Category: Film

February 4, 2020

“For Hollywood and Miss Sharon!” Cinetextuality in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

By Ron Wilson

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood has garnered plenty of attention as a strong contender at the Oscars this weekend. To better understand the buzz, Ron Wilson, author of a forthcoming volume on Tarantino for the Directors’ Cuts...

December 24, 2019

The Resurgence of Nostalgia: How Suburban Fantastic Cinema Dominated the Late 2010s

“A master class in film genre criticism. It offers careful and close analysis of the films in its corpus, and is a great example of how much meaning is latent in popular films that are sometimes dismissed as merely juvenile or...

October 10, 2019

Book Excerpt! On the Screen: Displaying the Moving Image, 1926–1942, by Ariel Rogers

“There is no other book remotely like this. On the Screen is original in the material it unearths and discusses, offering an innovative history of film and technology. It strikes an easy balance between big ideas and focused analysis, addressing unmapped screen...

October 9, 2019

Q&A: Ariel Rogers on On the Screen

“There is no other book remotely like this. On the Screen is original in the material it unearths and discusses, offering an innovative history of film and technology. It strikes an easy balance between big ideas and focused analysis, addressing...

April 25, 2019

Growing Up With I Spit On Your Grave: A Documentary Telling of the Original Film 40 Years Later

“Maguire comes across as bright and personable, clever and focused without ever wallowing in jargon, and perhaps most importantly of all, aware that ISOYG is not a perfect film whilst still eminently worth of a closer look. A well-written piece...

April 23, 2019

How a Divisive Movie Franchise Still Persists in the #MeToo Era: A New Look at I Spit on Your Grave and I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu

“ISOYG’s careful research and analysis makes for an insightful and enjoyable read throughout, and Maguire’s clear-sightedness enables him to pull off the difficult feat of treating the subject matter seriously (as one would expect) without the book ever becoming dry...

April 19, 2019

5 Classic Films that Charmed the Industry and Devastated the Environment

“Well-researched and written in an accessible style, it [Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret] is a thought-provoking alternative history of Hollywood, delving into the disconnect between our enjoyment of screen culture and concern for its environmental impact. It will be of interest to...

April 18, 2019

Book Excerpt! Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies

“Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret is an important new book that exposes the hidden environmental costs of how we make, watch, and dispose of movies.” ~ Alison Anderson, author of Media, Environment and the Network Society Our week-long feature on Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden...

April 17, 2019

Q&A: Hunter Vaughan on Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret

“In Vaughan’s deft readings of multiple films and their production apparatuses, film theory and analysis also become “updated” into a cutting-edge discipline. Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret is an essential book in ecocinema and ecomedia studies and an important contribution to ecomaterialism within cultural...

March 31, 2019

Media RoundUp and Excerpts! Books in Film, Media, and Museum Studies Authored By Women

It’s the last day of Women’s History Month and your last chance to enter our drawing to win any of the titles featured in this month’s celebration. This afternoon we’re providing media roundups and excerpts of film and museum studies books authored...

October 30, 2018

Q&A: Philippe Met on The Cinema of Louis Malle

Louis Malle was the pioneer of the French New Wave and went on to an acclaimed transatlantic career. Today is his birthday and to learn more about this great film director, our Donovan N. Redd interviewed Philippe Met, editor of...

October 2, 2018

Sheri Chinen Biesen on Film Censorship: Regulating America’s Screen

“Through original and rich case studies, this volume explores the authorship, power and organization of censorship in compelling ways. Enormously valuable.” ~ Ellen Scott, University of California, Los Angeles This week one of our featured titles is Sheri Chinen Biesen’s new...