Guides & Reviews

From the moment films were first produced, comedy has been a key feature of cinema. From just before the turn of the twentieth century until the early 1930s, audiences celebrated the brilliant humor of cinematic clowns who left their marks forever. We...

In A History of American Movies: A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft and Business of Cinema, Paul Monaco provides a survey of the narrative feature film from the 1920s to the present. The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized...

The conventions of gangster movies have become well known: the gum-chewing moll, the kiss of death, incorruptible G-men and well-dressed gangsters toting machine guns. The genre was first popularized in the silent era and has continued with such...

On June 8, 1912, Carl Laemmle of the Independent Motion Picture Company, Pat Powers of Powers Picture Company, Mark Dintenfass of Champion Films, and Bill Swanson of American Eclair, meeting in New York City, signed a contract to merge their studios...

This is a critical study of Generation X film directors and how they have been influenced by generational identity. While Generation X as a whole sometimes seems to lack direction, its filmmakers have devoted their careers to making powerful statements...

The career of Christopher Lee has stretched over half a century in every sort of film from comedy to horror and in such diverse roles as the Man With the Golden Gun, Frankenstein's monster, Fu Manchu and Sherlock Holmes. From Corridor of Mirrors in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942801931Author Tim GoodyearFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Floating World ComicsPublisher Alternative ComicsWeight(grams) 582g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559360593Author Athol FugardFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

During his career Stanley Kubrick became renowned for undertaking lengthy and exhaustive research prior to the production of all his films. In the lead-up to what would eventually become Dr. Strangelove (1964), Kubrick read voraciously and amassed a...

Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film is the most exhaustive and up-to-date reference book on Canadian film and filmmakers, combining 700 reviews and biographical listings with a detailed chronology of major events in Canadian film and television...

?The Psycho Records follows the influence of the primal shower scene within subsequent slasher and splatter films. American soldiers returning from World War II were called "psychos" if they exhibited mental illness. Robert Bloch and Alfred...

An updated and expanded version of this classic study of contemporary American film, the new edition of A Cinema of Loneliness reassesses the landscape of American cinema over the past decade, incorporating discussions of directors like Judd Apatow and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226742Author Clayton PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 554Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 1092g

Celebrate the first decade of James Cameron's Avatar and the beginnings of an epic cinematic journey.Delve into the majestic world of Pandora and discover the incredible wealth of creativity that led this story to become the highest-grossing film of all...

Istvan Szabo is one of Hungary's most celebrated and best-known film directors, and the only Hungarian to have won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, for Mephisto (1981). In a career spanning over five decades Szabo has relentlessly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674510Author Geoff KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 158gDimensions(mm) 186mm * 114mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780897501927Author Dr Craig D ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Black Belt BooksPublisher Black Belt BooksWeight(grams) 1048gDimensions(mm) 272mm *...

The screenplays of award-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley have earned him a reputation as a gifted writer with a great range and imagination. His movies Moonstruck, Five Corners, and Joe Versus the Volcano have starred such Hollywood luminaries as...

One of the world's most erudite and entertaining film critics on the state of cinema in the post-digital-and post-9/11-age. This witty and allusive book, in the style of classic film theorists/critics like Andre Bazin and Siegfried Kracauer, includes...

From the vengeful ghosts of J-horror to the walking dead in 28 Days Later and World War Z, from the creepiness of Spain's haunted houses to the graphic gore of the New French Extremism, horror is everywhere in the twenty-first century. This lively and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903254936Author Kevin GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint FAB PressPublisher FAB Press

Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel, Carrie (1976), is one of the defining films of 1970s "New Hollywood" style and a horror classic. The story of a teenage social outcast who discovers she possesses latent psychic powers that allow...

This updated volume is the perfect gift for any fan of horror movies and pop culture's most iconic monsters. The year 2021 is a milestone anniversary year for horror's most iconic films-Universal Studios' Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man. Those...

Few films have had the influence and impact of The Blair Witch Project (1999). Its arrival was a horror cinema palette cleanser after a decade of serial killers and postmodern intertextuality, a bare bones 'found footage' trend setter. In this Devil's...

Since the spectacular success of The Artist (2011) there has been a resurgence of interest in silent cinema, and particularly in the lush and passionate screen dramas of the 1920s. This book offers an introduction to the cinema of this extraordinary...

An extra-terrestrial alien, capable of replicating any living form it touches, infiltrates an isolated research base in the Antarctic, and sows suspicion and terror among the men trapped there. Which of them is still human, and which a perfect alien...

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to New York movies, from Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen to Lena Dunham and Noah Baumbach. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Wes...

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to New York movies, from Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen to Lena Dunham and Noah Baumbach. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Wes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734154641Author John LemayFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Bicep BooksPublisher Bicep BooksWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 22mm

Star Wars Visions collects a wealth of art - hand-picked by George Lucas - produced by a variety of artists, illustrators, designers and cartoonists, working across all genres and styles to celebrate their favourite characters, themes, worlds and moments...

Featuring production art and photography from the eagerly anticipated new film Chappie, starring Hugh Jackman with Sigourney Weaver! Chappie is an upcoming film directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium), written by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375714344Author Anthony LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 577gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Who exactly are the Guardians of the Galaxy? Why are the Infinity Stones so important? What's the best order to watch the films in? And are Iron Man and Captain America friends or enemies? If you've ever mixed up the different Thor movies, or you get...

This guide to anime offers an overview of the art form, looking at its development in Japan and its export to other cultures. It includes a history of Japanese animation from early examples to the relaunch of animation as a viable commercial entity and...

Earning critical acclaim and commercial success upon its 1998 release, Rushmore-the sophomore film of American auteur Wes Anderson-quickly gained the status of a cult classic. A melancholic coming-of-age story wrapped in comedy drama, Rushmore focuses on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903254455Author Robin BougieFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint FAB PressPublisher FAB PressWeight(grams) 350g

The earlier EFilm Noir ReadersE which now boast a combined sale of well over 30 000 copies have all quite deliberately conveyed a sweeping overview of the classic period demonstrating how broad and inclusive noir movies are. EFilm Noir Reader 4E moves...

To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek TV series, CBS Consumer Products have commissioned a series of art pieces to celebrate moments, characters, storylines and episodes from the Franchise. Artists from around the world as well...

Over 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...

Spanning nine decades and showcasing the most memorable songs, dazzling dancing, and brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen, Must-See Musicals is the guide to the greatest musicals of all time from the most trusted authority on film-Turner...