Film - History & Criticism
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The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure
$22.95 Read moreThis thrilling anthology celebrates the power of desire, bringing together personal essays, manifestos, and scholarly research, turning the spotlight on an industry where feminism is thriving.
The Fem
- Author: Taormino, Tristan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 19 2013
- ISBN10: 155861818X
- Language: English
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On the Waterfront
$15.95 Read more“I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody.” So speaks the haunted former boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) to his brother Charley (Rod Steiger) in a scene from On the Waterfront (Eli… [more below]
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Braudy, Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 30 2005
- ISBN10: 184457072X
- Language: English
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100 Cult Films
$36.95 Read moreSome films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences.
Yet these films, from- Series: Screen Guides
- Author: Mathijs, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 20 2011
- ISBN10: 1844574083
- Language: English
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Gone with the Wind: The Great American Movie 75 Years Later
$27.95 Read moreSeventy-five years after America fell in love with the cinematic classic Gone with the Wind, LIFE revisits the making of the award-winning movie and gives readers a rare look into the film’s captivati… [more below]
- Author: The Editors of Life
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1618930702
- Language: English
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Tokyo Story
$15.95 Read moreThis BFI Film Classics study of Tokyo Monogatari/Tokyo Story (1953) reveals the making, meaning and legacy behind Ozu Yasujiro’s masterpiece.
Ozu’s moving family drama is universally acknowledged as o- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Phillips, Alastair
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1911239236
- Language: English
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Sunset Boulevard
$17.95 Read moreBilly Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard was a critical and commercial success on its release in 1950 and remains a classic of film noir and one of the best-known Hollywood films about Hollywood. Both its open
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Cohan, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1839024089
- Language: English
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Mean Streets
$17.95 Read moreMean Streets was Martin Scorsese’s third feature film, and the one that confirmed him as a major new talent. On its premiere at the New York Film Festival in 1973, the critic Pauline Kael hailed the f
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Matheou, Demetrios
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1839022957
- Language: English
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All the President’s Men
$17.95 Read moreAlan J. Pakula’s political thriller All the President’s Men (1976) was met with immediate critical and commercial success upon its release, finishing second at the box office and earning seven Academy
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Ray, Robert B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1839024046
- Language: English
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The Wes Anderson Collection: Isle of Dogs
$40.00 Read moreThe Wes Anderson Collection: Isle of Dogs takes readers behind the scenes of the beloved auteur’s stop-motion animated film.
Foreword by movie/TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz
Introduction by Every Frame- Series: Wes Anderson Collection
- Author: Wilford, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1419730096
- Language: English
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Point Blank
$17.95 Read moreJohn 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 lasti
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Wilson, Eric G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 07 2023
- ISBN10: 183902576X
- Language: English
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Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan
$33.82 Read moreNamed a Best Book of the Year by Financial Times
“Singular, stylish and slightly intoxicating in its scope.”
—Rolling StoneAcclaimed media critic J. Hoberman’s masterful and majestic exploration of t
- Author: Hoberman, J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1595580069
- Language: English
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Heathers: A Novel Approach to Cinema
$15.95 Read moreWhat’s your damage?
In 1989, Michael Lehmann’s black comedy Heathers drew a line in the sand, rebuffing the sweetness and optimism of John Hughes’ more popular fare with darkness and death. Launching- Series: Deep Focus
- Author: Bowie, John Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 14 2011
- ISBN10: 1593764065
- Language: English
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The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic
$36.95 Read moreThe Way We Were: a nostalgia drenched, bittersweet romance starring superstars Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford at the peaks of their careers, and a story for everyone who was ever loved with passi
- Author: Santopietro, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493071254
- Language: English
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Lost Federations: The Unofficial Unmade History of Star Trek
$21.95 Read more“An innovative and unusual account of Star Trek’s lost voyages that makes for a fascinating alternate history.” — Brian J. Robb in Sci-Fi Bulletin
SPACE. THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE WERE ALMOST THE VOYA… [more below]
- Author: Black, A. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1915359112
- Language: English
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Anders ALS Die Andern: Volume 7
$24.93 Read moreReleased in 1919, Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others) stunned audiences with its straightforward depiction of queer love. Supporters celebrated the film’s moving storyline, while conserv… [more below]
- Series: Queer Film Classics
- Author: Malakaj, Ervin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0228018684
- Language: English
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Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused
$18.99 Read more- Author: Maerz, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0062908499
- Language: English
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Chroma: A Book of Color
$18.95 Add to cartChroma: A Book of Color is a meditation on the color spectrum by Britain’s most controversial filmmaker. From the explosions of image and color in Edward II, The Last of England, The Garden, and Wittg… [more below]
- Author: Jarman, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 22 2010
- ISBN10: 0816665931
- Language: English
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Top Five: How ‘High Fidelity’ Found Its Rhythm and Became a Cult Movie Classic
$24.95 Read moreThe movie High Fidelity is sacred ground for music lovers and cinephiles alike. Through the story of hapless record store owner Rob Gordon and his coterie of vinyl snobs, the 1997 film made it cool to
- Author: Buss, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072137
- Language: English
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Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy
$29.95 Read more- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Kearns, Burt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0813196507
- Language: English
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Frightfest Guide to Grindhouse Movies
$24.95 Read moreJust when you thought it was safe to stop repeating “It’s only a movie… only a movie… only a movie!” it’s time to take a stroll down the dark and deviant back alleys of the Exploitation film indus… [more below]
- Series: Frightfest Guides #5
- Author: Jones, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1913051110
- Language: English
