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British Film Directors: A Critical Guide Robert Shail 9780748622306
SciFier: £93.01British national cinema has produced an exceptional track record of innovative, creative and internationally recognised filmmakers, amongst them Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell and David Lean. This... -
British Music Videos 1966 - 2016 by Emily Caston
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32Based on new archival evidence and interviews, and setting out a new theoretical framework for music video analysis, Emily Caston presents a major new analysis of music videos from 1966-2016,... -
Caught in-Between by Agnes Petho
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32This collection of essays explores intermediality as a new perspective in the interpretation of the cinemas that have emerged after the collapse of the former Eastern bloc.About the AuthorAgnes... -
Reanimated: The Contemporary American Horror Remake Laura Mee 9781474440646
RRP: £90.00SciFier: £84.09Reanimated offers a new perspective on twenty-first century American horror film remakes. Counter to the critical dismissal of genre remakes as derivative rip-offs, Mee approaches the films as... -
Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia by Wheeler W. Dixon
SciFier: £97.54Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia is an overview of 20th- and 21st-century noir and fatalist film practice from 1945 onwards. The book demonstrates the ways in which American cinema has inculcated... -
Refocus: the Films of William Friedkin Steve Choe 9781474431378
SciFier: £92.09William Friedkin is the director of genre-defining works such as The French Connection (1971) and The Exorcist (1973), controversial productions like Cruising (1980) and Killer Joe (2011), as well as... -
The Disfigured Screen by Allan Cameron
SciFier: £97.54Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474419192Author Allan CameronFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher... -
Celine Sciamma: Portraits Emma Wilson 9781474425483
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £13.75Celine Sciamma is the most visible and important feminist, and lesbian, director in contemporary international filmmaking. Her fourth feature, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, competed for the Palme d'Or... -
American Postfeminist Cinema: Women, Romance and Contemporary Culture Michele Schreiber 9781474405560
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £22.77This book examines a cycle of postfeminist films that adopt the conventions of romance. In light of their tremendous gains in the political and professional sphere, and their ever expanding options,... -
British Film Directors: A Critical Guide Robert Shail 9780748622313
RRP: £26.99SciFier: £25.21British national cinema has produced an exceptional track record of innovative, creative and internationally recognised filmmakers, amongst them Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell and David Lean. This... -
Traditions in World Cinema Linda Badley 9780748618637
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £27.81The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of... -
Slumdogs and Millionaries by Laura Mayne
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £75.90Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474437271Author Laura MayneFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher... -
The Sex Slave in Cinema by Dr Aga Skrodzka
RRP: £90.00SciFier: £83.09This book examines the visual politics of the cinematic figure of the 'sex slave' from its origins in silent film to its iterations in blaxploitation cinema, European art cinema, Nollywood, and, in... -
The Sense of Place in Contemporary Cinema Corinne Maury 9781399501392
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £79.99Examines the purpose that place serves in filmsAbout the AuthorCorinne Maury, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Universite de Toulouse Jean Jaures.Book InformationISBN 9781399501392Author Corinne... -
Stalinist Cinema and the Production of History by Evgeny Dobrenko
SciFier: £98.24This book explores how Soviet film worked with time, the past, and memory. It looks at Stalinist cinema and its role in the production of history, the conversion of the present and experience into... -
Gillian Armstrong: Popular, Sensual & Ethical Cinema Julia Erhart 9781474440516
SciFier: £93.01A commercially successful Australian director of over eighteen feature films and documentaries, including My Brilliant Career (1979), Gillian Armstrong is an early, notable example of a woman... -
Refocus: the Films of Albert Brooks Christian B. Long 9781474434256
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £73.39This is the first sustained critical collection on Albert Brooks, one of the key but under-examined figures in American stand-up, television comedy and Hollywood film comedy. Analysing every film... -
Film Histories: An Introduction and Reader Paul Grainge 9780748619078
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £27.33A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. The book is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction by... -
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... -
Graphic Narratives of Resistance: Advocating for Representation and Social Justice in French-language Bandes Dessinees Jennifer Boum Make 9781399529297
RRP: £95.00SciFier: £87.59This edited volume sheds light on the unique capacity of the comics medium for redrawing histories and for exploring hidden, forbidden or imagined spaces. Studying a variety of texts from the... -
Contemporary Hollywood Animation: Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s Noel Brown 9781474410564
SciFier: £93.01Analysing dozens of key animated films, the book examines the emergence of new genres and stylistic approaches, as well as the ongoing blurring of boundaries between animation and live-action and... -
Greek Cinema and Migration, 1991-2016 by Philip-Edward Phillis
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32The book provides a response to urgent calls to comprehend the cultural impact of immigration in Greece, and to determine the capacity of contemporary Greek cinema to challenge the logic of Fortress... -
African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara Roy Armes 9780748621231
SciFier: £93.01African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara is the first comprehensive study in English linking filmmaking in the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) with that in francophone West Africa and... -
African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara Roy Armes 9780748621248
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £27.81African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara is the first comprehensive study in English linking filmmaking in the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) with that in francophone West Africa and... -
Hollywood's Cold War Tony Shaw 9780748625246
RRP: £31.00SciFier: £30.99Published at a point when American filmmakers are deeply involved in the War on Terror, this authoritative and timely book offers the first comprehensive account of Hollywood's propaganda role during... -
Film Histories: An Introduction and Reader Paul Grainge 9780748619061
SciFier: £107.91A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. The book is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction by... -
Visceral Screens by Allan Cameron
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32Investigates how horror films have rendered the human body as a media artifact, dramatically dis-figuring it with optical effects and visual fragmentation Demonstrates how a range of different... -
Contemporary Hollywood Animation: Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s Noel Brown 9781399508070
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32A cultural history of the contemporary Hollywood animated feature, from Toy Story to The Lego Movie Examines critically a range of prominent contemporary Hollywood animated features Reveals the... -
Vital Resonances: Encountering Film with Varda, Haneke and Nancy Francesca Hardy 9781474436953
RRP: £90.00SciFier: £76.19Since the pioneering work of Vivian Sobchack, Laura U. Marks and Jennifer M. Barker, film studies has increasingly embraced multisensory spectatorship. Such approaches privilege a carnal vision and... -
Refocus: the Films of Denis Villeneuve Jeri English 9781474497381
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £79.99Critically examines the work of Qu b cois filmmakers Denis Villeneuve Engages with all of Villeneuve's feature films (some individually and some comparatively), including those that have up until... -
Greek Weird Wave: A Cinema of Biopolitics Dimitris Papanikolaou 9781474436328
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32Examines political engagement in recent films of the Greek New Wave Shortlisted for the 2022 Keeley Book Prize Offers an up to date account of 21st century Greek filmmaking Provides a... -
Refocus: the Literary Films of Richard Brooks by R. Barton Palmer
SciFier: £97.54The first critical work to emphasize Richard Brook's literariness" Offers a critical assessment by well-known film scholars Explores Brooks's engagement with intellectual and cultural trends ... -
Freak Scenes: American Indie Cinema and Indie Music Cultures Jamie Sexton 9781474414067
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £79.99The first academic book to explore indie music and indie music cultures on screen Combines historical, cultural, aesthetic and industry analysis to explore the functions and broader appeal of... -
Refocus: the Films of Albert Brooks Christian B. Long 9781474434287
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £22.35Offers the first book-length investigation Albert Brooks' more than six-decade comedy career Situates Albert Brooks' films in their cultural contexts, including representations of class, gender,... -
Transnational Crime Cinema Sarah Delahousse 9781399505680
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £22.77Framed by approaches in critical transnationalism, this volume examines crime as a cinematic mode moving within, between, and across national cinemas to provide rigorous accounts of the political,... -
Refocus: the Films of William Friedkin Steve Choe 9781474431385
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32Provides the first scholarly study of the films of William Friedkin Contextualizes the entire trajectory of Friedkin's work both historically and theoretically, from his first production in 1962,... -
Late-Colonial French Cinema: Filming the Algerian War of Independence Mani Sharpe 9781474462020
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £22.77Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474462020Author Mani SharpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher... -
Refocus: the Films of Roberta Findlay by Peter Alilunas
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £79.99The first book on the renowned and notorious cult filmmaker Roberta Findlay Argues Findlay's centrality to modern exploitation, hardcore pornography, and horror cinemas Offers careful attention... -
Abject Pleasures in the Cinematic: The Beautiful, Sexual Arousal, and Laughter Aaron Kerner 9781399501101
RRP: £90.00SciFier: £84.09Examines the cinematic strategies that elicit visceral pleasure in the face of content that is crass, politically problematic, or unethical Discusses the ways in which the cinematic elicits... -
Refocus: the Films of Denis Villeneuve Jeri English 9781474497398
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.68The nimble, creative spirit of Quebecois screenwriter and filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve, is reflected in his varied body of work. Villeneuve explores questions of alterity and interculturality, of...