CINEMA & TV
Hollywood Remakes of Iconic British Films Agnieszka Rasmus 31st May, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781474448796 First book-length study exploring how classic 1960s British films are remade by Hollywood.
Film, Hot War Traces and Cold War Spaces Maurizio Cinquegrani 31st May, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781474475204 Investigates the inter- twining of fiction, docu- mentary and memory in film.
Faber & Faber
Screen Deep Ellen E Jones 1st February, hb, eb, £25, 9780571369423 Guide to the immense potential of screen story- telling to defeat an evil both historic and topical: racism.
Fayetteville Mafia Press
The Companions of Doctor Who David Bushman (ed), Ken Deep (ed) 10th April, pb, £17.95, 9781949024661 Popular characters in the world of the Doctor, including Donna, Clara, Amy, Ace and Sarah Jane, covered by a writers who all love and study Doctor Who.
Firefly
Transnational Kaiju Steven Rawle 31st May, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781474475815 How kaijū went global, from the adoption of Godzilla to appropriation across borders.
Superhero Blockbusters Felix Brinker 29th February, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781474485197 Book-length study focusing exclusively on the genre of superhero blockbuster cinema is a first.
Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton Michael Lee 31st May, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781474497039 Examines how the music in Lewton’s horror films enhanced the films’ aesthetics and visual style.
The Money Behind the Screen
James Chapman 29th February, pb, eb, £29.99, 9781399500777 First comprehensive history of the politics of film finance in Britain from the Second World War to 1985.
Faces on Screen Alice Maurice 29th February, pb, £24.99, 9781474493796 Examines the face on screen, from digitally manipulated faces of cinema to social media filters and more.
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Hollywood Fashion Nancy Hajeski 27th May, hb, £19.95, 9780228105039 Illustrated guide to the art and legacy of cinematic costume design shows how film clothing has evolved and celebrates actors and actresses who became icons of design style and fashion.
Fordham University Press
The Intruder Jean-Luc Nancy, Claire Denis 7th May, pb, £16.99, 9781531506186 The most famous—and most personal—book by a major voice in modern philosophy and the source of an acclaimed film by Claire Denis. Published complete in English for the first time.
Harper
Woody Allen Patrick McGilligan 28th March, hb, eb, £40, 9780062941336 Definitive look at the life and legacy of controver- sial comic writer/director. In this even-handed biography, McGilligan explores his public rise and fall.
Oscar Wars
Michael Schulman 11th April, pb, £16.99, 9780062859020 The remarkable, sprawl- ing history of the Acad- emy Awards and the personal dramas that have played out on the stage and off-camera.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
Horror That Haunts Us Karra Shimabukuro (ed), Wickham Clayton (ed) 1st May, hb, eb, £115, 9781802074628 Considers contemporary American horror screen media through nostalgia and trauma.
HarperAus
Wentworth the Final Sentence Erin McWhirter 14th March, pb, £16.99, 9781460761458 Official inside story from the cast and exclusive untold secrets from one of the most popular Austra- lian series in television history.
HarperCollins
Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir Leslie Jones 20th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008653613 “You are Black, you are female,” Leslie Jones’ father once said. “But if you work harder and you’re better than everybody else, they can’t f*cking deny you.”
Liverpool University Press
Animate(d) Architecture Vahid Vahdat (ed) 1st June, hb, eb, £115, 9781802074451 Interdisciplinary examina- tion of animation from a spatial lens.
Parisiennes: City Women in French Cinema Nicoleta Bazgan 1st May, hb, £115, 9781802074529 pb, eb, £29.99, 9781835532270 Part of the Studies in Modern and Contemporary France series, a collaboration between the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France and Liverpool University Press.
The Films of Nicolas Winding Refn David Sweeney 1st May, hb, £100, 9781802074581 Accessible study aimed at both scholars and fans of his work.
The Gothic Peckinpah Tony Williams 1st May, hb, £115, 9781802074611 Sam Peckinpah meets gothic? Red necked peck- erwoods beware! New readings of key films supplied.
Quebec Cinema in the 21st Century Michael Gott (ed), Thibaut Schilt (ed) 1st April, hb, eb, £115, 9781802074765 In-depth look at the changing landscape of Quebec cinema in the past 20 years.
Screen Workers and the Irish Film Industry Denis Murphy 1st July, hb, eb, £100, 9781802075953 A history of Irish film production foregrounding the labour contribution to screen policy.
The Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Anik Sarkar (ed), Jayjit Sarkar (ed) 1st February, hb, eb, £115, 9781837645138 Delves into a range of lesser-explored aspects regarding the films and filmmaking of the Thai auteur.
McFarland
A Cut Below Scott Drebit 29th February, pb, £29.95, 9781476691954 Explores 60 B horror films, made between the 1950s and the 1980s and divided into 12 fun and uniquely themed categories.
The Music of Space Chris Carberry 30th April, pb, £39.95, 9781476688978 Considers the music and scoring of the cosmos in film and television.
Queer Horror Sean Abley (ed), Tyler Doupe (ed) 2nd March, pb, £75, 9781476690278 With more than 900 entries this critical filmography is a comprehensive, critical yet playful examination of the history of LGBTQIA content in horror film.
The Nosferatu Story Rolf Giesen 31st March, pb, £75, 9781476692227 For years there was much speculation about the production back- ground, the filmmakers and their star, Max Schreck. Expanded edition tells the complete story, drawing on rare sources.
The Triumph of Babylon 5 Baz Greenland 31st March, pb, £49.95, 9781476692401 Explores the complex
history of the sci-fi series, the career of showrunner J Michael Straczynski and the behind-the-scenes drama to stay on air with the many attempts to continue the franchise.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Winter Kept Us Warm Chris Dupuis 15th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780228020332 Exploring the romance between two young men during a period when being gay was still a crime in Canada. Dupuis examines the film’s creation, disappearance and what it reveals about queer history more broadly.
The Children’s Hour Julia Erhart 15th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780228021209 The management of a moral panic and the censoring of lesbianism in the 1960s in “The Chil- dren’s Hour”, the first commercial American film to feature a lesbian char- acter in a leading role.
Mudlark
Hollywood Vampires Makiko Wholey, Kelly Loudenberg 9th May, hb, £25, 9780008622329 pb, eb, £16.99, 9780008622336 Insider’s account of Depp vs Heard that lifts the lid on the dark underbelly of contemporary Hollywood. Written by two documentarians.
Orange Hippo! SERIES
Te Little Guides hb, eb, £6.99, 9781800695 Over 185 quotes, quips and dialogue in the wit, wisdom and words of those who made these one-of-a-kind TV series. Accompanied by facts, stats and trivia. The Little Guide to Breaking Bad 23rd May, 795 The Little Guide to Monty Python 9th May, 832
Palazzo Editions
The Legend of Mad Max Ian Nathan 6th June, hb, £25, 9781786751423 Ultimate guide to the high-octane, post- apocalyptic film series, directed by visionary filmmaker George Miller.
Picador
The Last Action Heroes Nick de Semlyen 13th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529058529 Behind-the-scenes story of the larger-than-life action stars who ruled 1980s and ’90s Holly- wood, from Schwarzeneg- ger and Stallone to Jackie Chan and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Reaktion
Dirty Real Peter Stanfield 1st May, hb, eb, £17.95, 9781789148626 How “Easy Rider” inspired a gritty Hollywood era of self-styled actors and filmmakers.
The History Press
Cannes Uncut Richard Blanshard 4th April, hb, eb, £30, 9781803993508 Renowned photogra- pher’s candid collection of star-studded photographs from the Cannes Film Festival, taken over two decades.
Life Through an Aperture Keith Hamshere 6th June, hb, eb, £30, 9781803994079 Legendary stills photographer reveals the stories from his remarkable career alongside his iconic photography for some of Hollywood’s biggest movies, from “Star Wars” to James Bond.
The Irish Pages Press/Cló An Mhíl Bhuí
Dear Orson Welles and Other Essays Fintan O’Toole, Mark Cousins 1st April, hb, £25, 9781739353728 In this wide-ranging, icon- oclastic memoir, acclaimed Belfast film- maker and BBC author reflects on Welles’ prolific career in documentary- making.
The University Press of Kentucky
Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy Richard Ravalli (ed) 14th May, pb, £32, 9780813199399 First collection to bring a sustained scholarly perspective to the film- maker George Lucas and his legacy beyond the Star Wars films.
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