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Long Hard look at 'Psycho'
Paperback,
01/03/2002,
£22.99
£20.69
In this detailed analysis of "Psycho", the author explores all the elements that make up this film. In addition he develops various lines of argument about spectatorship, Hollywood narrative codes, psychoanalysis and editing and shot-composition, amongst other themes.
Inception
Paperback,
01/05/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
David Carter examines Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010) in terms of its blurring the distinctions between genres and its explorations of the nature of the mind and how dreams are related to the conscious and unconscious mind. He also considers it in the context of the director's other work.
Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
Paperback,
25/04/2019,
£12.99
£11.69
Clockwork Orange
Paperback,
12/09/2011,
£22.99
£20.69
Drawing on new research in the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts London, Kramer's study explores the production, marketing and reception as well as the themes and style of A Clockwork Orange against the backdrop of Kubrick's previous work and of wider developments in cinema, culture and society from the 1950s to the early 1970s.
Irreversible
Paperback,
12/12/2014,
£22.99
£20.69
A critical study of Gasper Noe's Irreversible (2002) in the context of cinema du corps, which seeks to scrutinise the controversies that surround the film and analyse its deliberately incoherent, confrontational style.
Taxi Driver
Paperback,
17/09/1990,
£9.99
£8.00
A loner, Travis Bickle, takes up driving a taxi in search of an escape from his sleeplessness and his disgust with the corruption he finds around him. His pent-up rage, fuelled by his doomed relationship with a political campaign worker, leads to an inevitable descent into psychosis and violence.
Game of Thrones: A Guide to Westeros and Beyond: The Only Official Guide to the Complete HBO TV Series
Hardback,
31/10/2019,
£20.00
£18.00
Sunrise - BFI Film Classics
Paperback,
01/07/1998,
£11.99
£10.79
"Sunrise" was a lavish production, famous for its specially constructed sets and one of Hollywood's most ambitious undertakings. Fischer's book is a model of film analysis, locating "Sunrise" in a range of historical, aesthetic and philosophical contexts. In the BFI FILM CLASSICS series.
SHADOWS
Paperback,
01/05/2001,
£11.99
£10.79
This is a study of the film "Shadows", directed by John Cassavetes. The film tells the story of three beatnik siblings living together. The film deals with racial issues but the director wished it to be a human film concerned to rescue the "small feelings" of life.
Big Lebowski: Film Classics
Paperback,
27/06/2007,
£11.99
£10.79
A study that sets the film "The Big Lebowski" into the context of 1990s Hollywood cinema, anatomized for its witty relationship with the classics it satirizes, and discusses in terms of its key theme: the hopeless flailing of ridiculously unmanly men in the world of discombobulated, mixed-up, or put-on identities that is Los Angeles.
Blade Runner
Paperback,
01/07/2016,
£14.99
£13.49
Sean Redmond excavates the many significances of Blade Runner (1982): its breakthrough use of special effects as a narrative tool; its revolutionary representation of the future city; its treatment of racial and sexual politics; and its unique status as a text whose meaning was fundamentally altered in its re-released forms.
Withnail and I
Paperback,
01/04/2004,
£11.99
£10.79
Financed by HandMade Films, 'Withnail and I' was Bruce Robinson's first outing as writer-director. The script draws heavily on Robinson's own experiences in the 1960s. Kevin Jackson recounts that experience in addition to giving a full account of the film's production.
Hunting The Dark Knight
Paperback,
30/05/2012,
£17.99
£16.19
Explores Batman's twenty-first century incarnations. This title features analysis of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" that offers an account of the complex relationship between popular films, audiences, and producers in our age of media convergence.
Studying Hot Fuzz
Paperback,
01/09/2015,
£14.99
£13.49
Neil Archer considers to what extent a modestly funded film such as this can be considered 'British' at all
British Films of the 1970s
Paperback,
08/06/2017,
£15.99
£14.39
British Films of the 1970s offers highly detailed and insightful critical analysis of a range of individual films of the period. This analysis draws upon an innovative range of critical methodologies which place the film texts within a rich variety of historical contexts.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Paperback,
31/10/2014,
£11.99
£10.79
An instant cult classic, Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was both a critical and commercial success. Andrew M. Butler delves into the film's central themes and production processes, including the intertwined careers of Gondry and Kaufman, the film's various genres, its psychoanalytic aspects, and its debt to Philip K. Dick.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Paperback,
13/08/2003,
£11.99
£10.79
In "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949), Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) schemes and murders his way to a dukedom. This title looks into the turbulent personalities that formed the complex style of this film to unravel the fusion of cynicism, contempt, sparkling wit and philosophical curiosity.
Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask
Paperback,
13/07/2006,
£6.95
£6.26
Firefly Revisited: Essays on Joss Whedon's Classic Series
Hardback,
30/01/2015,
£73.00
£35.95
A short lived series created by Joss Whedon, Firefly nonetheless developed such a loyal following that Whedon was compelled to write and direct a big screen sequel in 2005. The show continues to generate a life of its own in books and comic books. This collection of twelve essays focuses on a number of themes including colonialism, race, gender, and politics.
"Fires Were Started"
7,
01/09/1999,
£11.99
£10.79
This work suggests that Humphrey Jennings' re-enacted documentary about the London Blitz, "Fires Were Started", is an understated propaganda masterpiece. It provides an account of how Jennings recaptured the reality of the Blitz for his cumbersome camera through a process of meticulous research.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Paperback,
16/01/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
Chronicles a struggling young folk singer, played by Oscar Isaacs, who arrives in Manhattan in 1961 and tries to navigate the treacherous waters of the Greenwich Village coffeehouse scene, as well as having to deal with a disaffected girlfriend, his father's dementia, the suicide of his musical partner, and the loss of his friend's cat...
Jacking in to The Matrix
Paperback,
05/10/2006,
£15.99
£14.39
The Matrix films, along with the video games, anime and toys inspired by them, are rich with philosophical, religious and social references that cry out for interpretation. This work examines these ideas in the context of the history of thought and cinema.
Seventh Seal (BFI Film Classics)
7,
01/05/1993,
£11.99
£10.79
A medieval allegory of faith and doubt, "The Seventh Seal" contains the horrors of witch-burnings and plague, yet also features flashes of peace and joy. Each volume in the "BFI Film Classics" series contains a personal commentary on the film, a brief production history and a detailed filmography.
Chinatown
Paperback,
01/11/1997,
£11.99
£10.79
This study analyzes "Chinatown" in the context of the figure of the detective in literature and film from Sophocles to Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock.
Shooting 007 and Other Celluloid Adventures
Paperback,
01/07/2014,
£16.99
£10.19
In Shooting 007, beloved cameraman and director of photography Alec Mills, a veteran of seven James Bond movies, tells the inside story of his twenty years of filming cinema's most famous secret agent.
Majestic Hollywood
Paperback,
16/01/2014,
£16.99
£15.29
A showcase of the 50 most unforgettable films from 1939; includes scene stills, behind-the-scenes candids, portraits, poster art, and more!
Planet of the Apes and Philosophy
Paperback,
11/06/2013,
£12.99
£11.69
Genetic engineering is changing humans, animals, and plants, raising new questions about the morality of such interventions. Planet of the Apes is the most resonant of all scientific apocalypse myths. This book looks at all the deeper issues involved in the Planet of the Apes stories.
Alien Woman
Paperback,
01/06/2004,
£23.99
£21.59
This text examines the construction of sex and gender in the four science-fiction films comprising the Alien saga. It should be useful to researchers and teachers in film, mass communication, women's studies, gender studies and genre studies.
Karaoke and Cold Lazarus
7,
15/04/1996,
£9.99
£8.99
Two Dennis Potter television screenplays. In "Karaoke", a dying writer more than half-imagines that something he has written has escaped into the world outside. "Cold Lazarus" is set 400 years in the future, where a cryogenically preserved head is being commercially exploited.
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