Contemporary New Zealand Cinema from New Wave to Blockbuster by Ian Conrich (ed.); Stuart Murray (ed.)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Tauris World Cinema Series | Reading Level: very good
Since New Zealand Cinema burst on to the global stage in the late 1970s, it has maintained a high-profile presence, capturing the imagination and enthusiasm of both national and international audiences, through such films as "Vigil", "Whale Rider" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Contemporary New Ze ...Show more
Patrick Stewart - Making It So - A Memoir by Patrick Stewart
$30.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: near fine
From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, MAKING IT SO, ...Show more
Geoff Murphy - A Life on Film by Geoff Murphy
$14.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: good-very good
The majorly entertaining memoir from a major entertainer - Geoff 'Goodbye Pork Pie' Murphy tells it like it really was in this director's cut of his life and times. "I'm taking this bloody car to Invercargill!" It was the line that had cinema audiences cheering. Goodbye Pork Pie became an instant classi ...Show more
Narrative in Fiction and Film - An Introduction by Jakob Lothe
$16.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
This introductory book presents key concepts of narrative theory (or "narratology") and analyses five prose texts--the parable of the sower in St. Mark's Gospel, Franz Kafka's The Trial, James Joyce's 'The Dead', Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse--by applying the ...Show more
Home, Exile, Homeland - Film, Media, and the Politics of Place by Hamid Naficy (Editor)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: AFI Film Readers | Reading Level: very good
Global changes in capital, power, technology and the media have caused massive shifts in how we define home and community, leaving redrawn territories and globalized contexts. This interdisciplinary study of the media brings together essays by accomplished critics to discuss the way film, television, mu ...Show more
Novel to Film - An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation by Brian McFarlane
$16.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
`It wasn't as good as the book' - this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the starting point of many film reviews. Novel into Film is the first sytematic theoretical account of the process by which the great (and not so great) works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (some ...Show more
Italian Film in the Shadow of Auschwitz by Millicent Marcus
$14.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The last decade has witnessed an outpouring of Italian films that deal with Fascism, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. This would appear to mark a distinct change from the postwar reluctance to represent such an infamous history. Roberto Benigni's popular Life is Beautiful (1997) is an obvious example, b ...Show more
Ayoade on Top - A voyage through a film in a book about a journey by Richard Ayoade
$10.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth Paltrow.In Ayoade on Top, Richard Ayoade, perhaps one of the most "insubstantial" people of our age, takes us on a journey from Peckham to Paris by way of Nevada and other places we don ...Show more
Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith - Incredible Cross-Sections by Curtis Saxton
$8.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-fiction | Series: Star Wars Cross-Sections | Reading Level: good-very good
Features detailed cross-section artworks from celebrated DK artists Richard Chasemore and Hans Jenssen. Intricate cross-section artworks show the full range of spectacular new vehicles and spaceships from the new movie - including a four-page fold-out of the enormous Separatist Cruiser on which Empero ...Show more
The Return of the King Visual Companion by Jude Fisher
$10.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: The "Lord of the Rings" | Reading Level: very good
The Return of The King Visual Companion takes the reader on their own journey into the world of Peter Jackson's epic movie trilogy.This large-format full-colour photographic encyclopedic guide to the characters, places, landscapes, artefacts, battles, and costumes as seen in the film. The only authorise ...Show more
The Star Wars Book - Expand your knowledge of a galaxy far, far away by Cole Horton; Pablo Hidalgo ;Dan Zehr
$12.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
This is the Star Wars book you're looking for. If you want to comprehend the epic and intricate Star Wars saga, this is the book for you. It is a unique and insightful examination of this beloved franchise, including Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywa ...Show more
Star Wars - The Force Awakens - The Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo
$12.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-fiction | Series: Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Reading Level: very good
The definitive guide to the characters, droids, aliens, and creatures of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Beautiful photography and clear, authoritative text by Lucasfilm insider Pablo Hidalgo names and explains all the details of costumes, weapons, and accessories. Includes three exclusive, specially comm ...Show more