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The only official Hellraiser book, featuring exclusive imagery and an Introduction by the legendary horror writer and th......more
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From the photographs of Frederick Douglas published with his memoir to the circulation of Twitter hashtags after the mur......more
Outlander has brought the story of the 1745 Jacobite uprising to the popular imagination, but who were the Jacobites, re......more
The definitive biography of Johnny Carson, the entertainer who redefined late-night television and American culture, tol......more
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Screen advertising has been an integral part of popular cultural life in Britain for decades. From the Victorian period ......more
Screen advertising has been an integral part of popular cultural life in Britain for decades. From the Victorian period ......more
The History and Theory of Cut-out Animation surveys the history, theory and philosophy of the cut-out animation techniqu......more
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Posthuman Cinema launches a reimagining of experience, human exceptionalism, bodies, materiality, and the mystical. Post......more
Ever felt stumped for a film to watch with your family? Would you like to discover films from countries you’ve never vis......more
This cinematic guide is designed to help teenagers navigate a period of life that is by turns exciting, difficult and fu......more
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Aiming to understand the ways in which depictions of the Nazi genocide relate to the societies that produce them, Holoca......more
Focuses on the history of government subsidies for feature films in Flanders (the northern, Dutch-language region of Bel......more
Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ created a huge wave of controversy on its release in 2004. Some hailed it a relig......more
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Discover the fascinating history and current renaissance of La Pagode, a legendary temple of art house cinema in the hea......more
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Milos Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, was met with widespread critical and commercial success on its release i......more
Whether you oversee film production as a faculty member, are a production manager for a film studio, or an independent f......more
The Reception of Archaeology in Film is an appraisal of how the profession of archaeology and its related fields are pre......more
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Film scholar Andreas Halskov celebrates the work of two-time Oscar-winning director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuck......more
Starting as an experimental Super 8 filmmaker in the ’70s, Pedro Almodóvar quickly became recognised as one of Spain’s m......more
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All new! All grue! It’s the long-awaited sequel to author/designer Mark Voger’s Rondo Award-winning book Monster Mash: T......more
This open access book presents the first critical analysis of the work of Stephen Dwoskin, groundbreaking filmmaker, art......more
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Laura Mulvey’s importance and influence as a feminist filmmaker and theorist are explored in depth with critical essays ......more
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This edited volume will examine the films of Roger Corman, an indie filmmaker known for producing and directing hundreds......more
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The official behind-the-scenes companion to The Mandalorian and Grogu The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu ta......more
This volume brings together scholarship from both established scholars and early career academics to provide fresh insig......more
Screen as Battlefield deals with the treatment of history in Polish cinema after the end of communist rule in 1989 and t......more
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A richly-illustrated updated retrospective celebrating the life and films of Clint Eastwood - written by renowned film c......more
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Marketed as more affordable and safer than film cameras, the Kinora system, launched in 1903, was one of the first amate......more
James Mason (1909-1984) was born to be an actor. He just didn’t know it. A Cambridge graduate with a degree in architect......more
This interdisciplinary book of twelve chapters explores not only Shakespeare, but also more than Shakespeare, including ......more
"Orbit: Movie Magic: The Illustrated History of Film" explores the revolutionary first hundred years of motion pictures ......more
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The definitive volume on the Alien film universe, covering the Xenobiology, terraforming, synthetics, humans, corporatio......more
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The revised and updated only authorised history of Hammer Films, the company, its leading figures, and a film-by-film an......more
How Hollywood’s greatest actresses proved women didn’t need leading men to rule the box office in one of cinema’s most d......more
The ultimate guide to the making of cult classic film The Crow, featuring new interviews with filmmakers, behind-the-sce......more
Official retrospective companion book to the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, featuring high-resolution screen gr......more
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Turn skeptics into fans and fans into scholars with this smart, entertaining guide to 20 influential reality shows, from......more
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Hitchcock Annual volume 29 is due out in summer 2026. Planned contents include essays on I Confess, Catholic contexts fo......more
Explore the characters, creatures, people and places of Studio Ghibli in this beautifully illustrated encyclopedia. From......more
This book investigates representations of Palestinian refugees in Gaza in colonial, humanitarian and Palestinian documen......more
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