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<div class="large-12 columns" style="display:block;"><center><h4><span class="fa fa-book" style="background:#F2F2F2;padding: .5em; width:100%;"> [[Textploitation! Essential Books on B-Movies and Cult Films|TEXTPLOITATION!]] </span></h4></center>
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[[File:Giallocanvas.jpg|170px|left|link=The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema]]
<p style="padding:0 6px 0 6px;font-size:20px;">'''COMING SOON:''' "Beloved among cult horror devotees for its signature excesses of sex and violence, Italian giallo cinema is marked by switchblades, mysterious killers, whisky bottles and poetically overinflated titles. A growing field of English-language giallo studies has focused on aspects of production, distribution and reception. This volume explores an overlooked yet prevalent element in some of the best known gialli--an obsession with art and artists in creative production, with a particular focus on painting. The author explores the appearance and significance of art objects across the masterworks of such filmmakers as Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi, Michele Soavi, Mario Bava and his son Lamberto Bava...." -'''[[The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema|READ MORE]]'''</p>
<p style="padding:0 6px 0 6px;font-size:20px;">'''OZPLOITATION MADNESS!''' Follow the daredevil adventures of Anglo Australian film maker - and Ozploitation pioneer - [[Brian Trenchard-Smith]] through a 50 year career dedicated to giving his audience thrills, spills, laughs and gasps. “[[The Man From Hong Kong]]”, “[[Turkey Shoot]],” “[[Dead End Drive-In]]”, “Siege Of Firebase Gloria”, “[[Stunt Rock]]”, “Leprechaun 3 & 4,and Nicole Kidman’s first film “[[BMX Bandits]]” have earned his work a cult following. His TV output includes “Silk Stalkings”,” Five Mile Creek”, “Tarzan”, “Flipper”, “Chemistry”. The Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino dubbed him his “ favorite obscure director….great energy, great sense of humor.” Brian Trenchard-Smith’s wry, insightful tales of the creative challenges of low budget movie making all over the world is both a personal journey and a portrait of his era. '''[[Adventures in the B-Movie Trade|READ MORE]]'''</p>
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OZPLOITATION MADNESS! Follow the daredevil adventures of Anglo Australian film maker - and Ozploitation pioneer - Brian Trenchard-Smith through a 50 year career dedicated to giving his audience thrills, spills, laughs and gasps. “The Man From Hong Kong”, “Turkey Shoot,” “Dead End Drive-In”, “Siege Of Firebase Gloria”, “Stunt Rock”, “Leprechaun 3 & 4,” and Nicole Kidman’s first film “BMX Bandits” have earned his work a cult following. His TV output includes “Silk Stalkings”,” Five Mile Creek”, “Tarzan”, “Flipper”, “Chemistry”. The Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino dubbed him his “ favorite obscure director….great energy, great sense of humor.” Brian Trenchard-Smith’s wry, insightful tales of the creative challenges of low budget movie making all over the world is both a personal journey and a portrait of his era. READ MORE


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