Pop Arts / Pop Culture
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Cinema Symbolism 2: More Esoteric Imagery in Popular Movies
$32.95 Add to cartFinally The much anticipated sequel to Cinema Symbolism is here Cinema Symbolism 2: More Esoteric Imagery in Popular Movies explores the hidden symbolism and esoteric imagery in such movies as Crims
- Author: Sullivan, Robert W., IV
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 668
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0692847359
- Language: English
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Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen
$26.99 Add to cartA fully updated edition of David J. Skal’s Hollywood Gothic, “The ultimate book on Dracula” (Newsweek).
The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the moder- Author: Skal, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 18 2004
- ISBN10: 0571211585
- Language: English
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History of Film
$25.95 Add to cartIn 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 … [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Parkinson, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0500204101
- Language: English
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes: From Science to the Supernatural, the Many Mysteries of Indiana Jones
$15.95 Add to cartCould you really use a bullwhip to swing across a chasm? Or rip out a man’s heart without killing him? At last, here is the book that finally answers the Indiana Jones-related questions that have trou… [more below]
- Author: Gresh, Lois H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0470225564
- Language: English
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French Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIt is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until World War 1, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompas… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Andrew, Dudley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0198718616
- Language: English
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From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
$27.99 Read more“From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy’s modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the ’80s and… [more below]
- Author: Meslow, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0063026295
- Language: English
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Murder by Design: The Unsane Cinema of Dario Argento
$50.00 Add to cartThis book covers the films of Dario Argento, Italy’s acknowledged master of horror and suspense, has made a career out of exploring the macabre poetry of images of violent death. He did not, however,
- Author: Howarth, Troy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1644301156
- Language: English
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A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet
$14.00 Add to cartHow cats became the undisputed mascot of the internet.
The advertising slogan of the social news site Reddit is “Come for the cats. Stay for the empathy.” Journalists and their readers seem to need no
- Author: White, E. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1503604632
- Language: English
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Your Brain Is God
$14.95 Add to cartThis collection of essays, written by the poster boy of 1960s counterculture, describes the psychological journey Timothy Leary made in the years following his dismissal from Harvard, as his psychedel… [more below]
- Series: Leary, Timothy
- Author: Leary, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 11 2001
- ISBN10: 1579510523
- Language: English
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As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew
$20.99 Add to cartWill we ever get tired of Clueless? Ugh, as if!Acclaimed pop culture journalist Jen Chaney celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the classic film’s release in the first book of its kind, weaving tog… [more below]
- Author: Chaney, Jen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1476799083
- Language: English
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How Not to Make a Short Film: Secrets from a Sundance Programmer
$19.99 Add to cartAnyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe scre… [more below]
- Author: Munroe, Roberta Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 20 2009
- ISBN10: 1401309542
- Language: English
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Christopher Lee: The Loneliness of Evil
$30.00 Add to cartWhen Sir Christopher Lee passed away at the age of 93 in 2015, it was truly the end of an era. He was the last of the great horror stars.
This book is a comprehensive overview of Lee’s work in the hor… [more below]
- Author: Mosley, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1644301288
- Language: English
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Strong Female Character
$19.95 Read more- Author: Flint, Hanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 271
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1804440000
- Language: English
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Accidental Genius: An Oral History of the Room
$18.95 Add to cartAccidental Genius features intimate and laugh-out-loud commentary from The Room cast and crew, including interviews from its star Greg Sestero.
What a story indeed! A rollicking recollection of experi… [more below]
- Author: J. Rausch, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1955904960
- Language: English
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The Hollywood Standard – Third Edition: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Library Edition)
$49.95 Add to cartIntended to be kept at a screenwriter’s fingertips, The Hollywood Standard provides what even the best script software can’t: clear, concise instructions and hundreds of examples to take the guesswork
- Author: Riley, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1615933565
- Language: English
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How to Pull a Movie Out of Your Ass
$19.95 Add to cartGeneral information and realistic expectations for the the first time filmmaker with no budget to speak of. First-hand experience from the author who made his first feature film at 50, after having ha
- Author: Dorchak, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: August 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1088273238
- Language: English
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The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema
$31.95 Add to cartSatan has figured in film since the very birth of cinema. The Satanic Screen documents all of Satan’s cinematic incarnations, covering not only the horror genre but also a whole range of sub-genres in… [more below]
- Author: Schreck, Nikolas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 436
- Publish Date: May 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1915316278
- Language: English
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A Serious Man
$16.00 Add to cartIt is 1967 and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him since she has fallen in love with one of his more p
- Author: Coen, Ethan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 13 2009
- ISBN10: 0571255329
- Language: English
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Reading the Silver Screen: A Film Lover’s Guide to Decoding the Art Form That Moves
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film.
No art form is as instantly and continuously g
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0062113399
- Language: English
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There’s a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of Arsenic and Old Lace
$29.93 Add to cartThere’s a Body in the Window Seat! is a detailed history of one of the most beloved American murder-mysteries and comedies, Arsenic and Old Lace.
- Author: Dennis, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493067850
- Language: English
