AFTRS Library New Titles. On display 31 August to 14 September 2018: New Books

Film festivals are an ever-growing part of the film industry. This book breaks new ground by bringing scholars from a range of disciplines together with industry professionals to explore the concept of festivals as spaces through an activist lens, as spaces where the sociopolitical identities of communities and individuals are confronted and shaped.

The Art of Battlefield 4 will give readers an in-depth look at EA's enormously anticipated action-packed new game, featuring exclusive concept and development art, as well as detailed creator insights and commentary throughout.

Wes Anderson is considered one of the most important directors of the post-Baby Boom generation, making films in a style so distinctive that his films are often recognizable from a single frame. This book explores the filmic and literary influences that have helped make Anderson a major voice in 21st century "indie" culture, and reveals why Wes Anderson is one of the most inventive filmmakers working in cinema today.

This unusual, instructive and entertaining fable shines light on dysfunctional teams. Bestselling business author and screenwriter Lencioni weaves a fictional story of the highly capable Kathryn Petersen who has an amazing capacity for building teams. Kathryn becomes the CEO of a struggling, high-profile company with an exceptionally dysfunctional executive team.

The legendary Samuel Goldwyn - Hollywood pioneer and independent film producer - is the subject of this compelling life story, a fabulous tale about creativity, ambition, money and drive. This is the story of a poor boy from Warsaw who found fame and fortune in the motion picture industry.

Planet According to the Movies is your official armchair guide to our tiny, weird planet as projected on cinema screens. It's 30% travel guide, 30% film reviews, 10% racial profiling handbook and 45% testament to the fact that maths is hard. Australia's most listened-to film critic, Marc Fennell, tells the hidden stories behind the movies you know and love - from the Wizard of Oz to Life of Pi - and introduces you to a world of cinema you never knew existed.

This book examines the multi-media explosion of contemporary political satire. Rooted in 18th century Augustan practice, satire's indelible link with politics underlies today's universal disgust with the ways of elected politicians. This study interrogates the impact of British and American satirical media on political life, with a special focus on political cartoons and the levelling humour of Australasian satirists.

Going to the pictures was the natural choice of entertainment for people in Australia between the 1930's and the late 1950's. This narrative records much of the lead-up to those golden years, the years themselves and the years following in Campbelltown, Ingleburn, Minto and Glenfield.

In recent years, the television landscape has seen the glorious rise of women to key positions of power within the industry, from writers to producers to directors. Successes have heralded a revolution and inspired women creators to put their smartest and boldest art onto screens everywhere. But this wasn't always the case. The story of how women were able to make their names in an often misogynistic and myopic industry is a decades-long journey full of challenges, hard work, heartbreak, and determination.

The cult reputation of Dario Argento's Suspiria is reflected in the critical praise it continues to receive almost 40 years after its original release. This book considers the complex ways that Argento weaves together light, sound and cinema history to construct one of the most breathtaking horror movies of all time, a film as fascinating as it is ultimately unfathomable.