Individual film directors, film-makers books

Explores the role that talent intermediaries, including producers and talent managers, play in packaging American...  Read More >>

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Argues that Kafkaesque cinema is a critical category that can enable us to consider the interconnections between...  Read More >>

A collection of critical chapters on Larisa Shepitko, one of the most significant Soviet (Ukrainian born) filmmakers...  Read More >>

A multifaceted portrait of the great Japanese director For years, Akira Kurosawa resisted writing about himself....  Read More >>

Explores films and filmmaking through the thoughts and poetics of filmmakers themselves, drawing on primary sources...  Read More >>

A new edition of Richard Schickel's study of Billy Wilder's 1944 noir masterpiece Double Indemnity in the BFI Film...  Read More >>

Identifies the parallels and resonances between Christopher Nolan’s cinema and the works of philosopher Paul Ricoeur...  Read More >>

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Leading international film scholars chart the changing critical reception of Alfred Hitchcock's film and TV works...  Read More >>

A collection of multi-disciplinary essays that analyses the formal, historical, ethical, and political significance...  Read More >>

Examines the work of Joaqun Jord, one of the main figures in unconventional, heterodox and combative Spanish cinema....  Read More >>

A multifaceted portrait of the great Japanese director For years, Akira Kurosawa resisted writing about himself....  Read More >>

A celebration of the first 50 years of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the award-winning visual effects house behind...  Read More >>

The full range of Bruce Lee's talents are revealed in this compilation of photographs spanning his career, from...  Read More >>

Explores the global reach of Moroccan cinema.  Read More >>

Explores the influence of American director Herschell Gordon Lewis on exploitation cinema.  Read More >>

This book explores acting in a range of Hitchcock films, with leading scholars providing close readings of a selection...  Read More >>

In this book, Jonathan Scott Lee argues that Jean-Luc Godard is best seen as a philosopher who uses cinema and video...  Read More >>

From 'the queen of quips' (New York Times) comes an inspiring and hilarious quote collection about everything that...  Read More >>

For the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks, told through fascinatingly...  Read More >>

Devour the first book ever that covers director David Lynch as an actor in Twin Peaks, Lucky, The Fabelmans, and...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study of Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine’s work from a post-colonial point of view, emphasizing...  Read More >>

A boxset capturing the craft and process behind the making of Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt,...  Read More >>

Peter Strickland is one of the most distinctive and idiosyncratic British filmmakers of his generation. His highly...  Read More >>