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Reading the Bromance by Michael DeAngelis
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38In the middle of this century's first decade, "bromance" emerged as a term denoting an emotionally intense bond between straight men. Yet bromance requires an expression of intimacy that always toys... -
Writing in Light by Joanne Bernardi
RRP: $41.63SciFier: $40.30While most people associate Japanese film with modern directors like Akira Kurosawa, Japan's cinema has a rich tradition going back to the silent era. Japan's ""pure film movement"" of the 1910s is... -
Queer Mexico by Paul Julian Smith
RRP: $49.97SciFier: $45.16Explores the rich and varied LGBT cinema and television of Mexico since the new millennium.Queer Mexico: Cinema and Television since 2000 provides critical analysis of both mainstream and independent... -
Christophe Honore by David A. Gerstner
RRP: $48.58SciFier: $45.16French filmmaker Christophe Honore challenges audiences with complex cinematic form, intricate narrative structures, and aesthetically dynamic filmmaking. But the limited release of his films outside... -
Essay'd 3 by Matthew Piper
SciFier: $41.96Thirty illustrated essays highlighting a variety of Detroit artists.Essay'd 3: 30 Detroit Artists is the third volume in a series of collections that present short, illustrated essays about artists... -
24 by John McCullough
SciFier: $31.26For eight seasons between 2001 and 2010, Fox's 24 garnered critical accolades and became one of the most watched and discussed shows in primetime. In an innovative premise, the show's hour-long... -
Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order by James Peterson
RRP: $40.24SciFier: $25.95Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814324578Author James PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint < -
Im Kwon-Taek by David E. James
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38Korean cinema was virtually unavailable to the West during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), and no film made before 1943 has been recovered even though Korea had an active film-making... -
Sayles Talk by Diane Carson
RRP: $41.63SciFier: $38.91His name is synonymous with ""independent film,"" and for more than twenty-five years filmmaker John Sayles has tackled issues ranging from race and sexuality to the abuses of capitalism and American... -
The Politics of Magic by Qinna Shen
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38From Paul Verhoeven's The Cold Heart in 1950 to Konrad Petzold's The Story of the Goose Princess and Her Loyal Horse Falada in 1989, East Germany's state-sponsored film company, DEFA (Deutsche... -
Vincente Minnelli by Joe McElhaney
RRP: $48.58SciFier: $46.55This book offers a comprehensive scholarly examination of Vincente Minnelli, one of American cinema's central filmmakers.Widely known for innovative films like ""Meet Me in St. Louis"", ""An American... -
Erotic Infidelities by Kimberly J. Lau
RRP: $44.41SciFier: $40.30In the thirty-five years since the publication of The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter's reimagined fairy tales have inspired an impressive body of criticism. Yet none has addressed the ways her fairy... -
Buffoon Men by Scott Balcerzak
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $34.69Film scholars and fans have used distinctive terms to describe the Classic Hollywood comedian: He is a ""trickster,"" a ""rebel,"" or a ""buffoon."" Yet the performer is almost always described as a... -
Transnational Cinema in a Global North by Andrew Nestingen
RRP: $48.58SciFier: $46.55Scholarly writing on Nordic cinema has historically focused on such auteurs as Carl Dreyer and Ingmar Bergman. Recent work has neglected to contextualize contemporary Nordic film within the... -
Doctor Who Jim Leach 9780814333082
SciFier: $31.26This is a comprehensive account of ""Doctor Who"" as a television series and product of popular culture. ""Doctor Who"", the iconic British science-fiction series following a time-traveling alien... -
After Kieslowski
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38This title traces the legacy of Krzysztof Kieslowski in films made after his death using his scripts or ideas and in the work of other filmmakers. Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski died... -
Raul Ruiz's Cinema of Inquiry by Andreea Marinescu
RRP: $51.36SciFier: $46.55Investigates the work of global filmmaker Raul Ruiz.Most widely known for his filmic productions, Raul Ruiz (1941-2011) was a highly prolific, erudite, and innovative artist, whose work is located at... -
Red Alert by Ewa Mazierska
RRP: $48.58SciFier: $45.16In Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema, editors Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia argue that Marxist philosophy, science fiction, and filmshare important connections concerning... -
Jane Campion: Cinema, Nation, Identity Alistair Fox 9780814334324
RRP: $51.36SciFier: $46.55In Jane Campion: Cinema, Nation, Identity a diverse group of contributors challenge the view that Campion's body of work lacks coherence or unity to instead examine the important characteristics and... -
South Korean Golden Age Melodrama by Kathleen McHugh
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38Immediately following the Korean War, South Korea's film industry flourished with vibrant local production of high-quality films. Characterized by its stunning melodramas, this ""Golden Age"" of... -
Hitchcock's Rereleased Films by Walter Raubicheck
RRP: $41.63SciFier: $27.05Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814323267Author Walter RaubicheckFormat PaperbackPage Count 303Imprint -
Arthur Penn by Robin Wood
RRP: $38.85SciFier: $34.74Arthur Penn - director of The Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man - was at the height of his career when Robin Wood's analysis of the American director was... -
1968 and Global Cinema Christina Gerhardt 9780814342930
RRP: $44.41SciFier: $40.30Examines the political cinema of 1968 in relation to global events.1968 and Global Cinema addresses a notable gap in film studies. Although scholarship exists on the late 1950s and 1960s New Wave... -
Cinema and History by Marc Ferro
RRP: $37.46SciFier: $36.13Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814319055Author Marc FerroFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint -
Dark Shadows by Harry M. Benshoff
SciFier: $31.26While supernatural events have become fairly commonplace on daytime television in recent decades, Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC between 1966 and 1971, pioneered this format when it blended the... -
There She Goes by Corinn Columpar
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38Following in the footsteps of the filmmakers whose work it features-including Miranda July, Janie Geiser, Tracey Moffatt, Sally Potter, Cindy Sherman, Samira Makhmalbaf, Sadie Benning, Agnes Varda,... -
Cinema at the Periphery by Dina Iordanova
RRP: $44.41SciFier: $28.12This title highlights the industries, markets, identities, and histories that distinguish cinema beyond the traditional hubs of mainstream Western cinema. From Iceland to Iran, from Singapore to... -
Imitations of Life by Marcia Landy
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $30.18Marcia Landy has gathered thirty-seven important essays on film and melodrama that have appeared in books and journals over the last two decades. In her introduction to the book, Landy explores the... -
From Tinseltown to Bordertown by Celestino Deleyto
RRP: $51.36SciFier: $46.55Los Angeles is a global metropolis whose history and social narrative is linked to one of its top exports: cinema. L.A. appears on screen more than almost any city since Hollywood and is home to the... -
Ingmar Bergman by Robin Wood
SciFier: $42.38At a time when few reviewers and critics were taking the study of film seriously, Robin Wood released a careful and thoroughly cinematic commentary on Ingmar Bergman's films that demonstrated the... -
Parables of the Posthuman by Jonathan Boulter
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38In its intimate joining of self and machine, video gaming works to extend the body into a fluid, dynamic, unstable, and discontinuous entity. While digital gaming and culture has become a popular... -
Light Motives by Randall Halle
RRP: $48.58SciFier: $46.55Critics rarely associate popular film with German cinema, despite the international success of films like ""Das Boot"" (1981), ""The Never-Ending Story"" (1984) ""Run Lola Run"" (1998) and recent... -
Tales in Context by Rella Kushelevsky
RRP: $118.15SciFier: $111.88A folkloric research project on Sefer ha-ma'asim.About the AuthorRella Kushelevsky is a distinguished professor of medieval and rabbinic studies at Bar-Ilan University. She is also the author of... -
Montgomery Clift, Queer Star by Elisabetta Girelli
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38Strikingly beautiful and exceptionally talented, Montgomery Clift was at the peak of his fame in 1956 when a devastating car crash nearly destroyed his face. While this traumatic event robbed him of... -
Appetites and Anxieties by Cynthia Baron
RRP: $48.58SciFier: $45.16Cinema is a mosaic of memorable food scenes. Detectives drink alone. Gangsters talk with their mouths full. Families around the world argue at dinner. Food documentaries challenge popular... -
Soldiers, Rebels, and Drifters by Nir Cohen
RRP: $40.24SciFier: $36.13A cultural history of gay filmmaking in Israel that explores its role in the rise of gay consciousness over the past three decades.Book InformationISBN 9780814334782Author Nir CohenFormat... -
Zones of Anxiety by Vicki Callahan
RRP: $44.41SciFier: $40.30The crime serials by French filmmaker Louis Feuillade provide a unique point of departure for film studies, presenting modes rarely examined within early cinematic paradigms. Made during 1913 to... -
Before the Crash by Mark Wolf
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $42.38Contributors examine the early days of video game history before the industry crash that ended the medium's golden age.Book InformationISBN 9780814334508Author Mark WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count -
Framing Hitchcock by Sidney Gottlieb
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $43.08In its history the ""Hitchcock Annual"" has established itself as a key source of historical information and critical commentary on one of the central figures in film history and arguably one of the... -
Film and Risk by Mette Hjort
RRP: $48.58SciFier: $45.16Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814334638Author Mette HjortFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint