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They haven’t spoken for 12 years. Can they fall in love in 12 days? ’I’ve been bowled over by this perfect little rom com . . . FULL of good lines and great moments’ JANE CASEY‘Snap-crackling with wit and energy, ridiculously enjoyable’ MHAIRI...

This unique and comprehensive visual encyclopedia to the Funko Pops of the Wizarding World not only includes all of Funko’s Harry Potter collectibles to date, but also showcases Funko Pops of the major characters and creatures from the films—including...

Covering everything from Basilisks to Zouwus, Harry Potter: Creatures of the Wizarding World is a visual guide to the magical creatures from all eight Harry Potter and three Fantastic Beasts films. In this comprehensive, updated and expanded edition of...

Take your favorite wizarding world brooms on the go with Harry Potter: The Mini Book of Brooms, a gorgeous art book that fits in the palm of your hand!Each broom has a story of its own, and Harry Potter: The Mini Book of Brooms is your miniature visual...

Take your favorite Wizarding World wands on the go with Harry Potter: The Mini Book of Wands, a gorgeous art book that fits in the palm of your hand!Each wand is as unique as the wizard or witch that wields it, and Harry Potter: The Mini Book of Wands is...

Always have the onscreen secrets and stories of your favorite characters from the Wizarding World films in your back pocket with Harry Potter: The Mini Book of Characters!Harry Potter: The Mini Book of Characters is your miniature guide to the Wizarding...

Learn more about the Dark Arts on the go with Harry Potter: The Mini Book of The Dark Arts, a gorgeous art book inspired by the Harry Potter films that fits in the palm of your hand!From basic curses and jinxes to Dark creatures like the Basilisk, Harry...

Take Harry Potter: The Mini Book of Hogwarts on the go, a gorgeous palm-sized guide to the on-screen magic behind the moving staircases, chatty portraits, iconic locations, and faculty and staff of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!Go behind the...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER“This funny, insightful, and deliciously dishy memoir” (Town & Country) from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, and Glory, creator of...

From New York Times bestselling paper engineer Matthew Reinhart comes a pop-up masterpiece celebrating the creatures in the Harry Potter films. Featuring 5 pop-up spreads with gorgeous illustrations, this interactive guide includes dragons, Buckbeak,...

Learn the secrets and stories of more than 60 characters from the wizarding world, including all eight Harry Potter and three Fantastic Beasts films, in this official guide exploring how the beloved characters were adapted for the films.Harry Potter: The...

Rediscover Todd Phillips’ Joker with this deluxe edition of the screenplay.Experience a cinematic origin story of the infamous DC villain as never before with this unique edition of the Academy Award-nominated Joker screenplay! Acclaimed and...

2020 IBPA Awards Winner!Celebrate the holidays at Hogwarts with this interactive pop-up book and advent calendar.Harry Potter: A Hogwarts Christmas Pop-Up is a one-of-a-kind book that re-creates the iconic Great Hall as seen in the Harry Potter films,...

Go behind the scenes with the producer of Father of the Bride to learn all the skills necessary to be a top Hollywood producerAs former co-president of Dolly Parton's production company, Sandollar, and as a successful independent producer, Carol Baum is...

The Art and Making of The Boys is a fascinating insight into the darkest, wittiest, most shocking show on TV - a pitch-black satire of superheroes and corporate America based on the classic comic book series.It's packed with eye-popping exclusive art,...

The next expert special effects makeup guide to all things gory, bloody, disgusting, and fantastic. Uncover the secrets of horror makeup in the third volume of the acclaimed special effects makeup series. Learn how to apply gory, realistic, and...

If cinema can be approached as poetry and philosophy, it is because of Jean Epstein. Cocteau, Bunuel (who was his assistant), Hitchcock, Pasolini and Godard, and theoreticians Kracauer, Deleuze and Ranciere are directly influenced by Epstein's pioneering...

A must-have guide to Harry Potter's Platform 9 , packed with dazzling reproductions of props from the Harry Potter filmsEvery year on September first, young witches and wizards board the Hogwarts Express at Platform 9 and make the journey to Hogwarts...

David Busch's DJI Mavic Air 2/2S Guide to Drone Photography is your comprehensive resource and reference guide to capturing high quality photographic still images and high-definition video with the DJI Mavic Air 2 and Air 2S aircraft.These...

Super 8 is a coffee table art book showcasing the history of Super 8 filmmaking. In addition to featuring stunning photography documenting the sleek mid-century design of Super 8 cameras and projectors, the book also offers a detailed history of the...

Featuring dozens of interviews with the cast and crew, fans of the franchise, film scholars, former and current cheerleaders, fellow filmmakers, and more.Gabrielle Union, Kirsten Dunst, and Eliza Dushku have all risen to fame since their performances in...

Editing for Directors guides directors through postproduction, starting with planning for editing during the shoot and ending with the completion of their film. This thorough, well-illustrated book describes the artistic, organisational, and technical...

The Total FilmMaker was originally written and based on over 480 hours of Jerry's guest lecture series at USC Film School in 1966, where his then-students included aspiring young filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. From script to...

Martin Scorsese directs films that range from the subtlest studies of relationships to violent gangster movies, with characters who are driven to the extremes of their personality. This book looks at Scorsese's key techniques, showing how he uses space,...

Learn to turn a simple screenplay into a visual masterpiece! Top production designers share their real-life experiences to explain the aesthetic, narrative, and technical aspects of the craft. Step by step, aspiring filmmakers will discover sound...

Oscar-winning production designer Peter Lamont worked behind the scenes on 18 James Bond films, beginning with the 1960s classics starring Sean Connery and George Lazenby. Along the way, he worked with director James Cameron and...

This is a full account of the dazzling Technicolor years that turned the screen from silver to every color of the rainbow. Here in one volume are the films, the stars, the showmen and all the elements behind the phenomenon that changed movies forever...

Crowdfunding is a major source of funding for independent films and over $250 million has been raised for films just on Kickstarter alone. This book will guide you through every stage of planning, creating, and running your film crowdfunding campaign...

Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three-best known Mexican-born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron. Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of...

Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime...

Published on the 50th anniversary of his directorial debut, this is an examination of the work of a man once hailed as the finest film-maker to emerge from the British studio system after World War II. J. Lee Thompson first came to notice as a talented...

The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist...

This study is an analysis of Claude Chabrol and brings into focus a prolific French director. Chabrol has made more than 50 films in a career spanning 40 years. This account traces the development of his film style from the experimental period of the...

Carrie Tarr's analysis of the cinema of Diane Kurys is a full-length study of this director, whose delightfully unsentimental reconstructions of the lives of girls and women in post-war France have established her as a distinctive presence in...

After making a strong impact with his first film "Les 400 Coups", a semi-autobiographical narrative shot in the neo-realist style of the emerging "Nouvelle Vague", the French film director Francois Truffaut went on to make 23 films in 26 years. This...

Talking heads are boring! Master Shots, Vol. 2 changes all that and gives you 100 inspiring ways to shoot dialogue. Each technique is taken from a popular movie, showing how to set up your camera and move your actors to give each scene the drama,...

Master Shots gives filmmakers the techniques they need to execute complex, original shots on any budget. By using powerful master shots and well-executed moves, directors can develop a strong style and stand out from the crowd. Most low-budget movies...