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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,
£23.99
£21.59
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,
£23.99
£21.59
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
A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander
Hardback,
17/09/2020,
£16.99
£15.29
Author Jonathan Melville looks back at the creation of Highlander with the help of more than 60 cast and crew, including stars Christopher Lambert and Clancy Brown, as they talk candidly about the gruelling shoot that took them from the alleys of London, to the far reaches of the Scottish Highlands, and onto the streets of 1980s New York City.
Bond: Photographed by Terry O'Neill: The Definitive Collection
Hardback,
19/03/2020,
£50.00
£45.00
Iconic portraits and contact sheets from Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, Golden Eye and the Bond spoof & Casino Royale, published to coincide with the new James Bond film, No Time to Die.
The Art and Making of Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley: The Rise and Fall of Stanton Carlisle
Hardback,
17/12/2021,
£34.99
£31.49
Comprehensive and insightful, , is the ultimate companion to the master director's latest work.
The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster
Paperback,
24/03/2022,
£28.99
£26.09
Downton Abbey: A New Era - The Official Film Companion
Hardback,
29/04/2022,
£29.99
£26.99
A perfect gift for Downton Abbey fans, the official film companion provides a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the art and making of the sequel to the globally successful Downton Abbey film.
The Double
Paperback,
03/04/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
Inspired by Dostoyevsky's short story, The Double tells the story of Simon, a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.
The Star Wars Archives. 1977-1983. 40th Ed.
Hardback,
23/06/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. In this book, George Lucas guides us through the original trilogy like never before, recounting the inspirations, experiences, and stories that created a modern monomyth. Complete with script pages, concept art, storyboards, on-set photography, and more.
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,
£18.99
£17.09
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,
£16.99
£15.29
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.
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