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Lucas L. Johnson II, "Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World" (Broadleaf Books, 2026)
Roots (2021) · Sep 8, 2026
Stephen Lee Naish, "Point Break: Movies Minute by Minute" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Point Break (1991) · Sep 3, 2026
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) · Aug 31, 2026
Mulholland Drive at 25: Film Quarterly
Jade (1995) · Aug 21, 2026
Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The War of the Worlds
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) · Aug 3, 2026
Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man (2005) · Jun 22, 2026
Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine (2013) · Jun 15, 2026
Mackenzi Lee, "Masters of the Universe: Teela: Daughter of Eternos" (Mattel, 2026)
Masters of the Universe (2026) · Jun 1, 2026
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) · May 18, 2026
Es-pranza Humphrey, "Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen" (Poster House Museum, 2026)
Act Black (2025) · May 12, 2026
Chinatown
Chinatown (1974) · Apr 27, 2026
Jes Battis, "It's Only Forever: Labyrinth" (ECW Press, 2026)
Labyrinth (2026) · Apr 25, 2026
Michael Mann Reconsidered: Heat and Collateral
Heat (1995) · Apr 1, 2026
Michael Mann Reconsidered: Heat and Collateral
Collateral (2004) · Apr 1, 2026
Michael Mann Reconsidered: Ferrari and Manhunter
Manhunter (1986) · Mar 22, 2026
Michael Mann Reconsidered: Ferrari and Manhunter
Ferrari (2023) · Mar 22, 2026
Michael Mann Reconsidered: Thief and The Insider
The Insider (1999) · Mar 17, 2026
Michael Mann Reconsidered: Thief and The Insider
Thief (1981) · Mar 17, 2026
A Star Is Born (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937) · Mar 16, 2026
Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry | Filmmaker Q&A
Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry (2016) · Mar 7, 2026
Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon" (Headpress, 2026)
Born to Lose (2026) · Mar 5, 2026
Boiling Point
Boiling Point (2021) · Mar 2, 2026
Michael Glover Smith, "Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time to Think" (McNidder and Grace, 2026)
Eat the Document (1972) · Feb 28, 2026
His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday (1940) · Feb 16, 2026
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century (1934) · Feb 2, 2026
Justin Owen Rawlins, "Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance" (U Texas Press, 2024)
Identity (2024) · Jan 26, 2026
J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" (Taschen, 2023)
The Shining (1980) · Dec 31, 2025
Michael Newton, "It's a Wonderful Life" (British Film Institute, 2023)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) · Dec 30, 2025
Eric G. Wilson, "Point Blank" (British Film Institute, 2023)
Point Blank (1967) · Dec 29, 2025
The Dead
The Quick and the Dead (1987) · Dec 22, 2025
Michael D. Dwyer, "Tinsel and Rust: How Hollywood Manufactured the Rust Belt" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Rust (2025) · Dec 10, 2025
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire (1987) · Dec 8, 2025
Julia Wagner, "Hester Street" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Hester Street (1975) · Dec 2, 2025
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) · Nov 24, 2025
The Beast
The Gospel of the Beast (2023) · Nov 10, 2025
Mia Yinxing Liu, "Literati Lenses: Wenren Landscape in Chinese Cinema of the Mao Era" (U Hawai’i Press, 2019)
Legend of Tianyun Mountain (1980) · Oct 21, 2025
Mia Yinxing Liu, "Literati Lenses: Wenren Landscape in Chinese Cinema of the Mao Era" (U Hawai’i Press, 2019)
Li Shizhen (1956) · Oct 21, 2025
Miami Vice
Miami Vice (2006) · Oct 13, 2025
History Is Made at Night
History Is Made at Night (1937) · Sep 29, 2025
The Straight Story
The Straight Story (1999) · Sep 15, 2025
Excalibur
Excalibur (1981) · Aug 25, 2025
Alisha Mughal, "It Can’t Rain All the Time: The Crow" (ECW Press, 2025)
The Crow (1994) · Aug 13, 2025
Bruce Isaacs, "The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators" (Oxford UP, 2020)
North by Northwest (1959) · Jul 27, 2025
Bruce Isaacs, "The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Vertigo (1958) · Jul 27, 2025
Bruce Isaacs, "The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Marnie (1964) · Jul 27, 2025
Bruce Isaacs, "The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Psycho (1960) · Jul 27, 2025
Bruce Isaacs, "The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators" (Oxford UP, 2020)
The Birds (1963) · Jul 27, 2025
Bruce Isaacs, "The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Frenzy (1972) · Jul 27, 2025
Bruce Isaacs, "The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Rear Window (2025) · Jul 27, 2025
Moonstruck
Moonstruck (1987) · Jul 21, 2025
Veronica Litt, "Ugh! As If!: Clueless" (ECW Press, 2025)
Clueless (1995) · Jul 16, 2025
American Gangster
American Gangster (2007) · Jun 23, 2025
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) · Jun 3, 2025
Claire Knight, "Stalin's Final Films: Cinema, Socialist Realism, and Soviet Postwar Reality, 1945-1953" (Cornell UP, 2024)
Socialist Realism (2023) · May 24, 2025
The Fisher King
The Fisher King (1991) · May 12, 2025
Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom (1960) · Apr 28, 2025
The Free Speech and Poetry of Ana Blandiana
Between Silence and Sin (2024) · Mar 26, 2025
Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Mar 24, 2025
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) · Mar 10, 2025
Esha Niyogi De, "Women's Transborder Cinema: Authorship, Stardom, and Filmic Labor in South Asia" (U Illinois Press, 2024)
Women (2024) · Mar 1, 2025
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) · Feb 24, 2025
In “The Beast,” AI Puts Limits on Human Emotion
The Gospel of the Beast (2023) · Feb 22, 2025
A.I. is Spielberg & Kubrick’s Dark Twisted Fantasy
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Jan 28, 2025
What Ex Machina Tell Us About Human-AI Psychology
Ex Machina (2015) · Jan 11, 2025
Scott Anthony, "The Story of British Propaganda Film" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Animal Farm (1954) · Dec 7, 2024
Scott Anthony, "The Story of British Propaganda Film" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
The Battle of the Somme (1916) · Dec 7, 2024
Scott Anthony, "The Story of British Propaganda Film" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Listen to Britain (1942) · Dec 7, 2024
Nicholas Baer, "Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism" (U California Press, 2024)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) · Nov 16, 2024
Nicholas Baer, "Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism" (U California Press, 2024)
Destiny (1921) · Nov 16, 2024
Nicholas Baer, "Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism" (U California Press, 2024)
Rhythm 21 (1921) · Nov 16, 2024
Nicholas Baer, "Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism" (U California Press, 2024)
METROPOLIS (2024) · Nov 16, 2024
Elsie Walker, "Life 24x a Second: Cinema, Selfhood, and Society" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Selfhood (2023) · Nov 14, 2024
Sarah Cleary, "The Myth of Harm: Horror, Censorship and the Child" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
The Child (2022) · Nov 12, 2024
Shweta Kishore and Kunal Ray, "Resistance in Indian Documentary Film: Aesthetics, Culture and Practice" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
Aesthetics (2024) · Oct 7, 2024
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) · Oct 7, 2024
As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets (1997) · Sep 30, 2024
Alessandra Seggi, "Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
Consequences (2022) · Sep 29, 2024
L. A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential (1997) · Sep 9, 2024
For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More (1965) · Sep 2, 2024
Can "Alien: Romulus" Revive the Alien Franchise?
Alien: Romulus (2024) · Aug 19, 2024
Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack, "What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service" (Dutton, 2024)
What's Next? (2024) · Aug 12, 2024
Kate Hext, "Wilde in the Dream Factory: Decadence and the American Movies" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Decadence (2024) · Aug 3, 2024
Melissa E. Anderson, "Inland Empire" (Fireflies Press, 2021)
Inland Empire (2021) · Jul 16, 2024
Pamela Hutchinson, "The Red Shoes" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
The Red Shoes (2023) · Jul 14, 2024
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet (1956) · Jul 1, 2024
Barbara Klinger, "Immortal Films: 'Casablanca' and the Afterlife of a Hollywood Classic" (U California Press, 2022)
Casablanca (2023) · Jun 27, 2024
Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) · Jun 17, 2024
On Richard Linklater and “Hit Man”
Hit Man (2024) · Jun 14, 2024
American Movie
American Movie (1999) · Jun 3, 2024
Robert Phillip Kolker and Marsha Gordon, "Film, Form, and Culture" (Routledge, 2024)
Form (2024) · May 30, 2024
First Reformed
First Reformed (2018) · May 13, 2024
Hobson’s Choice
Hobson's Choice (1954) · May 6, 2024
Sydney Stern, "The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics" (U Mississippi Press, 2019)
HeartBreak (2019) · May 5, 2024
Patrick Humphries, "Cleopatra and the Undoing of Hollywood: How One Film Almost Sunk the Studios" (History Press, 2023)
Cleopatra (1963) · May 4, 2024
Robert Farley on how "Andor" recreates "The Battle of Algiers" (and it works)
The Battle of Algiers (1966) · May 3, 2024
We Own the Night
We Own the Night (2007) · Apr 29, 2024
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers (1955) · Apr 15, 2024
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) · Apr 8, 2024
Daniel de Visé, "The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic" (Grove Atlantic, 2024)
The Blues Brothers (1980) · Apr 5, 2024
Adapting Liu Cixin’s "Three-Body Problem" for Television
The Three-Body Problem · Apr 2, 2024
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) · Mar 25, 2024
Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life (1991) · Mar 18, 2024
Dune, Part Two: An Interview with Dr. Kara Kennedy
Dune: Part Two (2024) · Mar 8, 2024
Jinying Li, "Anime's Knowledge Cultures: Geek, Otaku, Zhai" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
Anime (2024) · Mar 3, 2024
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian (1982) · Feb 26, 2024
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) · Feb 19, 2024
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Fall (2023) · Jan 29, 2024
"Apocalypto" and Mel Gibson (with Jonathon Fessenden)
Apocalypto (2006) · Jan 18, 2024
Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · Jan 15, 2024
W. K. Stratton, "The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film" (Bloomsbury, 2019)
The Wild Bunch (1969) · Jan 3, 2024
Annie McClanahan, "Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First Century Culture" (Stanford UP, 2016)
Debt (2016) · Dec 28, 2023
Ervin Malakaj, "Anders als Die Andern" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2023)
Different from the Others (1919) · Dec 11, 2023
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries (1957) · Dec 4, 2023
I Know Where I’m Going!
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) · Nov 27, 2023
Alexa Weik von Mossner, "Affective Ecologies: Empathy, Emotion, and Environmental Narrative" (Ohio State UP, 2017)
Empathy (2017) · Nov 18, 2023
Minority Report
Minority Report (2002) · Nov 13, 2023
Babette’s Feast
Babette's Feast (1987) · Oct 30, 2023
Stephen B. Armstrong, "I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock 'n' Roll High School" (Backbeat Books, 2023)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) · Oct 27, 2023
Paul Crenshaw, "Melt with Me: Coming of Age and Other '80s Perils" (Ohio State UP, 2023)
Melt (2023) · Oct 12, 2023
Lost in America
Lost in America (1985) · Oct 9, 2023
Melanie Williams, "A Taste of Honey" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Tastes Like Honey (2023) · Oct 1, 2023
Jeffrey Angles, ed., "Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again: The Original Novellas by Shigeru Kayama" (U Michigan Press, 2023)
Godzilla (1954) · Sep 21, 2023
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers (1980) · Sep 11, 2023
Caveh Zahedi, "Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi" (Factory 25, 2015)
I Am a Sex Addict (2006) · Sep 6, 2023
Caveh Zahedi, "Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi" (Factory 25, 2015)
In the Bathtub of the World (2001) · Sep 6, 2023
Caveh Zahedi, "Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi" (Factory 25, 2015)
The Sheik and I (2012) · Sep 6, 2023
Caveh Zahedi, "Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi" (Factory 25, 2015)
I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore (1994) · Sep 6, 2023
Caveh Zahedi, "Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi" (Factory 25, 2015)
Tripping With Caveh (2004) · Sep 6, 2023
Caveh Zahedi, "Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi" (Factory 25, 2015)
A Little Stiff (1991) · Sep 6, 2023
The Wages of Fear
The Wages of Fear (1953) · Sep 4, 2023
In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place (1950) · Aug 28, 2023
PostScript: The Barbie Movie: A Conversation about a Cinematic and Cultural Event
Barbie (2023) · Aug 23, 2023
The French Connection
The French Connection (1971) · Aug 21, 2023
California Split
California Split (1974) · Aug 14, 2023
The Fourth Wise Man (with Jonathon Fessenden)
The Fourth Wise Man (1985) · Aug 4, 2023
Alix Beeston and Stefan Solomon, "Incomplete: The Feminist Possibilities of the Unfinished Film" (U California Press, 2023)
Incomplete (2023) · Aug 2, 2023
The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator (1940) · Jul 31, 2023
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) · Jul 24, 2023
Bombay Talkies
Bombay Talkies (2013) · Jul 20, 2023
Michele Meek, "Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies" (Indiana UP, 2023)
Blockers (2018) · Jul 17, 2023
Michele Meek, "Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies" (Indiana UP, 2023)
The Kissing Booth (2018) · Jul 17, 2023
Michele Meek, "Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies" (Indiana UP, 2023)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018) · Jul 17, 2023
Michele Meek, "Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies" (Indiana UP, 2023)
Alex Strangelove (2018) · Jul 17, 2023
Tilly Bridges, "Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix" (BearManor Media, 2023)
The Matrix (1999) · Jul 4, 2023
Tilly Bridges, "Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix" (BearManor Media, 2023)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) · Jul 4, 2023
Tilly Bridges, "Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix" (BearManor Media, 2023)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) · Jul 4, 2023
Tilly Bridges, "Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix" (BearManor Media, 2023)
The Animatrix (2003) · Jul 4, 2023
Tilly Bridges, "Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix" (BearManor Media, 2023)
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) · Jul 4, 2023
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive (2001) · Jul 3, 2023
Arturo Rodríguez Morató and Alvaro Santana-Acuña, "Sociology of the Arts in Action: New Perspectives on Creation, Production, and Reception" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)
Reception (2023) · Jun 11, 2023
Elephant Man
The Elephant Man (1980) · Jun 6, 2023
James Charney, "Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
Taxi Driver (1976) · May 2, 2023
James Charney, "Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
Psycho (1960) · May 2, 2023
James Charney, "Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961) · May 2, 2023
James Charney, "Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
Ordinary People (1980) · May 2, 2023
James Charney, "Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974) · May 2, 2023
Johnny Walker, "Rewind, Replay: Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-92" (Edinburgh UP, 2022)
REWIND (2022) · Apr 7, 2023
Suzanne Ferriss, "Lost in Translation" (British Film Institute, 2023)
Lost in Translation (2003) · Mar 31, 2023
Nicholas Brown, "Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art under Capitalism" (Duke UP, 2019)
Autonomy (2019) · Mar 19, 2023
Chris Kempshall, "The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy" (Routledge, 2022)
Democracy (2022) · Feb 7, 2023
Drew Morton, "After Midnight: Watchmen After Watchmen" (U Mississippi Press, 2022)
Watchmen (2009) · Jan 20, 2023
The Sámi in "Frozen" (Part 2)
Frozen (2013) · Jan 12, 2023
The Sámi in "Frozen" (Part 1)
Frozen (2013) · Jan 11, 2023
The Sámi in "Frozen" (Part 1)
Frozen II (2019) · Jan 11, 2023
Bonus Episode: "Nomadland"
Nomadland (2021) · Jan 1, 2023
Catholic Movies, Part 1: "Silence" and "The Scarlet and the Black"
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) · Dec 30, 2022
Catholic Movies, Part 1: "Silence" and "The Scarlet and the Black"
Silence (2016) · Dec 30, 2022
"Gone with the Wind" Revisited
Gone with the Wind (1939) · Dec 28, 2022
Nicholas de Villiers, "Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-Liang" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)
Sleepy (2022) · Dec 14, 2022
Daniel Immerwahr, "The Galactic Vietnam: Technology, Modernization, and Empire in George Lucas’s Star Wars" (2022)
Star Wars (1977) · Dec 10, 2022
Stephen Galloway, "Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century" (Grand Central, 2022)
Madly (2022) · Nov 25, 2022
Burt Kearns, "Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy" (UP of Kentucky, 2022)
Dillinger (1945) · Nov 23, 2022
Jon Lewis, "The Godfather, Part II" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
The Godfather Part II (1974) · Nov 21, 2022
Shaken and Stirred
From Russia with Love (1963) · Nov 2, 2022
Shaken and Stirred
For Your Eyes Only (1981) · Nov 2, 2022
M. Hennefeld and N. Sammond, "Abjection Incorporated: Mediating the Politics of Pleasure and Violence" (Duke UP, 2020)
Violence (2020) · Sep 22, 2022
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
The Day After (1983) · Sep 21, 2022
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
On the Beach (1959) · Sep 21, 2022
Danielle J. Lindemann, "True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us" (FSG, 2022)
True Story (2022) · Sep 12, 2022
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
Abigail's Party (1977) · Aug 18, 2022
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
Life Is Sweet (1991) · Aug 18, 2022
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
Topsy-Turvy (1999) · Aug 18, 2022
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
Mr. Turner (2014) · Aug 18, 2022
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
Hard Labour (1973) · Aug 18, 2022
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
High Hopes (2023) · Aug 18, 2022
Nick Davis, "Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait" (Knopf, 2021)
Citizen Kane (1941) · Aug 10, 2022
Nick Davis, "Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait" (Knopf, 2021)
All About Eve (1950) · Aug 10, 2022
Justin Gautreau, "The Last Word: The Hollywood Novel and the Studio System" (Oxford UP, 2020)
The Last Word (2020) · Jun 21, 2022
Sara Austin, "Monstrous Youth: Transgressing the Boundaries of Childhood in the United States" (Ohio State UP, 2022)
Monsters, Inc. (2001) · Jun 20, 2022
Charles Elton, "Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision" (Abrams Press, 2022)
The Deer Hunter (1978) · Jun 15, 2022
Charles Elton, "Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision" (Abrams Press, 2022)
Heaven’s Gate (2022) · Jun 15, 2022
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, "When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today" (Harper, 2021)
Harper (2021) · Jun 1, 2022
Zachary F. Price, "Black Dragon: Afro-Asian Performance and the Martial Arts Imagination" (Ohio State UP, 2021)
Game of Death (1978) · May 13, 2022
Steve A. Wiggins, "Nightmares with the Bible: The Good Book and Cinematic Demons" (Fortress, 2020)
The Good Book (2020) · Apr 27, 2022
Nick Marx, "Sketch Comedy: Identity, Reflexivity, and American Television" (Indiana UP, 2019)
Identity (2019) · Mar 30, 2022
Proust Questionnaire 36: Haaz Sleiman, Actor
The Visitor (2007) · Dec 30, 2021
Proust Questionnaire 36: Haaz Sleiman, Actor
Eternals (2021) · Dec 30, 2021
Phil Rosenzweig, "Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men" (Fordham UP, 2021)
12 Angry Men (1957) · Oct 11, 2021
Martin Harris, "Leatherface Vs. Tricky Dick: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as Political Satire" (Headpress, 2021)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) · Sep 15, 2021
Sergio Rigoletto, "Le norme traviate: Saggi sul genere e sulla sessualità nel cinema e nella televisione italiana" (Meltemi Publishers, 2020)
La Dolce Vita (1960) · May 31, 2021
Sergio Rigoletto, "Le norme traviate: Saggi sul genere e sulla sessualità nel cinema e nella televisione italiana" (Meltemi Publishers, 2020)
Call Me by Your Name (2017) · May 31, 2021
Woojeong Joo, "Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro: Histories of the Everyday" (Edinburgh UP, 2017)
Tokyo Story (1953) · Jan 11, 2021
Mike Miley, "Truth and Consequences: Game Shows in Fiction and Film" (UP Mississippi, 2020)
Consequences (2020) · Jan 8, 2021
Courtenay Stallings, "Laura's Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks" (Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2020)
Laura (2020) · Jan 6, 2021
Rebecca Harrison, "The Empire Strikes Back" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) · Nov 30, 2020
Charles L. Leavitt IV, "Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History" (U Toronto Press, 2020)
Rome, Open City (1945) · Nov 16, 2020
Charles L. Leavitt IV, "Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History" (U Toronto Press, 2020)
Bicycle Thieves (1948) · Nov 16, 2020
Charles L. Leavitt IV, "Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History" (U Toronto Press, 2020)
La Terra Trema (1949) · Nov 16, 2020
Eric San Juan, "The Films of Martin Scorsese: Gangsters, Greed, and Guilt" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020)
Guilt (2020) · Oct 20, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
Il Divo (2008) · Aug 4, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
The Consequences of Love (2004) · Aug 4, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
One Man Up (2012) · Aug 4, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
The Family Friend (2006) · Aug 4, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
The Great Beauty (2013) · Aug 4, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
Youth (2015) · Aug 4, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
Loro (2018) · Aug 4, 2020
Russell J. A. Kilbourn, "The Cinema of Paolo Sorrentino: Commitment to Style" (Wallflower Press, 2020)
This Must Be The Place (2019) · Aug 4, 2020
Justin Gomer, "White Balance: How Hollywood Shaped Colorblind Ideology and Undermined Civil Rights" (UNC Press, 2020)
White Balance (2020) · Jul 24, 2020
Greg Burris, "The Palestinian Idea: Film, Media, and the Radical Imagination" (Temple UP, 2019)
Paradise Now (2005) · Jul 3, 2020
Greg Burris, "The Palestinian Idea: Film, Media, and the Radical Imagination" (Temple UP, 2019)
Salt of This Sea (2008) · Jul 3, 2020
Greg Burris, "The Palestinian Idea: Film, Media, and the Radical Imagination" (Temple UP, 2019)
My Love Awaits Me By the Sea (2013) · Jul 3, 2020
Greg Burris, "The Palestinian Idea: Film, Media, and the Radical Imagination" (Temple UP, 2019)
When I Saw You (2013) · Jul 3, 2020
Adam Brown, "Judging 'Privileged' Jews: Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the 'Grey Zone'" (Berghahn, 2015)
Schindler's List (1993) · Jul 2, 2020
Adam Brown, "Judging 'Privileged' Jews: Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the 'Grey Zone'" (Berghahn, 2015)
Shoah (1985) · Jul 2, 2020
Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
Until the End of Time (2020) · Jun 2, 2020
Kunio Hara, "Joe Hisaishi's Soundtrack for My Neighbor Totoro" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · Mar 26, 2020
Carol Dyhouse, "Hearthrobs: A History of Women and Desire" (Oxford UP, 2017)
Desire (2017) · Jan 24, 2020
Jennifer Cazenave, "An Archive of the Catastrophe: The Unused Footage of Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah" (SUNY Press, 2019)
Shoah (1985) · Jan 20, 2020
Annie McClanahan, "Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First Century Culture" (Stanford UP, 2016)
Debt (2016) · Jun 7, 2019
Michael Benson, "Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clark and The Making of a Masterpiece" (Simon and Schuster, 2018)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · Apr 29, 2019
Joe Street, "Dirty Harry’s America: Clint Eastwood, Harry Callahan, and the Conservative Backlash" (UP of Florida, 2016)
Dirty Harry (1971) · Jan 7, 2019
Annabel Cooper, "Filming the Colonial Past: The New Zealand Wars on Screen" (Otago UP, 2018)
Screen (2018) · Dec 14, 2018
Becky Aikman, “Off the Cliff: How the Making of ‘Thelma & Louise’ Drove Hollywood to the Edge” (Penguin, 2018)
Penguin (2018) · Aug 23, 2018
Chris Nashawaty, “Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story” (Flatiron Books, 2018)
Caddyshack (1980) · Jul 18, 2018
Discussion with Dahlia Schweitzer (“Going Viral”) and Rob Thomas (“Veronica Mars”)
Veronica Mars (2014) · May 15, 2018
Jacob Bricca, “Documentary Editing: Principles and Practice” (Focal Press, 2018)
Practice (2018) · Apr 24, 2018
Kevin Bartig, “Sergei Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Alexander Nevsky (1938) · Jan 29, 2018
Stephen Pimpare, “Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down and Out on the Silver Screen” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Tramps (2016) · Sep 25, 2017
Noel Brown, “The Children’s Film: Genre, Nation and Narrative” (Wallflower Press, 2017)
Genré (2017) · Aug 19, 2017
Don Nunley with Marshall Terrill, “Steve McQueen: Le Mans in the Rearview Mirror” (Dalton Watson, 2017)
Le Mans (1971) · Aug 2, 2017
William Elison, et.al. “Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation” (Harvard UP, 2016)
The Nation (2016) · Jun 20, 2017
Gary Kulik, “War Stories: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers” (Potomac Books, 2009)
War Stories (2009) · Jun 15, 2017
James A. Davidson, “Hal Ashby and the Making of Harold and Maude” (McFarland, 2016)
Harold and Maude (1971) · Jan 24, 2017
Harlan Lebo, “Citizen Kane: A Filmmakers Journey” (Thomas Dunne Books, 2016)
Citizen Kane (1941) · Apr 19, 2016
Dave Itzkoff, “Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies” (Times Books, 2014)
Mad As Hell (2014) · Jun 10, 2015
Guy Westwell, “Parallel Lines: Post-9/11 American Cinema” (Wallflower Press, 2014)
Parallel Lines (2014) · Jan 13, 2015
Maria Yatskova, “Miss Gulag” (Neihausen-Yatskova & Vodar Films, 2007)
Miss Gulag (2007) · Jun 3, 2011
Laura Wittern-Keller, “The Miracle Case: Film Censorship and the Supreme Court” (University of Kansas Press, 2008)
The Supreme Court (2007) · Nov 7, 2008