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9780471787815

Village Voice Film Guide : 50 Years of Movies from Classics to Cult Hits

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NZ$ 35.00 each

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Author: Village Voice

Published by: John Wiley & Sons

From America's original alternative newspaper, this is a guide to nearly 200 of the best and most important movies of all time. For more than 50 years, New York City's "Village Voice" has offered passionate, well-written, high-spirited film coverage, often celebrating offbeat movies that were ignored or dismissed in the mainstream media. Now the Voice has selected the greatest films that its influential critics have championed over the years and collected these landmark reviews in a book that stands as a singular history of film culture and film criticism. Ranging from silent-era standouts like "Pandora's Box", Hollywood favorites like "The Searchers", and international masterworks like "Weekend" to cult movies like "Pink Flamingos", modern classics like "Taxi Driver", and contemporary indie cinema like "Donnie Darko", this guide will be an indispensable reference for dedicated film lovers everywhere. The Village Voice was founded in ... more

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9780452295575

Leonard Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide

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Author: Leonard Maltin

Published by: Plume Books

This is the definitive "New York Times" bestselling guide to the movies from America's favourite movie expert, with more than 300 new entries. Walking into a video store or browsing on an internet site is a bewildering experience. How do you choose what to watch? Leonard Maltin is here to help, recommending the best movies for a first date, a cozy night in with your partner, a family fun night, or just a rainy day. Whether it's a Scorsese drama or a Jim Carey comedy, all your favourite movies are here. Listed alphabetically, each move entry includes: date of release; running time; director and cast; capsule review; and, Maltin's own four-star-to-Bomb rating. Maltin also includes a completely updated index of actors and directors and his personal recommendations for movie lovers.

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9780452296268

Leonard Maltin's 2011 Movie Guide

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Author: Leonard Maltin

Published by: G P Putnam's Sons

In the age of Netflix and LOVEFiLM, even just browsing the seemingly infinite selection of movies on DVD can be overwhelming. With hundreds of new films on the market every year, how does one choose? Fortunately, America's most respected film critic can help. For more than four decades, Leonard Maltin's movie guides have helped millions of viewers make the best selection for any occasion. In addition to more than 17,000 capsule reviews and information including date of release, running time and MPAA rating, the 2011 edition also includes more than 350 new entries, an index of actors and directors, and Leonard's personal recommendations. Savvy consumers know that when it comes to the movies, there's only one real guide.

About the author:
Recognised as one of America's leading film historians and critics, Leonard Maltin has become a household name and media personality due to his regular appearances on the highly successful ... more

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9780452295773

Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide : From the silent era through 1965 (2nd edition 2010)

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Author: Leonard Maltin, Spencer Green, Rob Edelman, Michael Scheinfeld & Bill Warren (editors)

Published by: Plume Books

This one-of-a-kind guide to classic movies is from the leading authority on film: Leonard Maltin, author of the bestselling annual "Movie Guide."
An updated guide to classic movies from the leading authority on film
From the author of the bestselling annual "Movie Guide" comes this ultimate guide for fans of classic films both familiar and obscure. The "Classic Movie Guide" covers thousands of films, from the silent era to the 1960s, including "The Birth of a Nation, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Grand Illusion," and "The Maltese Falcon" (all three versions: 1931, 1936, and 1941), "Singin' in the Rain," and "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" With entries spanning across the decades, this comprehensive guide has expanded star and director indexes, and capsule reviews of obscure and forgotten-the sort that turn up on Turner Classic Movies in the wee hours of the morning. This is the perfect companion for anyone who loves the thrill ... more

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9781408121795

Essential Radio Skills : How to Present a Radio Show (2nd edition 2010)

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Author: Peter Stewart

Published by: Methuen

"One of the few books we'd recommend" BBC Training "The perfect guide for anyone who wants to get on in this ever-changing and challenging media" Controller BBC Radio 5 Live "A rich repository of real, practical experience" Director - BBC Nations & Regions "An invaluable guide" Director - The Radio Academy This is a practical, how-to guide to producing and presenting radio to a professional standard. Packed with day-to-day advice that captures the essence and buzz of live broadcasting; from preparing your show before it goes out, last minute changes to running orders, deciding what to drop in over a track, how to sell a feature or promote a programme, setting up competitions, thinking fast in a phone in - this book will help you do all that and more. It covers network and commercial, music and talk radio skills and is particularly suited to the independent local or community radio. It features advice from professionals, covers ... more

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9780137150694

Putting the Public Back in Public Relations : How social media is reinventing the aging business of PR

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Author: Brian Solis & Deirdre Breakenridge

Published by: Financial Times Prentice Hall

"There will be two kinds of PR professionals in the future: those who read this book and get with the program, and the unemployed. Your choice." Seth Godin, Author of Tribes "I am thrilled that there is finally a book about the right way to approach PR in today's world, where hyper-connected conversations trump the old school broadcast mentality. Everyone who wants to build a career in PR or marketing should read this book." Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com "Putting the Public Back in Public Relations is a passionate and persuasive case for rewriting the rules of public relations. Authors Solis and Breakenridge expertly combine third-party perspective with case studies and examples to paint a picture of a profession on the brink of reinvention." Paul Gillin, Author, The New Influencers and Secrets of Social Media Marketing "Putting the Public Back in Public Relations is an excellent read. It is the right book at the right time, ... more

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9780671604295

Hitchcock : The Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock (revised edition )

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Author: Francois Truffaut (with the collaboration of Helen G Scott)

Published by: Simon & Schuster Inc

One is ravished by the density of insights into cinematic questions...Truffaut performed a tour de force of tact in getting this ordinarily guarded man to open up as he had never done before (and never would again)...If the 1967 Hitchcock/Truffaut can now be seen as something of a classic, this revised version is even better. Phillip Lopate The New York Times Book Review

First published 1967; this revised edition 1983 in France, this translation 1984.

Physical Info: 2.49 cms H x 27.64 cms L x 21.79 cms W (1.03 kgs) 367 pages

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9780306807282

The American Cinema : Directors and directions 1929-1968

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Author: Andrew Sarris

Published by: Da Capo Press

The auteur theory, of which film critic Andrew Sarris was the leading American proponent, holds that artistry in cinema can be largely attributed to film directors, who, while often working against the strictures of studios, producers, and scriptwriters, manage to infuse each film in their oeuvre with their personal style. Sarris's The American Cinema , the bible of auteur studies, is a history of American film in the form of a lively guide to the work of two hundred film directors, from Griffith, Chaplin, and von Sternberg to Mike Nichols, Stanley Kubrick, and Jerry Lewis. In addition, the book includes a chronology of the most important American films, an alphabetical list of over 6000 films with their directors and years of release, and the seminal essays "Toward a Theory of Film History" and "The Auteur Theory Revisited." Over twenty-five years after its initial publication, The American Cinema remains perhaps the most influential ... more

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9780520242272

What Is Cinema? Volume 1 (revised edition 2004)

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Author: Andre Bazin (edited & translated from French Hugh Gray)

Published by: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

These two volumes have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although Bazin made no films, his name has been one of the most important in French cinema since World War II. He became coeditor of the influential Cahiers du Cinema, which under his leadership became one of the world's most distinguished publications. His proteges included Jean Renoir, who contributed a short foreword to Volume I, and Francois Truffaut, who provides the same for Volume II. This new edition includes graceful forewords to each volume by Bazin scholar and biographer Dudley Andrew, who reconsiders Bazin and his place in contemporary film study. The essays themselves are erudite but always accessible, intellectual, and stimulating. As Renoir puts it, the essays of Bazin "will survive even if the cinema does not."

Review: "Although Andre Bazin died shortly ... more

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9780520242289

What Is Cinema? Volume 2 (revised edition 2004)

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Author: Andre Bazin (selected & trranslated from French Hugh Gray)

Published by: University of California Press

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9780141020754

'Have You Seen?' A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films Including Masterpieces, Oddities and Guilty Pleasures (with Just a Few Disasters)

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Author: David Thomson

Published by: Penguin Books Ltd

This is veteran film writer David Thomson's personal, irreverent, hilarious and utterly original take on the 1,000 films he has most loved - and hated - from esteemed classics to forgotten curiosities, guilty pleasures to noir treats, horror gems to kitsch disasters. The result is probably the most enjoyable film book you will ever read (and you'll never think about "The Sound of Music" in the same way again).
Review: Delightful ... the world's leading sage about film ... It's like having the most film-literate pal you can imagine sitting beside you in a multiplex -- John Walsh Independent This book sets the bar. There isn't a more intelligent, insightful and provocative guide to individual movies in the world -- Nigel Andrews Financial Times A dazzlingly authoritative treat ... crammed with insight and epigram -- Geoff Dyer Observer Eccentric, brilliant, scholarly, perverse, witty, egocentric and infuriating, sometimes all at once -- ... more

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9781442516311

Media Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand 2 (updated edition 2010)

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Author: Luke Goode & Nabeel Zuberi (editors)

Published by: Prentice Hall New Zealand

Media Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand 2, edited by Luke Goode and Nabeel Zuberi, is designed for undergraduate students in Media Studies, but also offers insights for people working in the media industries and anyone interested in media and communication in Aotearoa New Zealand. This book: introduces readers to the international field of Media Studies from the perspectives of Aotearoa New Zealand; anchors the major issues, concepts and approaches in Media Studies in the New Zealand mediascape; demonstrates that Media Studies is an evolving field of research that makes an important contribution to political, economic, social and cultural debate; explains key concepts and methodologies with chapters devoted to media production, textual analysis, media audiences and users, media technologies, and media in everyday life; focuses on specific media in chapters on print and journalism, film and cinema, radio, television, video/computer games, ... more

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9780571231799

The Faber Book of New South American Cinema

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Author: Demetrios Matheou

Published by: Faber and Faber

Walter Salles is best known for directing "The Motorcycle Diaries". The film follows the journey made by the young medical student Che Guevara across Argentina, through Chile, to Peru. It was Guevara's intention to encourage across the different nationalities a truly continental identity. The result is a truly Latin American film which embodies all that is best in the buena onda, the good wave of Latin American cinema. The new wave of Latin American movies have won Oscars, as well as prizes at international festivals and have attracted audiences world-wide. And they have not gone unnoticed in Hollywood - the director of "City of God" went on to helm "The Constant Gardner"; George Clooney's company re-made "Nine Queens"; and, Waler Salles is about to embark on another journey with the film version of Jack Keruoac's "On The Road". This book is composed of interviews with the most significant of the new wave of film-makers - a babel of ... more

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9781742371368

21st-Century Screenplay : A comprhensive guide to writing tonorrow's films

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Author: Linda Aronson

Published by: Allen & Unwin

ISBN / ISSN:

9780316726603

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film (4th edition 2003)

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Author: David Thomson

Published by: Little, Brown & Company (UK)

'This book is both more and less than history, a work of imagination in its own right, a piece of movie literature that turns fact into romance.' Gavin Lambert was reviewing the first edition of David Thomson's monumental work in 1975. In the eight years since the third edition was published, careers have waxed and waned, reputations been made and lost, great movies produced, trends set and scorned. This updated fourth edition has 30 entirely new entries and every original entry has been re-examined. Thus the roster of directors, actors, producers, screenwriters and cameramen is both historical and contemporary, with old masters reappraised in terms of how their work has lasted. Each of the 1,330 profiles is a keenly perceptive, provocative critical essay. Striking the perfect balance between personal bias and factual reliability, David Thomson - novelist, critic, biographer and unabashed film addict - has given us an enormously rich ... more

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