Film

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526969Author Christopher FraylingFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press

Explore the characters and locations of Kevin Costner's Western film opus, Horizon: An American Saga Chapters One and Two, through Cale Glendening's intimate cast portraits and behind-the-scenes photography.Horizon: An American Saga Is Kevin Costner's...

Because Timothee Chalamet's eyes gleam with the light of a thousand suns. Because you'd let Zoe Kravitz get away with putting gum in your hair. And because there really should be a national monument dedicated to Gene Kelly's ass. From the...

Discover more than 50 lightsabers from the golden age of the Jedi with this essential guide to the elegant weapons from Star Wars: The High Republic. From Vernestra Rwoh's unique lightwhip and Stellan Gios' ornate crossguard lightsaber to Burryaga's...

Revised and updated to match the latest WJEC Eduqas GCSE Film Studies specification and covering many of the latest film texts for assessment from 2024, this highly visual and engaging Student Book will support students through the course and help...

A deluxe art book featuring exclusive commentary, sketches, concept art, and paintings detailing the unique architecture in Studio Ghibli's films.Explore the dazzling animated worlds of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa of the Valley of the...

The exciting follow-up to the bestselling Harry Potter Knitting Magic, this volume offers 28 new and official patterns for knits ranging from spellbinding stuffed toys to cosy Hogwarts house apparel to all-new costume replicas - including...

'Smart, analytical and enormously good fun' Stuart Maconie, Mail on Sunday'Ingenious . . . conjures a whole cultural history of the past six decades' The Spectator'Strikingly insightful . . . page after page of glorious anecdotes' The i Newspaper'A book...

Inspired by the cherished memories of a childhood spent in Hawaii, wrapped by the Aloha Spirit that unites all those living in the islands as one ohana, this collection of visual musings featuring Disney's Lilo and Stitch, sharp and sweet as only life...

A Telegraph, Evening Standard and Daily Mail Book of the YearFrom the acclaimed writer and critic Geoff Dyer, an extremely funny scene-by-scene analysis of Where Eagles Dare - published as the film reaches its 50th anniversaryA thrilling Alpine adventure...

'A blast' - Ian Rankin'A joyous celebration of 80s action cinema' - Robbie Collin, Telegraph'Vastly entertaining' - The TimesThe behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and 90s Hollywood and the beloved films - from Die Hard to The...

From Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, the first art book that delves into the development and history of his beloved TV series, Futurama-timed for the show's 25th anniversary The world of Futurama comes to life in this deluxe art book, with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886633313Author James MottramFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease - in fact, he had been secretly fighting it for seven years. In this candid book, with his trademark ironic sensibility and sense of the...

The ultimate guide to the famous productions of Irwin Allen, legendary producer of The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, featuring over 2,000 exclusive images. This lavish coffee table hardback book is the first and only book of its kind to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989247566Author John William LawFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Aplomb PublishingPublisher Aplomb PublishingWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

In all his films, Wes Anderson turns the mundane into magic by building distinctive and eccentric worlds. But how well do you know the man behind the camera? Discover the inspirations of one of our most revered auteurs with The Worlds of Wes Anderson...

From his film debut in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) through Biggles (1985), here is the movie career of Peter Cushing, known as "the gentle man of horror." From interviews and extensive personal correspondence, the authors are able to provide...

Concert Lighting: Tools, Techniques, Art, and Business Fourth Edition provides readers with an updated look at how to succeed in the complex world of concert lighting design and technology. The authors have reorganized the book into three comprehensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873658232Author Robert GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.Publisher Peabody Museum of Archaeology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646043293Author Jessica YunFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913051204Author Nathaniel ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint FAB PressPublisher FAB Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985195224Author Craig R BaxleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Craig BaxleyPublisher Craig BaxleyWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Whether it's Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, or The Big Sleep, roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this essential handbook to Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs, editors Paul Duncan and...

Based on the Ghibliotheque podcast, which leafs through the library of films from the world's greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli, this fully illustrated book is now updated to include the new 2023 film release, How Do you Live?It reviews each...

From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world's favourite fictional detective. ...

More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designer. The particular curve of a backrest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the color of the entire artifact; each element reflects the...

Treat yourself to the ultimate adorable colouring book with these Kawaii illustrations, ready to transform into the cutest artBook InformationISBN 9781837956050Author Igloo BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint SparkpoolPublisher Bonnier Books...

Hired in 1976 by Francis Ford Coppola as the still photographer for his masterpiece Apocalypse Now, Chas Gerretsen's private archive of hundreds of photographs propels readers immediately into the chaos and drama surrounding one of the most important...

From the silent-film era to the blockbusters of today, Horror Unmasked is a fun-filled, highly illustrated dive into the past influences and present popularity of the horror film genre. The horror film's pop-culture importance is undeniable, from its...

'The book of the year' SUNDAY TIMES'One of the very best biographies I have ever read' STEPHEN FRY'A hot thunderstorm of a book' DAVID HARE'Erotic Vagrancy gave me a week of pure joy' CRAIG BROWN'Unputdownable' TONY PALMER'A genius writer' LYNN...

PRE-ORDER THE PAPERBACK EDITION OF DROWNING, THE THRILLING NEW BLOCKBUSTER BY T. J. NEWMAN. OUT JUNE 2024. 'Amazing . . . Intense suspense, shocks and scares plus chilling insider authenticity make this one very special' LEE CHILD 'FALLING is the best...

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho: A Casebook collects some of the finest essays on this groundbreaking film--a film that is ideal for teaching the language of cinema and the ways in which strong filmmakers can break Hollywood conventions. Psycho is a film that...

Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the "wyrd" is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy (The Wicker Man), Piers Haggard (Blood on Satan's Claw), and Michael Reeves (Witchfinder General) have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley...

Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth (2006), won a total of 76 awards and is one of the most commercially successful Spanish-language films ever made. Blending the world of monstrous fairytales with the actual horrors of post-Civil War...

A sweeping and heartbreaking Hollywood biography about the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.A New York Times bestsellerAs seen in the Daily Mail and Mail on SundayIn 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh...

In 1939, fifty million Americans went to the movies every week, Louis B. Mayer was the highest-paid man in the country, and Hollywood produced 530 feature films a year. One decade and five thousand movies later, the studios were faltering. The 1940s...

This exhilarating pop-up book invites you to relive the movie adventures of Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and the Boy Who Lived-Harry Potter-as you explore London's magical Diagon Alley like never before. Inside, gorgeously intricate pop-up spreads...

The study of media language is increasingly important both for media studies and for discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. Norman Fairclough applies to media language his 'critical discourse analysis' framework which he developed in 'Language and...