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Escape from New York: The Official Story of the Film by John Walsh 9781789096217
RRP: £35.00£27.24Over forty years after the release of the iconic hit, Escape from New York: The Official Story of the Film delves into the archives to showcase the creation of the movie. Directed by John Carpenter and released in 1981, Escape from New York thrilled... -
Mastering the Audition: How to Perform under Pressure by Donna Soto-Morettini 9781408160619
£25.45Frustrating, nerve-wracking, job-winning or job-losing, flawed yet necessary - auditioning is a maddening business for everyone involved. The people behind the audition desk are looking for a killer audition (often under tremendous pressure), but most of... -
Laid in Chelsea: My Life Uncovered by Ollie Locke 9780007513963
RRP: £9.99£7.80The Sunday Times bestseller! Pour the champagne, light some candles, lay back and prepare to laugh, cry and gasp at the fully uncensored, Bridget-Jones-esque world of Ollie Locke, star of Made in Chelsea. Immaculately dressed,... -
Naked Cinema: Working with Actors by Sally Potter
RRP: £25.00£17.81Sally Potter has been renowned for her rapport with actors, and for the luminous performances she works with them to produce. Now she strips bare the art and craft of directing actors for the camera, from casting a film to the moment of first screening... -
Harry Potter: The Film Vault - Volume 8: The Order of the Phoenix and Dark Forces by Jody Revenson 9781789094169
RRP: £14.99£7.95The Harry Potter Film Vault series condenses the rich concept art of the Harry Potter film series into twelve collectible volumes. Harry Potter: The Film Vault compiles the filmmaking secrets and visionary artistry behind the Harry Potter films into a... -
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies by Rick Edwards
RRP: £10.99£7.97A Sunday Times Book of the YearA New Scientist Gift Pick"Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara O BriainCan we resurrect dinosaurs? Is a Martian holiday good for your health? Can we build a time machine? (And more importantly, can it look... -
Roy Scheider: A Film Biography by Diane C. Kachmar 9780786440597
RRP: £24.99£20.61Over his 30-plus-year acting career, Roy Scheider has redefined America's idea of a leading man, thanks to his talent for playing an urban everyman that audiences relate to and root for, despite flaws and failures. He rose to fame in the early 1970s... -
Filmmakers on Film: How They Create, Craft and Communicate by David Jenkins
RRP: £12.99£8.83Through a curated selection of quotations, images and interviews, Filmmakers on Film reveals what matters most to the masters. Discover how the giants of filmmaking - from Sofia Coppola to Agnes Varda - developed their distinctive visual styles, the core... -
Poe Pictures: The Film Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe by Bruce Hallenbeck 9780955767067
RRP: £25.00£16.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955767067Author Bruce HallenbeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 239Imprint Tomahawk PressPublisher Tomahawk PressWeight(grams) 820g -
Trish Arnold: The Legacy of Her Movement Training for Actors by Lizzie Ballinger 9781350264557
RRP: £25.99£21.56'All you have is yourself, no words, no script in hand, no music to dance to, nothing to hide behind. It was just me - the pure expression of my desire.' Trish Arnold (1918-2017) was a pioneer in the field of movement. Her work stands alongside that... -
Rotten Tomatoes: The Ultimate Binge Guide: 296 Must-See Shows That Changed the Way We Watch TV The Editors of Rotten Tomatoes 9780762473663
RRP: £20.00£12.23For the completist, The Ultimate Binge Guide is a challenge: a bingeable bucket list of all the shows you need to see before you die (or just to be super-informed at your next dinner party). For all readers, it's a fascinating look at the evolution of TV... -
Just the Funny Parts: ... And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys' Club by Nell Scovell
£10.26Just the Funny Parts is a juicy and scathingly funny insider look at how pop culture gets made. For more than thirty years, writer, producer and director Nell Scovell worked behind the scenes of iconic TV shows, including The Simpsons, Late Night with... -
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe 9780061992117
RRP: £10.99£7.90Operating out of a tiny office on Madison Avenue in the early 1960s, a struggling company called Marvel Comics presented a cast of brightly costumed characters distinguished by smart banter and compellingly human flaws. Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four,... -
Beginning by David Eldridge 9781350146174
RRP: £10.99£8.61"A wry, funny and touching meditation on loneliness, that private shame of the singleton in the era of the dating app and of fraudulent boasting on social media ... written with a real depth of insight, humour, compassion and a keen sense of the... -
Everything You Wanted to Know About Lacan But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock by Slavoj Zizek
£21.48The contributors bring to bear an unrivaled enthusiasm and theoretical sweep on the entire Hitchcock oeuvre, analyzing movies such as Rear Window and Psycho. Starting from the premise that 'everything has meaning,' the authors examine the films'... -
100 Science Fiction Films by Barry Keith Grant
£20.30A comprehensive guide to science fiction films, which analyzes and contextualizes the most important examples of the genre, from Un voyage dans la lune (1902), to The Road (2009).About the AuthorBarry Keith Grant is Professor of Popular Culture and Film... -
Disgraced by Mr Ayad Akhtar
RRP: £10.99£8.61"A continuously engaging, vitally engaged play about thorny questions of identity and religion in the contemporary world, with an accent on the incendiary topic of how radical Islam and the terrorism it inspires have affected the public discourse." The... -
Suspiria Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 9780993238475
RRP: £22.99£21.04As one of the most globally recognisable instances of 20th century Eurohorror, Dario Argento's Suspiria (1976) is poetic, chaotic, and intriguing. The cult reputation of Argento's baroque nightmare is reflected in the critical praise it continues to... -
Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway by Farley Granger 9780312357740
RRP: £23.99£15.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312357740Author Farley GrangerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Educating Rita Willy Russell 9781350200937
RRP: £10.99£9.91'One way of describing Educating Rita would be to say that it was about the meaning of education ... Another would be to say that it was about the meaning of life. A third, that it is a cross between Pygmailion and Lucky Jim. A fourth, that it is simply... -
Making Noise Quietly: three short plays by Robert Holman
RRP: £13.99£10.18An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives. In Being Friends, two young men meet in a Kentish field in 1944 as doodlebugs whizz overhead. One is a conscientious objector, the other an artist, but an intense bond forms... -
Theatre, Exhibition, and Curation: Displayed & Performed by Georgina Guy
RRP: £42.99£37.59Examining the artistic, intellectual, and social life of performance, this book interrogates Theatre and Performance Studies through the lens of display and modern visual art. Moving beyond the exhibition of immaterial art and its documents, as well as... -
Doctor Who and Philosophy: Bigger on the Inside by Courtland Lewis 9780812696882
£23.52In Doctor Who and Philosophy, a team of mostly human philosophers (who are also fans) looks at the deeper issues raised by the Doctor's mind-blowing adventures. They discuss, among other topics, the Doctor's philosophy of science, the ethics of a... -
The League of Gentlemen by Leon Hunt
£28.21The League of GentlemenPart sitcom, part sketch show, part 'Kitchen Sink', part 'Northern Gothic', The League of Gentlemen is one of British television's most innovative and enduring comedy series. Set in the northern town of Royston Vasey, the series... -
Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh by Alan Strachan
RRP: £15.99£13.78Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020 Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also... -
The Art Of Screenplays: A Writers Guide by Robin Mukherjee
RRP: £21.99£14.78The Art of Screenplays is a working handbook for writers with stories to tell. Addressing the key issues of creativity and craft, its aim is to connect with our natural understanding of story, to demystify the screenwriter's art, and to enable fresh,... -
Splintered Visions Lucio Fulci and His Films by Troy Howarth 9781936168613
RRP: £30.00£21.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936168613Author Troy HowarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Publisher Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Shimmering Images: Trans Cinema, Embodiment, and the Aesthetics of Change by Eliza Steinbock
RRP: £20.99£18.66In Shimmering Images Eliza Steinbock traces how cinema offers alternative ways to understand gender transitions through a specific aesthetics of change. Drawing on Barthes's idea of the "shimmer" and Foucault's notion of sex as a mirage, the author shows... -
Video Production: Putting Theory into Practice by Steve Dawkins
£43.38It's tempting to skip over theory when you want to get on with the practice of video production. But understanding theory can actually give you the confidence to make good practical decisions and to produce higher-quality videos and films. This... -
Hear Me Now: Audition Monologues for Actors of Colour by Noma Dumezweni
RRP: £15.99£15.23A brand-new collection of original audition pieces written by and for actors of colour, commissioned by Tamasha Theatre Company and edited by Titilola Dawudu, with a foreword by Noma Dumezweni. Hear Me Now is a unique collection of over eighty... -
102 Great Monologues: A Versatile Collection of Monologues & Duologues for Student Actors by Rebecca Young 9781566081719
RRP: £17.99£11.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081719Author Rebecca YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 244g -
The Shakespeare Revue by Christopher Luscombe 9781854592590
RRP: £13.99£10.18An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard. Devised for, and first performed by, the Royal Shakespeare Company, this show has been a hit with audiences all over the world. It includes songs and sketches by Alan Bennett, Noel... -
Fred Karno: The Legend Behind the Laughter by David Crump
£22.19If in doubt fall on your arse. That was the mantra of Fred Karno: acrobat, comedian, writer, music hall impresario, film producer and the undisputed king of slapstick. From his famous nursery of nonsense, the 'Fun Factory', the Guv'nor conquered the... -
Trash or Treasure: Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties by Kate Egan 9780719072338
RRP: £19.99£18.53Trash or treasure is a wide-ranging historical study of the British circulation of the video nasties - a term that was originally coined to ban a group of horror videos in Britain in the 1980s but which continues to have cultural resonance in Britain up... -
Destination: Moonbase Alpha: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Space 1999 by Robert W. Wood
£23.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845839062Author Robert E. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm)... -
Notes from the Dream House: Selected Film Reviews 1963-2013 by Philip French
RRP: £19.99£14.26Notes from the Dream House is a `best of' selection of reviews by the celebrated Observer film critic Philip French. Spanning half the history of cinema, his reviews cover a great variety of films, from westerns and gangsters to art movies and musicals -... -
The Improv Book: Improvisation for Theatre, Comedy, Education and Life by Alison Goldie
£16.81A smart, witty and accessible guide to the rewarding and joyful practice of improvisation. Classic improv games and variations Telling stories and creating characters Using improv to make theatre and comedy, from monologues to full-scale... -
A Family at War: The Unofficial and Unauthourised Guide to Till Death Us Do Part by Mark Ward 9781845839499
£19.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845839499Author Mark WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical by Stacy Wolf 9780195378245
RRP: £36.49£22.37From Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" to Nina in "In the Heights" and Elphaba in "Wicked," female characters in Broadway musicals have belted and crooned their way into the American psyche. In this lively book, Stacy Wolf illuminates the women of American... -
Alice in Wonderland by Eva Le Gallienne
£12.78Adapted from Lewis Carroll Fantasy / More than 50 characters plus extras (doubling possible) / Ints./exts. Produced and revived on Broadway, this is the most successful dramatic version of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: a journey into...