, such as novel-to-stage and stage-to-film... -
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods M. Williams 9781349347155
SciFier: £46.99Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for... -
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods M. Williams 9780230355446
SciFier: £46.99Since the golden era of silent movies, stars have been described as screen gods, goddesses and idols. This is the story of how Olympus moved to Hollywood to divinise stars as Apollos and Venuses for... -
Hollywood Romantic Comedy by Kathrina Glitre
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £19.16This book explores the changing representation of the couple, focusing on themes of marriage, equality and desire. Kathrina Glitre moves beyond the usual screwball territory to consider cycles of... -
Michael Reeves by Benjamin Halligan
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £19.16Cine-literate and single-minded, Michael Reeves took on exploitative film production companies, the British censors, and even Vincent Price to create a unique vision of savage poetry and lacerating... -
World Film Locations: Melbourne by Neil Mitchell
SciFier: £24.44An illuminating and visually led guide to a selection of the films set wholly or in part in Melbourne, World Film Locations: Melbourne covers the big screen representations of life in the city from... -
Beyond the Essay Film: Subjectivity, Textuality and Technology Julia Vassilieva 9781041176176
RRP: £45.99SciFier: £42.00In the wake of the explosion in the production of essay films over the last 25 years and its subsequent theorization in scholarly literature, this volume seeks to historicize these intertwined... -
Beyond the Essay Film by Julia Vassilieva
SciFier: £111.37In the wake of the explosion in the production of essay films over the last 25 years and its subsequent theorization in scholarly literature, this volume seeks to historicize these intertwined... -
Australian Film Theory and Criticism: Volume 1: Critical Positions Deane Williams 9781841505817
SciFier: £24.44The first part of a three-volume work devoted to mapping the transnational history of Australian film studies, Australian Film Theory and Criticism, Volume 1 provides an overview of the period... -
Now a Major Motion Picture: Film Adaptations of Literature and Drama Christine Geraghty 9780742538214
SciFier: £45.99Going beyond the process of adaptation, Geraghty is more interested in the films themselves and how they draw on our sense of recall. While a film reflects its literary source, it also invites... -
How Stage Playwrights Saved the British Cinema, 1930-1956: The Well-Made Screenplay David Cottis (Middlesex University, UK) 9798765101100
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £26.09Examines the film careers and work of British playwrights who worked as screenwriters between 1930-1956.During the period between the 1927 Cinematograph Films Act and the 'new drama' of the 1950s,... -
British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction by Charles Barr
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.19Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial -... -
The British Cinema Book Robert Murphy 9781844572755
SciFier: £42.48The new edition of The British Cinema Book has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to the major periods, genres, studios, film-makers and debates in British...