The Book Company: New Products - Film & Video

Transmedial Exposure (Toward an Experimental Humanities)

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:46:52 +0000

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Price: $31.95

Finding the Funny (My Mad Ride Thru Late-Night Comedy)

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:58:25 +0000

Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator and original executive producer of The Daily Show, takes readers on a VIP backstage tour as she relives some of the most seminal moments in late-night comedy.

For more than four decades, Madeleine Smithberg helped shape the world of late-night comedy f..

Price: $21.99

A History of Film in 21 Cats

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:20:24 +0000

From a Film Noir feline to a Martial Arts moggy, A History of Film in 21 Cats takes the most iconic eras in movie history and distils each of them into quirkily illustrated cat form.

Taking inspiration from icons of the silver screen, each chapter explores a seminal style of..

Price: $19.99

Foundations of Video and Film Production (Tools, Theory, and Techniques)

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:16:43 +0000

This comprehensive, student-friendly textbook integrates foundational film theory with contemporary digital production workflows. Readers gain both the critical thinking skills and practical knowledge needed to create compelling visual stories using modern digital tools.

Price: $60.99

12 Years a Slave: The Complete Screenplay

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:36:41 +0000

Dive deeper into Steve McQueen’s history-making, Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave with this one-of-a-kind edition of the screenplay—publishing in time for Black History Month.

Often described as the greatest movie on slavery ever made, more than a decade on, it fe..

Price: $50.00

Telling it the African Way (A Film Grammar)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:25:07 +0000

Telling It the African Way presents an original theory of storytelling grounded in African knowledge systems rather than Western narrative traditions. Drawing on divination, oral literature, ritual, philosophy, and filmmaking, acclaimed Cameroonian director Jean-Pierre Bekolo introduces seven Afri..

Price: $89.95

Postmodernism and Video Art (Criticism, Ideology, and Politics)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:31:05 +0000

This study traces the theories and artistic practices that articulated American experimental video through its key works and events, art critical discourse, as well as the politics of its funding and distribution during the 1970s into the 1980s, focusing on New York.

Price: $64.99

The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:23:52 +0000

A thoroughly engaging memoir of the filming of Arthur Ransome's classic children's tale, written by the actress who played Titty Walker.

In 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before..

Price: $24.95

Documentary Journalism (A Field Guide to Collaborative Storytelling, Human Connection, and Emotional Impact)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:17:00 +0000

With a case-study and master-class methodology, this book gives readers an inside look at how professional documentary journalists work to move audiences beyond information into feeling.

Price: $68.99

Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:14:13 +0000

A rollicking picaresque memoir on moviemaking from the titans of underground trash cinema.

In the underbelly of underground cinema, the Kuchar brothers have long been the prophets of experimental filmmaking. Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool is a raucous journey through th..

Price: $19.95