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Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess by Satyarth Nayak
RRP: $35.00$28.98Hailed as the first pan-Indian female superstar in an era which literally offered actresses crumbs, Sridevi tamed Hindi cinema like no other. Beginning her affair with the camera when she was four, this doe-eyed beauty conquered Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam... -
Stanley Kubrick and the Art of Adaptation: Three Novels, Three Films by Greg Jenkins 9780786430970
RRP: $48.73$39.57Paring a novel into a two-hour film is an arduous task for even the best screenwriters and directors. Often the resulting movies are far removed from the novel, sometimes to the point of being unrecognizable. Stanley Kubrick's adaptations have... -
Seinfeld: A Cultural History by Paul Arras
RRP: $68.25$59.88This book traces the history of Seinfeld's path onto NBC's schedule and rise up the Nielsen ratings, offering a fresh look at the episodes themselves. It pays close attention to the writers and writing of the show, carefully analyzing individual episodes... -
Social Foxtrot by Andy Mundy 9781778353376
RRP: $29.15$25.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778353376Author Andy MundyFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Andy MundyPublisher Andy MundyWeight(grams) 118g -
Eyes Of Blood: The Hammer Films Dracula Cycle Starring Christopher Lee by Jack Hunter 9781902588247
RRP: $21.35$15.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902588247Author Jack HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Glitter BooksPublisher Creation BooksWeight(grams) 147g -
The Moors Tonderai Munyevu (Playwright, UK) 9781350204607
RRP: $21.43$19.03Two migrants both alike in dignity in this city where we lay our dreams. Two men arrive in London looking for Shakespeare. They say they are from Balaika, Africa. They have passed through fire to be here and are determined for the great man to hear... -
Alamo Village: How a Texas Cattleman Brought Hollywood to the Old West by John Farkis 9781629330907
RRP: $48.65$44.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629330907Author John FarkisFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm *... -
Producing and the Theatre Business by Robert Emmet Long 9780826418111
RRP: $42.88$42.69For more than thirty years, the Wing has produced the "Working in the Theatre" seminars, a series that features the greatest names in theatre. It is now available in book form for the first time, compact, and at an affordable paperback price... -
Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins by Noah Isenberg
RRP: $48.75$40.15Edgar G. Ulmer is perhaps best known today for Detour, considered by many to be the epitome of a certain noir style that transcends its B-list origins. But in his lifetime he never achieved the celebrity of his fellow Austrian and German emigre... -
Brit Happens: Or Living the Canadian Dream by James Mullinger
RRP: $38.98$26.36One Sunday afternoon in a tiny postage-stamp garden, James Mullinger made the life-altering decision to give it all up: the London pubs, bustling city streets, and a flourishing comedy career. But where in the world would he and his partner raise a... -
Renaissance Fun: The Machines Behind the Scenes by Philip Steadman 9781787359178
RRP: $97.50$85.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787359178Author Philip SteadmanFormat HardbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 970g -
V for Vendetta as Cultural Pastiche: A Critical Study of the Graphic Novel and Film by James R. Keller 9780786434671
RRP: $42.88$36.72The 2005 James McTeigue and Wachowski Brothers' film ""V for Vendetta"" represents a postmodern pastiche, a collection of fragments pasted together from the original Moore and Lloyd graphic novel of the same name, along with numerous allusions to... -
How Did Lubitsch Do It? by Joseph McBride
RRP: $35.08$30.38Orson Welles called Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947) "a giant" whose "talent and originality are stupefying." Jean Renoir said, "He invented the modern Hollywood." Celebrated for his distinct style and credited with inventing the classic genre of the Hollywood... -
The Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance and Cognitive Science Rick Kemp 9781032094861
RRP: $83.83$73.87The Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance and Cognitive Science integrates key findings from the cognitive sciences (cognitive psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary studies and relevant social sciences) with insights from theatre and performance... -
Upstairs and Downstairs: British Costume Drama Television from The Forsyte Saga to Downton Abbey by James Leggott 9781442244825
RRP: $156.00$143.58The international success of Downton Abbey has led to a revived interest in period dramas, with older programs like The Forsyte Saga being rediscovered by a new generation of fans whose tastes also include grittier fare like Ripper Street. Though often... -
Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter by M. Bennett 9781137378767
RRP: $97.48$66.81Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of... -
Hedys Folly by Richard Rhodes
RRP: $31.18$24.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307742957Author Richard RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
So, You're the New Musical Director!: An Introduction to Conducting a Broadway Musical by James H. Laster 9780810840010
RRP: $93.60$82.00So, You're the New Musical Director! is aimed at the person who has music training but little or no experience with musical theatre, the high school choral director with a degree in music education, or the actor participating in community theatre... -
Writing for the Green Light: How to Make Your Script the One Hollywood Notices by Scott Kirkpatrick 9781138016460
RRP: $64.33$56.80Tailor your screenplay to sell. Find out what Hollywood script readers, producers, and studio executives want in a screenplay (and why) from someone who's been there. Discover what it takes to begin a lasting career as a screenwriter.Peppered with... -
Media, Persuasion and Propaganda by Marshall Soules
RRP: $46.78$39.86This is an eclectic, interdisciplinary overview of persuasive strategies and propaganda techniques. Living in a saturated media environment, we are crowded from all sides by persuasive messages and information. Advice, promotion and propaganda form a... -
The Actor and the Alexander Technique by Kelly R McEvenue 9780312295158
RRP: $38.98$24.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312295158Author Kelly R McEvenueFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 217mm... -
Porridge by Richard Weight
$43.15'Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court and it is now my duty to pass sentence.' Those words, spoken by a judge to the show's hero in the title sequence of every Porridge episode, are among the most famous... -
John Coates: The Man Who Built the Snowman by Marie Beardmore
RRP: $42.88$36.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861966820Author Marie BeardmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 499g -
Why We Love Die Hard by Kim Taylor-Foster
RRP: $33.13$23.32Fully loaded with John McClane sarcasm, Alan Rickman as a German terrorist, and Nakatomi Plaza blowing up on Christmas Eve, Die Hard is often cited as the film that took action blockbusters to the next level, but what has earned the film its fiercely... -
The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers by Thomas A. Crowell, Esq.
RRP: $81.88$76.42The legal terminology is portrayed in a simple and accessible way, making it ideal for beginner filmmakers with zero law knowledge Organized chronologically according to the life cycle of a film, but written in a way that allows the filmmaker to jump in... -
Multiculturalism and the Mouse: Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment by Douglas Brode
RRP: $40.93$35.82In his latest iconoclastic work, Douglas Brode-the only academic author/scholar who dares to defend Disney entertainment-argues that "Uncle Walt's" output of films, television shows, theme parks, and spin-off items promoted diversity decades before such... -
Troy Kennedy Martin Lez Cooke 9780719067037
RRP: $38.98$28.74This is the first full-length study of the screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, whose work for film and television includes Z Cars, The Italian Job, Kelly's Heroes, The Sweeney, Reilly - Ace of Spies and Edge of Darkness. With a career spanning six decades... -
Weyward Macbeth: Intersections of Race and Performance by Scott L. Newstok 9780230616424
RRP: $97.48$87.69Weyward Macbeth, a volume of entirely new essays, provides innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the various ways Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' has been adapted and appropriated within the context of American racial constructions. Comprehensive in its... -
Screenplays: How to Write and Sell Them by Craig Batty 9781842435038
RRP: $38.98$26.93Screenplays ... How to Write and Sell Them is an accessible yet comprehensive book aimed at those with a keen interest in writing feature film screenplays. Using case studies, creative exercises and interviews from the industry, the book will guide... -
The Making of Tenet by James Mottram 9781647220600
RRP: $77.98$68.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647220600Author James MottramFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 1315gDimensions(mm) 287mm *... -
MR Scrooge: The Pantomime by Brian Luff 9780244413835
RRP: $17.53$15.91Based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, this fresh, funny new version of Scrooge, by Channel 4 comedy writer Brian Luff, takes the much-loved Christmas story and turns it into a traditional British pantomime. While staying true to the... -
Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators by Jeff Lenburg 9781557836717
$41.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557836717Author Jeff LenburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
The Moral Narratives of Hayao Miyazaki by Eric Reinders 9781476664521
RRP: $29.23$25.74Widely regarded as Japan's greatest animated director, Hayao Miyazaki creates films lauded for vibrant characters and meaningful narrative themes. Examining the messages of his 10 full-length films-from Nausicaa (1984) to The Wind Rises (2013)-this study... -
Anna Pavlova in Art & Life by Victor Dandre 9781906830915
$40.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906830915Author Victor DandreFormat HardbackPage Count 422Imprint David LeonardPublisher David LeonardWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *... -
Shaken, Not Stirred!: James Bond in the Spotlight of Physics by Metin Tolan 9783030401085
RRP: $44.83$32.68How do James Bond's X-ray glasses work, the ones he uses to see whether the lady at the roulette table has a pistol concealed in her underwear? Is it really possible to launch oneself into the air and catch up with a plane that is free-falling towards... -
A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann by Steven C. Smith 9780520229396
RRP: $58.50$48.48No composer contributed more to film than Bernard Herrmann, who in over 40 scores enriched the work of such directors as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. In this first major biography of the composer, Steven C... -
Marjorie Barstow and John Dewey: Critical Thinking and Pedagogy in the Performing Arts by Amanda Cole
RRP: $155.98$139.58This book focuses on the teaching and philosophy of the pioneering performing arts teacher and educator Marjorie Barstow. She is one of the best and brightest exponents of the Alexander Technique (AT), an approach to awareness and movement widely... -
Fredric Jameson and Film Theory: Marxism, Allegory, and Geopolitics in World Cinema by Jeremi Szaniawski
RRP: $50.68$43.86Frederic Jameson and Film Theory is the first collection of its kind, it assesses and critically responds to Fredric Jameson's remarkable contribution to film theory. The essays assembled explore key Jamesonian concepts-such as totality, national... -
The Holy Mountain by Alessandra Santos
RRP: $25.33$20.30Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo helped inaugurate the midnight movie phenomenon. Its success spawned The Holy Mountain, through interventions by John Lennon and Allen Klein. After a scandalous release and a 16-month midnight career, The Holy Mountain was... -
My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar Valentina Andrade 9781350423251
RRP: $21.43$19.03Winner of a OneOff Special Award for 2023 at the Offies Awards 2024 Finalist for Best Production (Plays) at the Offies Awards 2024 This is just me joining the family business exposing massive global injustice. Latinx Women from South London take...