Pop Arts / Pop Culture
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Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News
$25.99 Add to cartOn the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the United States heard a startling report of a meteor strike in the New Jersey countryside. With sirens blaring in the background, announcer
- Author: Schwartz, A. Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2016
- ISBN10: 0809031647
- Language: English
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Naming Names: With a New Afterword by the Author
$36.00 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Award
An astonishing work concerning personal honor and dishonor, shame and shamelessness. A book of stunning insights and suspense. –Studs Terkel Half a century later, th- Author: Navasky, Victor S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 30 2003
- ISBN10: 0809001837
- Language: English
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Memento & Following
$18.00 Add to cartThe screenplay for the cult film that took audiences by storm
Memento is a remarkably layered, psychological-puzzle film that explores the narrative possibilities of noir, turning its detective into a- Author: Nolan, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0571210473
- Language: English
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How to Build a Great Screenplay: A Master Class in Storytelling for Film
$30.00 Add to cartHow to Bulid a Great Screenplay is a definitive guide on the mechanics of screenwriting–filled with examples–from the author of The Tools of Screenwriting.
Acclaimed USC screenwriting teacher David- Author: Howard, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 24 2006
- ISBN10: 031235262X
- Language: English
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Film: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFilm is arguably the dominant art form of the twentieth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Wood offers a wealth of insight into the nature of film, considering its role and impact on so… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wood, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 20 2012
- ISBN10: 0192803530
- Language: English
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You’ve Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life
$18.99 Read moreSoftcover edition contains all-new hand-drawn cover artwork by HagCult! As featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, MovieMaker, SYFY, Fangoria, Yahoo’s “It List”, SFX, Men
- Author: Collis, Clark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1948221195
- Language: English
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Write Screenplays That Sell: The Ackerman Way: 20th Anniversary Edition, Newly Revised and Updated
$21.95 Add to cartYou don’t have to attend film school to take a screenwriting course with the master teacher in the field — it’s all in his book! Meet Hal Ackerman, up close and personal, just as hundreds of his stud… [more below]
- Author: Ackerman, Hal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1931290687
- Language: English
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Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II
$30.00 Read moreFrom the Turner Classic Movies Library: Film and history buffs alike will enjoy this engrossing story of Hollywood’s involvement in World War II, as it’s never before been told.
Remember a time when a- Series: Turner Classic Movies
- Author: Blauvelt, Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0762499923
- Language: English
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Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation
$18.00 Read moreThe vivid and untold story of the Golden Age of classic animation and the often larger-than-life artists who created some of the most iconic cartoon characters of the twentieth century
In 1911, famed c
- Author: Mitenbuler, Reid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 07, 2021
- ISBN10: 0802159141
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Letterman
$29.99 Add to cartOn May 20, 2015, Dave said, “Thank you and goodnight.” The Foo Fighters sang “Everlong,” and Late Show with David Letterman ended its run. The final six weeks of the series had guests like Julia Rober
- Author: Ryan, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: November 06, 2018
- ISBN10: 1949024008
- Language: English
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Detour
$18.62 Add to cartLong considered an unpolished gem of film noir, the private treasure of film
buffs, cinephiles and critics, Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945) has recently earned
a new wave of recognition. In the words o- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Isenberg, Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 105
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1844572390
- Language: English
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Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made the Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic
$19.99 Add to cart“Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s deft weave of social history and sharp entertainment reporting explains how [The Mary Tyler Moore Show] made the world safe for Lena Dunham” (Peter Biskind, author of Eas
- Author: Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 29, 2013
- ISBN10: 1451659229
- Language: English
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Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics: Hollywood’s Best Mistakes, Goofs and Flat-Out Destructions of the Basic Laws of the Universe
$18.99 Read moreIn this fascinating and humorous guide, author Tom Rogers examines the real science behind stunts, plots, and special effects without ruining the fun of your favorite, universe-breaking action movies.
- Author: Rogers, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1402210337
- Language: English
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Marvellous Synergy: Phase Three – An Unofficial Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
$26.99 Add to cartWhile comic book movies have become ubiquitous, the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have consistently stood out. The Infinity Saga concludes with a critically acclaimed third set of films that
- Series: Marvellous Synergy
- Author: Thai, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0645144622
- Language: English
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Kim Jong-Il Production
$28.99 Add to cartAn Amazon Best of The Year Nonfiction Selection
Library Journal Top Ten Book of the Year The Extraordinary True Story of Kim Jong-Il’s kidnapping of the golden couple of South Korean Cinema, The Movi- Author: Fischer, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1250054273
- Language: English
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The Starfleet Survival Guide
$15.00 Add to cartAs the brave men and women of Starfleet carry out their duties — mapping countless solar systems, greeting new species and establishing ties with civilizations large and small — they live, work, and… [more below]
- Series: Star Trek
- Author: Mack, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 12 2006
- ISBN10: 0743418425
- Language: English
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Klingon for the Galactic Traveler
$18.95 Add to cart“Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam.”
“It is a good day to die.” What is the proper response to this? What should I do? Now, with Klingon for the Galactic Traveler you will know. Organized into four easy-to-use se- Series: Star Trek
- Author: Okrand, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0671009958
- Language: English
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Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture Under Late Capitalism
$16.95 Add to cartSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 COLE FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION
A nuanced, feminist, and deeply personal take on beauty culture and YouTube consumerism, in the tradition of Maggie Nelson’s Bluets
As Daph
- Author: B, Daphne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1552454290
- Language: English
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The Big Lebowski
$17.95 Add to cartEthan and Joel Coen’s The Big Lebowski was released in 1998 to general bafflement. A decade on, it had become a cult classic and remains so over 20 years later, inspiring a thriving circuit of ‘Lebows
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Tyree, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1838719601
- Language: English
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A Short History of Cahiers Du Cinema
$24.95 Add to cartCahiers du Cin ma was the single most influential project in the history of film. Founded in 1951, it was responsible for establishing film as the ‘seventh art, ‘ equal to literature, painting or musi… [more below]
- Author: Bickerton, Emilie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1844677605
- Language: English
