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  • The Winner Stands Alone

    by Paulo Coelho ...
    The Winner Stands Alone is an enthralling novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho.The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival and the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman. His wife Ewa left him two years ago and Igor has never really come to terms with their break up, especially as Ewa is now remarried to a famous fashion designer, Hamid ... Read more

    R113,26

  • My Week With Marilyn

    by Colin Clark ...
    To tie-in with a major film, starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh and Dominic Cooper. This edition combines Colin Clark’s acclaimed The Prince, the Showgirl and Me and My Week with Marilyn.In 1956, fresh from Oxford, the 23-year-old Colin Clark (brother of maverick Tory MP and diarist Alan) worked as a humble ‘gofer’ on the set of The Prince and the ... Read more

    R131,66

  • Feel Free

    Essays

    by Zadie Smith ...
    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM 2019From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Changing My Mind and Swing Time - discover a second unmissable collection of essays from Zadie Smith'Generous, courageous, and tough-minded... [A] classic English essayist in the vein of Orwell, Woolf and Angela Carter' Financial Times'Engrossing, astute... ... ... Read more

    R163,29

  • Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and other stories

    by Annie Proulx ...
    The inspiration behind ‘Life of Pi’ director Ang Lee’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales.‘Brokeback Mountain’ is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. Hard, lonely lives in unforgiving country. Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar are two ranch hands, glad to have found ... Read more

    R113,49

  • The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies

    Series Book 409 - Mammoth Books
    An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters.Here you will find the low-down on over 250 movies with entries from 23 different countries. The index, which includes every movie mentioned in the A-Z and accompanying notes, runs to 540 movies. The book includes the list of video nasties which the UK ... Read more

    R228,61

  • Beautiful Monsters

    The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Aliens and Predator

    by David McIntee ...
    Beautiful Monsters is the story of the Alien and Predator film franchises. Each film is chronicled through analysis and extensive background information, and the themes and influences examined through articles. In addition all the spin-off books, comics and computer games are detailed. This is your one-stop guide for everything relating to two of cinema’s most popular and enduring creations who ... Read more

    R76,72

  • The Light’s On At Signpost

    From the author of the ever-popular Flashman novels, a collection of film-world reminiscences and trenchant thoughts on Cool Britannia, New Labour and other abominations.In between writing Flashman novels, George MacDonald Fraser spent thirty years as an "incurably star struck" screenwriter, working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cubby Broccoli, Burt Lancaster, Federico ... Read more

    R131,43

  • The Great Movies II

    by Roger Ebert ...
    From America's most trusted and highly visible film critic, 100 more brilliant essays on the films that define cinematic greatness.Continuing the pitch-perfect critiques begun in The Great Movies, Roger Ebert's The Great Movies II collects 100 additional essays, each one of them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of love, analysis, and history that will send readers back to films with a ... Read more

    R88,31

  • The Silence of the Lambs

    by Yvonne Tasker ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    In this study Yvonne Tasker explores the way the film weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual politics of genre. ... Read more

    R205,15

  • Portrait Photography: Learn to Shoot Portraits That Make You Look Like a Model in a Few Easy Steps!

    Discover The Methods To Taking Absolutely Stunning PortraitsPortraits are probably one of the most sought after and most treasured photos we can have made of ourselves. If you look on the Internet you will see thousands upon thousands of people taking selfie and other photos of themselves with their cell phones, tablets and cameras. They will take these photos and post them on Twitter, Facebook, ... Read more

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  • Sadist Cinema

    A Serbian Film

    by Fwah Storm ...
    Series Book 1 - Sadist Cinema
    In 2010 the world was subjected to a new and brave entry into the world of foreign cinema. A film that caused panic and outrage across the globe, and has resulted in multiple bans of the film, as well as a few arrests.Since then ‘A Serbian Film’ has earned itself a cult status, and mentions of its name still enduce fear into the hearts of movie goers around the world! ‘SADIST CINEMA’ is a short ... Read more

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  • La Belle et la Bête de Jean Cocteau

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur La Belle et la Bête, un chef-d'oeuvre de Jean Cocteau.L'histoire se passe quelque part en France, à l'âge classique. Un veuf d'âge mûr a trois filles et un fils ; la plus jeune des filles, Belle, est traitée par ses deux sœurs comme une servante ; Avenant, l'ami de son frère, qui est amoureux d'elle, est un chenapan. Au retour d'un voyage d'affaires, le père s'égare et ... Read more

    R90,00

  • Un prophète de Jacques Audiard

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Un prophète, un chef-d'oeuvre de Jacques Audiard.Comme le film de Bresson, Un prophète décrit un itinéraire moral. Progressivement, la mise en scène s'ouvre à l'image de la perception et de la conscience de Malik, ce que symbolisent ses sorties en liberté conditionnelle vers la banlieue, jusqu'à Marseille, avec leurs notations : la nature, le chant des oiseaux, le ciel.. ... Read more

    R90,00

  • Le Cuirassé « Potemkine » de Serge Mikhaïlovitch Eisenstein

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Le Cuirassé « Potemkine », un chef-d'oeuvre de Serge Mikhaïlovitch Eisenstein.Second film d'un jeune cinéaste de vingt-sept ans, S. M. Eisenstein (1898-1948) Le Cuirassé Potemkine a été classé à de nombreuses reprises « meilleur film du monde » par des jurys de cinéastes, historiens et critiques.Les grands films méritent le même traitement que les grands livres. Sur le ... Read more

    R90,00

  • Manhattan de Woody Allen

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Manhattan, un chef-d'oeuvre de Woody Allen.À la fin des années 1970, Woody Allen semble se décider à aborder de front les problèmes existentiels qu'avaient traités en leur temps les cinéastes auxquels il voue une admiration sans bornes, Renoir, Fellini et Bergman.Les grands films méritent le même traitement que les grands livres. Sur le modèle des fiches de lecture, les ... Read more

    R90,00

  • Le Premier venu de Jacques Doillon

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Le Premier venu, un chef-d'oeuvre de Jacques Doillon.De graves difficultés de production avaient interrompu – après vingt-cinq longs-métrages – l'œuvre de Jacques Doillon, un des auteurs les plus intéressants de la génération 70. Le Premier venu (2008) montre à nouveau quel talent est le sien.Les grands films méritent le même traitement que les grands livres. Sur le ... Read more

    R90,00

  • Notre Musique de Jean-Luc Godard

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Notre Musique, un chef-d'oeuvre de Jean-Luc Godard.Notre Musique (2004), réussite incontestable où la mélancolie coutumière du cinéaste retrouve la frappe du style de l'écrivain, une énergie intacte et une vraie envie de filmer.Les grands films méritent le même traitement que les grands livres. Sur le modèle des fiches de lecture, les fiches cinéma d'Encyclopaedia ... Read more

    R90,00

  • Les Ailes du désir de Wim Wenders

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Les Ailes du désir, un chef-d'oeuvre de Wim Wenders.En 1982, Wenders remporte le lion d'or à Venise pour L'État des choses (Der Stand der Dinge), puis la palme d'or à Cannes en 1984 pour Paris, Texas. Les Ailes du désir (Der Himmel über Berlin) marquent en 1987 son retour à Berlin après des années passées outre-Atlantique.Un ouvrage conçu par des spécialistes du cinéma . ... Read more

    R90,00

  • Sous les toits de Paris de René Clair

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Sous les toits de Paris, un chef-d'oeuvre de René Clair.Un chanteur de rue, Albert, accompagné d'un accordéoniste, entonne un air à la mode, repris par les habitants de l'immeuble. Pola, une belle étrangère à l'accent roumain vient l'écouter.Les grands films méritent le même traitement que les grands livres. Sur le modèle des fiches de lecture, les fiches cinéma d ... Read more

    R90,00

  • The Cinema Book

    The Cinema Book is widely recognised as the ultimate guide to cinema. Authoritative and comprehensive, the third edition has been extensively revised, updated and expanded in response to developments in cinema and cinema studies. Lavishly illustrated in colour, this edition features a wealth of exciting new sections and in-depth case studies. Sections address Hollywood and other World cinema ... Read more

    R628,81

  • Things to Come

    Series series BFI Film Classics
    The release of 'Things to Come' in 1936 was one of the key moments in the history of science fiction in the cinema. The film was the brainchild of H. G. Wells, whose worldwide reputation as a thinker had persuaded its producer, Alexander Korda, to offer him a contract giving him virtually total control over the project. Korda drafted a dazzling array of talents to render into pictures Wells's ... Read more

    R205,15

  • Stephen King's Filmography: Feature Films & Dollar Babies (2021)

    This book contains the synopses, ratings, and reviews of 157 dark films by Stephen King. The films are ranked. In this edition, discover Stephen King stories you've never heard of adapted by students and aspiring filmmakers. Dollar Baby refers to a society of creators and their films. It can also refer to an arrangement with King. For a dollar, special candidates were granted permission to adapt ... Read more

    R67,25

  • Directory of World Cinema: Iran

    Edited by Parviz Jahed ...
    Iranian cinema has an extraordinary history that has been marked by religion and ever-shifting political, economic, and social environments. This addition to Intellect’s Directory of World Cinema series turns the spotlight on the award-winning cinema of that nation, with particular attention to the major movements, historical turning points and prominent figures that have helped shape it. A wide ... Read more

    R430,43

  • Masters of Terror All-Star Filmographies (2021)

    Masters of Terror

    Series series Masters of Terror
    This book contains the gamified synopses and ratings of hundreds of dark films written, directed, and inspired by some of the greatest horror authors, screenwriters, and directors, including franchise installments based on their work. The films are ranked.In this edition, Steve Hutchison covers the filmographies of Adam Green, Bram Stoker, Brian Yuzna, Charles Band, Clive Barker, Dario Argento, ... Read more

    R96,49