London: Faber and Faber, 2004. Paul Cronin (ed.), Martin Scorsese (foreword). Reprint. Paperback. A priceless examination of the filmmaker's craft, from the renowned director of Sweet Smell of Success After more than twenty years in the film industry as a screenwriter, storyboard editor, and director of memorable films such..... More
San Francisco, California: Perfect Strangers, 2018. Softcover. Delve into our first issue to read about Korean dramas in Panama. Or English literature in Tehran. Or how an Argentinian-Thai couple work together to create locally-inspired desserts in Shanghai. Or how about a Turkish entrepreneur’s global vision for streaming movies? Or the..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. A selection made in 1937 from the writings of British and American Film Critics, reprinted in 1971. More
Hong Kong: Reel East Press, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. This is a colorful and insightful analysis of 36 classic Hong Kong kung fu movies. Drawing on first hand interviews and archive materials, the first volume of this groundbreaking work examines 18 genre classics in exhaustive detail. A must have for..... More
Hong Kong: Reel East Press, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. For the first time, the life and work of The Little Dragon is examined from the unique perspective of a Hong Kong film-maker. Bruce Lee is the most famous Chinese man of all time, and remains the martial arts movie..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 2012. Second Edition. Softcover. In this lively and up-to-date analysis, David Parkinson traces the evolution of the moving image from the earliest shadow shows to the digital filmmaking of the twenty-first century. Covering the key elements and players that have contributed to its artistic and technical..... More
New York: New Avon Library, 1943. Paperback. Based on the film produced by Sol Lesser. More
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Highly acclaimed when it was first published in 1924, this enduring classic fired the opening salvo in a campaign for serious recognition of the importance of popular culture. Seldes - a journalist, editor, and cultural critic - believed that for a...... More
London: Routledge, 1993. Second Edition. Softcover. More
Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books, 2018. Third Printing. Paperback. The story of Duncan Leung, childhood friend of Bruce Lee, disciple of legendary master Yip Man, and New York kung fu teacher is valuable not only for its insights into martial arts but also for its portrayal of the lost Hong Kong..... More
Harpenden: Pocket Essentials, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Who was Welles? A fat guy with a deep voice who drank a lot of sherry? An unreliable film-maker who always went over time and over budget? One of the most innovative storytellers of the century? He was all of this ana more..... More
New South Wales: Minh Bui Jones, 2019. Elsie Herberstein (cover illustrator). Volume 4, Number 4. Loose-bound. Mekong Review is a literary magazine from Southeast Asia. Every quarter, it publishes book reviews, essays, interviews, profiles, poetry and fiction from Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Philippines and beyond..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2018. Grant Gee (photographs). First UK Edition. First Printing. Paperback. Translated by Ekin Oklap. The Innocence of Memories is an important addition to the oeuvre of Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk. Comprised of the screenplay of the acclaimed film by Grant Gee from 2015 (by..... More
Harpenden: Pocket Essentials, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2007. Andrew Rae (illus.). First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. "It's been a long time since I've come across a set of lists quite so piquant and entertaining as Ten Bad Dates With De Niro."-Louis Bayard, Salon (Critic’s Pick) What are the Top Ten movies for..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Cambridge Film Classics series. More
London: Penguin Classics, 2009. First Penguin Classics Edition. Fifteen Printing. Paperback. A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking, Against Interpretation and Other Essays is the definitive collection of Susan Sontag's best known and important works published in Penguin Modern Classics. Against Interpretation..... More
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