Film - History & Criticism
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Chroma: A Book of Color
$18.95 Read moreChroma: 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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No Jurisdiction: Legal, Political, and Aesthetic Disorder in Post-9/11 Genre Cinema
$32.95 Add to cartNo Jurisdiction interweaves autobiography and analysis to explore how a disabled American of French-Arab descent justifies his love for the (super)heroes who destroy brown people like himself. Framing… [more below]
- Series: Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema
- Author: Ben-Youssef, Fareed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1438489269
- Language: English
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The Essential Guide to Warfare: Star Wars
$36.00 Add to cartTHE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE ULTIMATE INTERGALACTIC BATTLEFIELD
Like many a great epic, Star Wars is rooted in a rich history of armed conflict. Now, for the first time, the facts, figures, and fascina- Series: Star Wars: Essential Guides
- Author: Fry, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 03 2012
- ISBN10: 0345477626
- Language: English
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Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking
$40.00 Read moreMovie fans and film historians will celebrate the treasure trove of rare notes, memos, and telegrams from Hollywood’s Golden Age in Letters from Hollywood.
“Compiled by producer Rocky Lang and film h- Author: Lang, Rocky
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1419738097
- Language: English
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Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film
$18.00 Read moreUntil now, Maya Deren’s essays on the art and craft of filmmaking have not been available in a comprehensive volume equally handy for students, film enthusiasts, and scholars. Essential Deren: Collect… [more below]
- Author: Deren, Maya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: December 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0929701658
- Language: English
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Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960-1990
$29.95 Add to cartRevolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960-1990 examines how political violence and resistance was represented in arthouse and cult films
- Author: Nette, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 9798887440606
- Language: English
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Art Popular Culture and the Classical Ideal in the 1930s A Study of Roman Scandals and Christopher Strong: Includes the Unfinished Autobiography of Do
$45.00 Read moreDr. David Soren examines Art, Popular Culture and the Classical Ideal in the 1930s in this beautifully illustrated book. The book takes an in-depth look at Roman Scandals and Christopher Strong and, a
- Author: Soren, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1936168049
- Language: English
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Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother
$34.95 Add to cart“Marx Brothers authority Bader has done a remarkable job successfully uncovering the story of the unknown brother, revealing a genuinely complex character. This book is revelatory not just about Zeppo
- Author: Bader, Robert S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1493087967
- Language: English
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Moguls: The Lives and Times of Hollywood Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck
$28.00 Read moreThe sensational, lurid, and wickedly entertaining true story of the brothers who invented Hollywood to become the godfathers of cinema – movie moguls Nicholas and Joseph Schenck – studded with glamoro… [more below]
- Author: Benson, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0806543086
- Language: English
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The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns
$27.95 Add to cartThe Cavalry Trilogy captures the genesis of Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950), from pre-production to theatrical releases. Along the way, readers learn why For
- Author: Blake, Michael F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077066
- Language: English
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Making a Bridge Too Far
$29.95 Add to cartA Bridge Too Far, released in 1977, was the last epic WWII movie made in the Hollywood studio system. Its ambitious goal: to recreate the Allied plan Operation Market-Garden in September 1944. The pla… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1735273899
- Language: English
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The Crow: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Classic Film
$27.95 Read moreLong-anticipated remake of The Crow to hit theaters Fall, 2024 from director Rupert Sanders starring Bill Skarsg?rd
“You won’t find a more comprehensive, step-by-step account… a cult classic that co
- Author: Baiss, Bridget
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074113
- Language: English
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When Harry Met Sally …
$15.95 Add to cartWhen Harry Met Sally (1989) is one of the definitive romantic comedies and has had an enormous impact on the development of the genre since its release. With an illuminating scene-by-scene analysis, T
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: McDonald, Tamar Jeffers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 25 2015
- ISBN10: 1844579077
- Language: English
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From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film
$27.95 Add to cartAn essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticism
First published in 1947, From Caligari to Hitler remains an undisputed landmark study of the ric- Series: Princeton Classics #43
- Author: Kracauer, Siegfried
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0691191344
- Language: English
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The Apocalypse Now Book
$19.99 Add to cartThe making of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic, based on unprecedented access to his private archives
The movie took years to be filmed and edited, and was the subject of endless stories, rumors, and spec- Author: Cowie, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 07 2005
- ISBN10: 0306810468
- Language: English
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Scorsese by Ebert
$19.00 Add to cartRoger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received–for 1967’s I Call First, later renamed Who’s That Knocking at My Door–creating a lasting bond that made him one of
- Author: Ebert, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0226182037
- Language: English
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“One Man Crazy … !” The Life and Death of Colin Clive; Hollywood’s Dr. Frankenstein
$30.00 Add to cartHe immortalized Henry Frankenstein in Hollywood’s Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, but his too-brief life was often a horror saga as well.
“One Man Crazy ” The Life and Death of Colin Clive is
- Author: Mank, Gregory W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 378
- Publish Date: November 29 2018
- ISBN10: 1936168812
- Language: English
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Cinema Symbolism 2: More Esoteric Imagery in Popular Movies
$32.95 Add to cartFinally The much anticipated sequel to Cinema Symbolism is here Cinema Symbolism 2: More Esoteric Imagery in Popular Movies explores the hidden symbolism and esoteric imagery in such movies as Crims
- Author: Sullivan, Robert W., IV
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 668
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0692847359
- Language: English
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Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen
$26.99 Add to cartA fully updated edition of David J. Skal’s Hollywood Gothic, “The ultimate book on Dracula” (Newsweek).
The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the moder- Author: Skal, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 18 2004
- ISBN10: 0571211585
- Language: English
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History of Film
$25.95 Add to cartIn this lively and up-to-date analysis, David Parkinson traces the evolution of the moving image from the earliest shadow shows to the digital filmmaking of the twenty-first century. Covering the key … [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Parkinson, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0500204101
- Language: English
