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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood by Ed Zwick 9781668046999
RRP: $32.57$21.94This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy,... -
Prospect Cottage: Derek Jarman's House by Gilbert McCarragher 9780500027233
RRP: $42.88$28.78'Its exterior is one of the most photographed in Britain - but the inside of the artist and director's home has seldom been seen, until now... a riveting portrait of the later years of an important British artist' Sunday Times Over a near-decade from... -
Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards by Tony Moral 9781789099546
RRP: $60.02$39.45This stunning coffee table book focuses on the storyboards for nine of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movies - Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, Torn Curtain, Marnie, Shadow of a Doubt and Spellbound. It includes never... -
Ayoade on Ayoade by Richard Ayoade
RRP: $18.85$4.79In this book Richard Ayoade -- actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist -- reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over ten brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines Ayoade fully and... -
A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History. by Max Evry 9781948221290
RRP: $36.00$27.32LIMITED FIRST EDITION contains red foil gilded page edges and a black satin ribbon marker.As featured in Pitchfork, Empire, MovieMaker, Nerdist, Mashable, Wired, IGN, SFX, The Wrap, Gizmodo and more!"I see many things. I see plans within plans."Following... -
Kubrick: An Odyssey by Robert P. Kolker 9780571370368
RRP: $51.46$36.96The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Stanley Kubrick: An Odyssey fills that gap. It is based on access to the latest research, especially into his archive at the... -
The Stanley Kubrick Archives by Alison Castle
RRP: $34.31$26.23In 1968, when Stanley Kubrick was asked to comment on the metaphysical significance of 2001: A Space Odyssey, he replied: "It's not a message I ever intended to convey in words. 2001 is a nonverbal experience... I tried to create a visual... -
The Star Wars Archives. 1999–2005. 40th Ed. by Paul Duncan
RRP: $42.88$30.33From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the half-man/half-machine hybrid Darth Vader. In 1999, creator George Lucas began the story of how Anakin Skywalker grew up to train as... -
The Wes Anderson Collection by Matt Zoller Seitz
RRP: $60.04$45.47Wes Anderson is the most influential comedic voice from the past two decades of American cinema. A true auteur, his intimate involvement in each of his films; Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The... -
Clint Eastwood: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work by Ian Nathan 9780711283657
RRP: $48.03$31.20Clint Eastwood is Hollywood's elder statesman and its conscience. He is the standard by which other films and filmmakers are judged. He represents both classical Hollywood and an entirely modern, uncompromising and unfussy directorial presence. There are... -
The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel by Matt Zoller Seitz
RRP: $49.73$33.98This companion to the bestselling The Wes Anderson Collection is the only book to take readers behind the scenes of The Grand Budapest Hotel. Through a series of in-depth interviews between writer/director Wes Anderson and cultural critic Matt Zoller... -
The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty (Hardcover) by Hiromasa Yonebayashi 9781974700332
RRP: $48.01$34.34A Ghibli masterpiece of the imagination, brought to life with sketches and stills from Arrietty. Co-founded by the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli films have enthralled and enchanted audiences across the world. The Art of series gives... -
Wes Anderson: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work by Ian Nathan
RRP: $48.03$32.92The definitive reference for all Wes Anderson fans. Loaded with rich imagery and detailed analysis of his incredible films - including the classics The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom as well as Anderson's... -
Spielberg: The First Ten Years by Laurent Bouzereau 9781803363301
RRP: $85.77$58.54Explore the beginning of Steven Spielberg's remarkable career with this definitive retrospective that covers Duel, The Sugarland Express, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1941, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. In the... -
Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Oliver Stone
RRP: $17.14$12.28*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"I loved it. An amazing book." - Louis Theroux"A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless." - Chris Evans, Virgin Radio"Raw, savagely honest, as dramatic as any of his movies." - Mail on Sunday"A tremendous book - readable,... -
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of the Godfather by Mark Seal
RRP: $34.31$23.84The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film's original release.The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of... -
Modern Nature: Journals, 1989 - 1990 by Derek Jarman
RRP: $18.85$13.33Read this meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness, which is also a powerful account of his life as an HIV positive man in the 1980s. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at... -
The Art and Science of Arrival by Tanya Lapointe
RRP: $60.04$39.73Official retrospective companion book to the film Arrival starring Amy Adams, Jereny Renner and Forest Whitaker, featuring concept art, sketches, behind-the-scenes photography and interviews with key creative and scientific team members. Since its... -
The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson 9780571379842
RRP: $34.31$23.77Say 'Coppola' and The Godfather immediately comes to mind. But Coppola isn't Corleone -- he's more than that.He's a visionary who predicted that digital cameras - no larger than one's hand - would allow anyone to make movies. And then set up a studio,... -
Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge by Joseph McBride 9780231216616
RRP: $48.03$37.96The director and cowriter of some of the world's most iconic films-including Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd., Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment-Billy Wilder earned acclaim as American cinema's greatest social satirist. Though an influential fixture in... -
The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together by Adam Nayman
RRP: $60.04$43.74From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly... -
Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth by Ian Nathan
RRP: $25.71$16.64The definitive history of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast & crew. From the early days of daring to dream it could be... -
The Coppolas: A Movie Dynasty by Ian Nathan
RRP: $34.31$22.35This is a big story. The Coppolas are one of the great American filmmaking dynasties, a classic example of an immigrant family who have thrived in America - the parallels with the Corleones of The Godfather are there for all to see, albeit without the... -
Carrying On: The Carry Ons and Films of Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas by Ian Fryer 9781781559062
RRP: $60.04$43.55Carrying On presents the complete story of the Carry Ons which have made Britain laugh for generations on film, television, and stage, and of the unique British filmmaking partnership of producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas. Writer and film... -
Turning Point: 1997-2008 by Hayao Miyazaki
RRP: $24.00$16.24The second volume of legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki's career memoir continues with essays, interviews, and discussions about some of his most popular films, including Spirited Away and Ponyo.In the mid-1990s, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki moved... -
How Musicals Work: And How to Write Your Own by Julian Woolford
RRP: $29.14$21.06Musicals are the most popular form of stage entertainment today, with the West End and Broadway dominated by numerous long-running hits. But for every Wicked or Phantom of the Opera, there are dozens of casualties that didn't fare quite so well. In this... -
Dario Argento: The Exhibition by Domenico De Gaetano
RRP: $51.46$37.39This volume celebrates one of the best known and most loved Italian directors in the world, one of the great masters of tension and horror: Dario Argento. Over the years his cinema has established itself - among cinephiles but not only - for its... -
Quentin Tarantino: The iconic filmmaker and his work by Ian Nathan
RRP: $48.03$32.92Get an intimate look at the cult filmmaker of our generation. Packaged in a handsome slipcase and loaded with stunning pictures from the Kobal archives, this biography explores the genesis of Tarantino's unique directorial style and provides insight into... -
The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Alan Evans
RRP: $25.71$18.49From his marriage to Ali McGraw, his cocaine bust, the accusations of murder, the friendships with the likes of Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman, to his legendary court case and bust up with Francis Ford Coppola, this is the tell-all autobiography from... -
You've Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life by Clark Collis 9781948221153
RRP: $34.29$23.95LIMITED FIRST EDITION contains red foil gilded page edges, foil cover elements, and a black satin ribbon marker. As featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, MovieMaker, SYFY, Fangoria, SFX, Mental Floss, Total Film, and more! How did a... -
Dear Me by Peter Ustinov
RRP: $18.85$13.33Sir Peter Ustinov's beautifully crafted autobiography is told with exquisite wit and insight. From his birth in April 1921, it spans his extraordinary career as actor, playwright, film star and director, confirming his early belief that he is... -
Independent Ed: What I learned from My Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life by Edward Burns
RRP: $27.43$18.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592409334Author Edward BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 276g -
The Impossible David Lynch by Todd McGowan 9780231139557
RRP: $48.03$37.96Todd McGowan launches a provocative exploration of weirdness and fantasy in David Lynch's groundbreaking oeuvre. He studies Lynch's talent for blending the bizarre and the normal to emphasize the odd nature of normality itself. Hollywood is often... -
A Magic Lantern: An Autobiography by Ingmar Bergman
RRP: $23.16$22.33When a film is not a document, it is a dream...At the editing table, when I run the strip of film through, frame by frame, I still feel that dizzy sense of magic of my childhood." Bergman, who has conveyed this heady sense of wonder and vision to... -
Asteroid City by Wes Anderson 9780571383207
RRP: $25.71$18.49ASTEROID CITY (adapted from a "hypothetical" play) takes place in a fictional desert town, circa 1955. Synopsis: the itinerary of the annual Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country... -
On Directing Film by David Mamet
$17.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140127225Author David MametFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 102gDimensions(mm) 196mm *... -
Tim Burton by Tim Burton
RRP: $29.07$19.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870707605Author Ron MagliozziFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 320g -
At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament by Derek Jarman
RRP: $18.85$14.46Impassioned, witty and polemical, At Your Own Risk is Derek Jarman's defiant celebration of gay sexuality.In At Your Own Risk, Derek Jarman weaves poetry, prose, photographs and newspaper extracts into a rich tapestry of gay experience in the UK. The... -
Wong Kar-Wai: Auteur of Time by Stephen Teo
$64.14This study of Hong Kong cult director Wong Kar-wai provides an overview of his career and in-depth analysis of his seven feature films to date. Teo probes Wong's cinematic and literary influences - from Martin Scorsese to Haruki Murakami - yet shows how... -
A Good Night Out by John McGrath
RRP: $25.71$18.63The classic manifesto on popular theatre by the founder of the 7:84 Theatre Companies. John McGrath's manifesto is as relevant today as it was when first published in 1981. Looking at the ways different classes take their entertainment, he puts the...