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Tokyo Story by Alastair Phillips
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $23.12This 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... -
Paris in the Cinema: Beyond the Flaneur by Alastair Phillips 9781844578184
Booksplease Price: $191.39This essay collection offers a new approach to the representation of Paris on screen. Bringing together a wide range of renowned French and Anglophone specialists in film, television, history,... -
Rififi: French Film Guide by Alastair Phillips 9781848850552
Booksplease Price: $58.99"Du rififi chez les hommes" (1955), directed by the exiled American film director Jules Dassin, recounts the nail-biting tale of a Parisian gangster heist gone wrong. Famed for its extended dialog... -
Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood - A Critical Companion by Alastair Phillips 9781844571246
Booksplease Price: $98.85A comprehensive guide to European actors in American film, this book brings together 15 chapters with A-Z entries on over 900 individuals. It includes case studies of prominent individuals and... -
Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris by Ginette Vincendeau 9780851709499
Booksplease Price: $77.32Ginette Vincendeau discusses the artistic value of his films in their proper context and comments on Jean-Pierre Melville's love of American culture and his controversial critical and political... -
Brigitte Bardot by Ginette Vincendeau 9781844574926
Booksplease Price: $62.62Ginette Vincendeau analyses Bardot's rise to fame as a highly-acclaimed French international film star and fashion icon from her early days as a fashion model and ballet dancer to her period of 'high... -
Film Moments: Criticism, History, Theory by James Walters 9781844573356
Booksplease Price: $81.75Film is made of moments. In its earliest form, the cinema was a moment: mere seconds recorded and projected into the darkness. Even as film has developed into today's complex and intricate medium, it... -
The French New Wave: Critical Landmarks Peter Graham (Film-maker, critic and food writer, France) 9781839022296
RRP: $52.48Booksplease Price: $48.89The French New Wave is an essential anthology of writings by and about the critics and filmmakers of this revolutionary cinematic movement, which has had a radical impact on film practice and the way... -
The French New Wave: Critical Landmarks by Peter Graham 9781839022302
Booksplease Price: $184.97The French New Wave is an essential anthology of writings by and about the critics and filmmakers of this revolutionary cinematic movement, which has had a radical impact on film practice and the way... -
Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance by Hye Seung Chung 9781592135158
Booksplease Price: $128.46How a Korean American actor became a Hollywood "Oriental" starHow a Korean American actor became a Hollywood "Oriental" starReviews"The author has succeeded in bringing an oft-neglected artist and... -
Boats on the Marne: Jean Renoir's Critique of Modernity by Prakash Younger
RRP: $60.88Booksplease Price: $52.58Boats on the Marne offers an original interpretation of Jean Renoir's celebrated films of the 1930s, treating them as a coherent narrative of philosophical response to the social and political crises... -
The Japanese Cinema Book by Hideaki Fujiki
RRP: $79.78Booksplease Price: $70.50The Japanese Cinema Book provides a new and comprehensive survey of one of the world's most fascinating and widely admired filmmaking regions. In terms of its historical coverage, broad thematic... -
The Cinematic Influence: Interaction and Exchange Between the Cinemas of France and Japan Peter C. Pugsley 9781501382932
Booksplease Price: $66.91Exploring the multiple aesthetic and cultural links between French and Japanese cinema, The Cinematic Influence is packed with vivid examples and case studies of films by Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc... -
Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy: Architecture, Innovation, Labour, Politics, 1930-60 Sarah Street 9781839025341
Booksplease Price: $208.28This open access book investigates film studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy between the 1930s and 1960s. During this time, studios faces unprecedented challenges including wartime... -
100 Film Noirs by Jim Hillier 9781844572168
Booksplease Price: $45.19Film noir's popularity with cinema audiences, enthusiasts and scholars has remained unabated since post-war French critics began discerning a new trend in American film with the release of such...