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Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook by Clive James
RRP: £9.99£8.82A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen Television and TV viewing are not what they once were-and that's a good thing, according to award-winning author and critic... -
York Realist, The by Peter Gill
RRP: £10.99£6.96Early 1960s, Yorkshire. Farm labourer George is cast in an amateur staging of the York Mystery Plays. His world is shaken when he falls for metropolitan assistant director John and the two men embark on a clandestine affair.Peter Gill's influential play... -
Marco Ferreri: The Films of an Italian Provocateur by Roberto Curti 9781476682495
£43.02Marco Ferreri (1928-1997) was one of Italian cinema's most unique auteurs. A maverick personality, he worked with some of the most popular actors of the time (Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Ugo Tognazzi,... -
The Longest Suicide in Hollywood by John William Law 9780999306949
RRP: £21.00£15.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999306949Author John William LawFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Aplomb PublishingPublisher Aplomb PublishingWeight(grams) 152g -
The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance by Dollie Henry
RRP: £20.00£16.43Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other... -
I an Actor by Nicholas Craig
RRP: £12.99£11.01The new revised edition of the uncensored 'Acto-biography' of the most controversial thespian of his generation. The memoirs of Nicholas Craig - theatrical eminence best known for his Trueplate in The Cuckolde of Leicester and more popularly as Gob in Oh... -
Tokyo Story by Alastair Phillips
RRP: £12.99£11.12This BFI Film Classics study of Tokyo Monogatari/Tokyo Story (1953) reveals the making, meaning and legacy behind Ozu Yasujiro's masterpiece. Ozu's moving family drama is universally acknowledged as one of the most significant Japanese films ever made... -
Storytelling Michael Wilson (Loughborough University, UK) 9781839097591
RRP: £15.99£12.07Exploring the potential for storytelling as a creative practice for health and well-being, Michael Wilson considers how the art form might help us reconsider the power relationships in healthcare contexts and restore agency to patients, in partnership... -
The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination by Philip Ball
RRP: £27.00£22.88Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time-fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them-and still living them-today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many... -
Being Reem Joey Essex 9781444794359
RRP: £10.99£7.61Joey's bestselling book updated with an exclusive new chapter! The nation's favourite Essex boy tells his rollercoaster story so far. Trendsetter, male grooming icon and all-round good guy, this is the world according to the one and only Joey Essex... -
The Faith of Elvis by Billy Stanley
RRP: £20.00£16.77Behind the glamour and the crowds. Beyond the movies and the records. Apart from all who knew him, wanted to know him, or just wanted to be near him.Billy Stanley knew Elvis Presley as a brother-and as a man of deep faith. From the day Billy Stanley... -
Film Theory: An Introduction Robert Stam (New York University) 9780631206545
RRP: £30.95£28.06This book is a lively and provoking introduction to film theory. It is suitable for students from any discipline but is particularly aimed at students studying film and literature as it examines issues common to both subjects such as realism,... -
The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone 9780573618215
£11.81Drama Characters: 1 male, 1 female Interior Set Rose, a shy dimestore salesgirl whose life centers around reveries and daydreams, lives in a dreary Philadelphia apartment. Into her life saunters Cliff, a hard working, hard drinking truck driver. He is... -
Ozu: His Life and Films by Donald Richie
RRP: £29.00£23.77"Substantially the book that devotees of the director have been waiting for: a full-length critical work about Ozu's life, career and working methods, buttressed with reproductions of pages from his notebooks and shooting scripts, numerous quotes from... -
The Business of TV Production by Craig Collie 9780521682381
RRP: £44.99£41.84Television is the dominant mass medium of the current era. Its lifeblood in whatever form it takes is content - the programs it broadcasts to the public. This book is an insider's view of the business of production of TV programs, for university-level... -
Cruise by Jack Holden
£12.13Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play Set in London's Soho in the 1980s, Cruise tells the story of what should have been Michael Spencer's last night on Earth. Diagnosed with HIV in 1984, he's told by doctors that he has just four... -
Successful Singing Auditions by Gillyanne Kayes 9780713658071
RRP: £19.99£19.04Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Cinema of the Dark Side: Atrocity and the Ethics of Film Spectatorship by Shohini Chaudhuri
RRP: £23.99£21.85A ground-breaking comparative treatment of cinematic images of atrocity, combining critical perspectives on contemporary film and human rights. A few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work 'the dark side' in... -
Babette's Feast by Julian Baggini
RRP: £12.99£10.04On the face of it, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1989) is a film in which the eyes - and mouths - of religious zealots are opened to the glories of the sensual world. It is a critique of what Nietzsche called life-denying religion in favour of... -
The Philosophical Hitchcock: "Vertigo" and the Anxieties of Unknowingness by Robert B Pippin
RRP: £19.00£18.50On the surface, The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness, is a close reading of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece Vertigo. This, however, is a book by Robert B. Pippin, one of our most penetrating and creative... -
Share a Cuppa Tea with Jane Quinn: The Interviews by Jane Quinn 9781912587742
RRP: £17.99£15.54For over ten years Jane Quinn has been sharing a cup of tea with some of the biggest names in the music and entertainment world as she has engaged them in a long running series of intimate interviews that go beyond the public image to reveal the person... -
Breaking the Glass Armor by Kristin Thompson
RRP: £45.00£36.00"Classical works have for us become covered with the glassy armor of familiarity," wrote Victor Shklovsky in 1914. Here Kristin Thompson "defamiliarizes" the reader with eleven different films. Developing the technique formulated in her Eisenstein's Ivan... -
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life by Michael Caine 9780316451871
RRP: £39.00£27.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316451871Author Michael CaineFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm *... -
Brutus and Other Heroines: Playing Shakespeare's Roles for Women by Harriet Walter
£24.22'A part we have played is like a person we once met, grew to know, became intimately enmeshed with and finally moved away from. Some of these characters remain friends, others are like ex-lovers with whom we no longer have anything in common. All of them... -
Possession by Alison Taylor
RRP: £21.99£19.87Premiering at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Andrzej Zulawski's Possession remains a distinct phenomenon. Though in competition for the illustrious Palme d'Or, its art cinema context did not rescue it from being banned as part of the United Kingdom's... -
I Remember Everything: Life Lessons from Dawson's Creek by Erin Hensley
RRP: £14.99£10.14Featuring illustrations by Jillian BartholdThe first coming-of-age series for millennial consumption, Dawson's Creek created one of the most iconic memes before the word "meme" was mainstream. On January 20, 1998, the Capeside High School class of 2001... -
Here for the Drama by Kate Bromley
RRP: £8.99£6.42Romance doesn't follow a script with this spicy forbidden love story, perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Emily Henry. 'Not to be too dramatic - I LOVED it' - Pernille Hughes, bestselling author of Probably the Best Kiss in the World'This tale of... -
Love's Victory: By Lady Mary Wroth by Alison Findlay 9781526167170
RRP: £20.00£17.84Love's Victory by Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1651) is the first romantic comedy written in English by a woman. The Revels Plays publishes for the first time a fully-authorised, modern spelling edition of the Penshurst manuscript, the only copy of the play... -
wonder.land by Moira Buffini
RRP: £10.99£7.42Aly is struggling with all the pressures of being a teenager: family, school, friends and her own insecurities. Then she discovers wonder.land - a mysterious online world where, perhaps, she can create a whole new life. The web becomes her looking-glass... -
The Letters of Cole Porter by Cole Porter
RRP: £27.50£23.89The first comprehensive collection of the letters of one of the most successful American songwriters of the twentieth century From Anything Goes to Kiss Me, Kate, Cole Porter left a lasting legacy of iconic songs including "You're the Top," "Love For... -
Collins Ireland Film and TV Location Map by Collins Maps
RRP: £3.99£3.10Full-colour, handy guide to more than 50 of the most popular film and TV locations in Ireland. Striking images and detailed descriptions allow for a comprehensive guide to Ireland's most recognisable filming sites in a convenient, travel-sized... -
The Secrets Of Noh Masks by Michishige Udaka
RRP: £25.00£17.03Noh master Michishige Udaka is the only living actor to continue to create masks while still performing and teaching. In this book he presents 32 of the more than 200 masks he's made to date, accompanied by compelling revelations about the masks and the... -
Alan Bennett Plays 2: Kafka's Dick; Insurance Man; Old Country; Englishman Abroad; Question of Attribution by Alan Bennett
RRP: £18.99£12.83This second volume of plays by Alan Bennett includes his two Kafka plays, one an hilarious comedy, the other a profound and searching drama. Also included is An Englishman Abroad and A Question of Attribution. The fascination of these two plays lies in... -
Overshare: Love, Laughs, Sexuality and Secrets by Rose Ellen Dix
RRP: £8.99£6.39Rose and Rosie are known for their candid and hilarious YouTube videos... but now they are taking oversharing to a whole new level. Discussing sexuality, revealing secrets and empowering others, OVERSHARE is a book packed with Rose and Rosie's unique... -
Winston Effect: The Art and History of Stan Winston Studio by Jody Duncan
RRP: £34.99£27.07For over 30 years, Stan Winston and his team of artists and technicians have been creating characters, creatures and monsters for the silver screen, from "The Terminator" and the extraterrestrial monstrosities of "Aliens" and "Predator" to the amazing... -
Let's Face it: 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning by Kirk Douglas 9780470376171
£11.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470376171Author Kirk DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Beat the Devil: A Covid Monologue by David Hare
RRP: £6.99£5.02Covid-19 seems to be a sort of dirty bomb, thrown into the body to cause havoc.On the same day that the UK government finally made the first of two decisive interventions that led to a conspicuously late lockdown, David Hare contracted Covid-19. Nobody... -
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures by Susan Zwerman 9781138542204
RRP: £57.99£52.37The award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available today. This new edition has been updated to include the latest, industry-standard techniques, technologies, and... -
Running the Show: Television from the Inside by Jeff Melvoin 9781493075294
RRP: £18.99£14.32Running the Show takes you inside building a show from the ground up and what a showrunner's life looks like in Hollywood. About the AuthorAs a writer and producer, Jeff Melvoin has worked on more than a dozen series, contributing to over 375 hours of... -
My Name is Not Wigs!: Or ... the day I thought PAVAROTTI was a stagehand by Angela Cobbin
RRP: £12.99£9.34An enthralling journey through time, fashion and theatreland: from hairdressing student in the early 1960s to theatrical wig creator for the biggest shows of our time over five decades - from the West End to Broadway - Box Brownie to Cinemascope. My Name...