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On the Art of the No Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami by Masakazu Yamazaki
RRP: $126.75$99.26This annotated translation is the first systematic rendering into any Western language of the nine major treatises on the art of the Japanese No theater by Zeami Motokivo (1363-1443). Zeami, who transformed the No from a country entertainment into a... -
Devising Critically Engaged Theatre with Youth: The Performing Justice Project by Megan Alrutz
RRP: $72.13$63.92Devising Critically Engaged Theatre with Youth: The Performing Justice Project offers accessible frameworks for devising original theatre, developing critical understandings of racial and gender justice, and supporting youth to imagine, create, and... -
To Be A Playwright by Janet Neipris
RRP: $62.38$57.58Originally published in 2005, To Be A Playwright is an insightful and detailed guide to the craft of playwriting. Part memoir and part how-to guide, this useful book outlines the tools and techniques necessary to the aspiring playwright. Comprised of a... -
Robert Beavers Rebekah Rutkoff 9783901644696
RRP: $48.75$44.52In a career spanning five decades, Robert Beavers has distinguished himself as one of the most important American avant-garde filmmakers. From My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure, his cycle of 18 films made across Europe... -
A Biker's Tale by John Hellemans 9781990003127
RRP: $27.28$19.21An hilarious tale about an epic event, written from a unique perspective. To be able to appreciate the story, the reader needs to be young at heart, have a vivid imagination and a love for adventure. If that sounds like you, join the writer on his... -
American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper by Kristopher Woofter
RRP: $87.75$76.58Tobe Hooper's productions, which often trespassed upon the safety of the family unit, cast a critical eye toward an America in crisis. Often dismissed by scholars and critics as a one-hit wonder thanks to his 1974 horror classic The Texas Chain Saw... -
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne by Joseph Mai
RRP: $33.13$30.97For well over a decade, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have produced highly original and ethically charged films that immerse their audiences in an intense and embodied viewing experience. Their work has consistently attracted international recognition,... -
Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by Steve Ryfle 9780819500410
RRP: $36.08$31.92The first comprehensive biography of the director behind Godzilla and other Japanese sci-fi classics.Ishiro Honda was arguably the most internationally successful Japanese director of his generation, with an unmatched succession of science fiction films... -
The Cinema of Central Europe by Peter Hames 9781904764205
RRP: $54.60$45.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904764205Author Peter A. HamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
The Wicker Man by Steve A. Wiggins 9781837643882
RRP: $38.98$36.66Many fans of Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973) may know that this classic is considered a fine sample of folk horror. Few will consider that it's also a prime example of holiday horror. Holiday horror draws its energy from the featured festive day,... -
Force Majeure by Tim Price
$21.55Stop it. Stop it! Everyone! We're on holiday, we're meant to be having a nice time. What the hell is wrong with you? Tomas and Ebba are determined to have quality family time with their children, so they head to the Alps on a skiing trip. But when... -
Documentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media by Angela J. Aguayo 9780190676223
$45.73Documentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media offers a new approach to understanding the networked capacity of documentary media to create public commons areas, crafting connections between unlikely interlocutors. In this process... -
World Film Locations: Glasgow by Nicola Balkind 9781841507194
$46.72World Film Locations: Glasgow explores Scotland's biggest city and the many locations in which its films are viewed, set and shot. Taking in the important moments and movements in its rich cinematic history, this book seeks to discover the city's... -
Between Two Silences: Talking with Peter Brook by Peter Brook 9780413755803
$59.16This unusually candid volume of Brook in dialogue provides an uninhibited encounter with contemporary theatre's most influential director The result of twelve hours of spontaneous question and answer sessions, Between Two Silences shows Brook responding... -
Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition by Peter Hames
RRP: $56.53$55.75This book is the first study in English to examine some of the key themes and traditions of Czech and Slovak cinema, linking inter-war and post-war cinemas together with developments in the post-Communist period. It examines links between theme, genre,... -
Intermedial Praxis and Practice as Research: 'Doing-Thinking' in Practice by Joanne Scott 9781349956364
$107.23Nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Research Prize 2018In this book, Jo Scott shares writing and documentation from her practice as research (PaR) project, which explored and analysed a mode of performance she developed, called live intermediality. The... -
Movie Blockbusters by Julian Stringer 9780415256094
RRP: $72.13$65.99Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what - or all - blockbusters are? Movie Blockbusters brings together writings from key film scholars, including Douglas Gomery, Peter Kramer, Jon Lewis and Steve Neale, to... -
The Daring Decade [Volume Two, 1975-1979]: The Exciting, Influential, and Bodaciously Fun American Movies of the 1970s by Bob McLain 9781683902799
RRP: $38.90$31.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683902799Author Bob McLainFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Pulp Hero PressPublisher Pulp Hero PressWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *... -
Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film by Patton Oswalt 9781451673227
RRP: $33.15$24.08Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasn't drugs, alcohol, or sex: it was film. After moving to Los Angeles, Oswalt became a huge film buff (or as he calls it, a sprocket fiend), absorbing classics, cult hits, and... -
The Cinema of Wim Wenders by Alexander Graf 9781903364291
RRP: $35.08$29.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364291Author Alexander GrafFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 362gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
Star Wars: Rogues, Scoundrels & Bounty Hunters by Titan Books
RRP: $42.88$22.29A new Star Wars Insider collection, featuring content previously printed in the Star Wars Insider magazine. Each volume brings together a collection of the best of the official Star Wars Insider magazine content, celebrating the complete Star Wars... -
The Road to Roses: Heartbreak, Hope, and Finding Strength When Life Doesn't Go as Planned by Desiree Hartsock Siegfried
RRP: $39.00$21.72For anyone looking for a light in the darkness, The Road to Roses?is a transformative guide to finding the strength to hold your head high, even when you're at your lowest. Whether your heart has been broken, your dream has been put on hold, or your... -
Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker by Lauren Kessler
RRP: $27.28$19.21An award-winning author's journey to break out of the expectations of midlife and reclaim the daring of her girlhood by dancing in the world's most popular ballet, The Nutcracker, with a professional company.Like generations of little girls, Lauren... -
Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley by Jason Smith 9780826419101
$37.13"Alien Woman" examines the construction of sex and gender in the four science-fiction films comprising the Alien saga (starring Sigourney Weaver). The Alien saga stands alone in presenting an enduring, self-reliant female protagonist, Ripley,... -
Feeling Film: A Spatial Approach by Beth Carroll 9781349711772
$47.15This book questions the de facto dominance of narrative when watching films. Using the film musical as a case study, this book explores whether an alternative spatial understanding of film can offer alternative readings to narrative. For instance, how do... -
Cuban Cinema by Michael Chanan 9780816634248
RRP: $40.93$36.41The earliest films made in Cuba-newsreel footage of the Cuban-Spanish-American War-date from the end of the nineteenth century, but Cuba cannot be said to have had an indigenous film industry before the revolution of 1959. The melodramas, musicals, and... -
But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films by Kristen Lopez
RRP: $33.13$24.14For film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 52 cinema classics and the literary works that served as their inspiration. "I love that movie!""But have you read the book?"Within these pages, Turner... -
William Goldman: Five Screenplays with Essays by William Goldman 9781557833624
RRP: $29.23$24.80A collection of five screenplays by this Academy Award-winning writer. Includes: All the President's Men U Magic U Harper U Maverick U The Great Waldo Pepper. Also features essays by Goldman: Getting Even or Creative Accounting Sneak Previews or Why... -
Stories Told through Sound: The Craft of Writing Audio Dramas for Podcasts, Streaming, and Radio by Barry M. Putt, Jr. 9781493065349
RRP: $35.08$28.26With over 4,000 outlets worldwide and growing, audio drama is the new frontier in storytelling. From family dramas tales to epic space battles and period pieces to large-cast musicals, it is a medium without limits, because the audience creates the... -
Theory for Theatre Studies: Movement by Rachel Fensham
$35.39How do we define movement in performance? Who or what is being moved and how? And which movements are felt, observed, or studied, in theatre? Part of the Theory for Theatre Studies series which introduces core theoretical concepts that underpin the... -
Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation by Carolyn Cocca
RRP: $56.53$52.88Winner of the 2017 Eisner Award in the Best Academic/Scholarly Work category 2017 Prose Awards Honorable Mention, Media & Cultural Studies Over the last 75 years, superheroes have been portrayed most often as male, heterosexual, white, and... -
Studies in French Cinema: UK Perspectives 1985-2010 by Will Higbee
$59.01Studies in French Cinema looks at the development of French screen studies in the United Kingdom over the past twenty years and the ways in which innovative scholarship in the UK has helped shape the field in English- and French-speaking universities... -
Creating Solo Performance by Sean Bruno
RRP: $62.38$57.58Creating Solo Performance is an innovative toolbox of exercises and challenges focused on providing you - the performer - with engaging and inspiring ways to explore and develop your idea both on the page and in the performance space. The creation of a... -
The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Editing Japanese Monsters Volume 1: U.S. Edits (1956-2000) by John Lemay 9781953221773
RRP: $38.98$29.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953221773Author John LemayFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Bicep BooksPublisher Bicep BooksWeight(grams) 785gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 30mm -
Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language by Janet Brennan Croft 9780786428274
RRP: $48.73$39.57Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have... -
Ghostbusters Collectables by Matt MacNabb
RRP: $31.18$22.50The film Ghostbusters was released in June 1984 and became a cultural phenomenon and an instant classic, reaching No. twenty-eight in the American Film Institute's top 100 comedies of all time and voted funniest film of the past twenty-five years by... -
Move. Choreographing You: Art and Dance Since the 1960s by Stephanie Rosenthal 9780262516297
RRP: $52.65$39.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262516297Author Stephanie RosenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 235mm *... -
The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker's Dracula by Alain Silver 9780879102661
RRP: $37.03$30.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102661Author Alain SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 739gDimensions(mm) 244mm *... -
Time Frames: Japanese Cinema and the Unfolding of History by Scott Nygren 9780816647088
RRP: $40.93$36.60Until 1951, when Kurosawa's Rashomon won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice Film Festival, Japanese cinema was isolated from world distribution and the international discourse on film. After this historic event, however, Japanese cinema... -
A Theory of Dramaturgy Janek Szatkowski 9780815354710
RRP: $72.13$65.99A Theory of Dramaturgy is the first text of its kind to define concepts and combine arguments into a coherent dramaturgical theory supported by an operative systems theory. This is a wide-ranging theory with historical and contemporary perspectives on...