Browsing Film Studies by Title
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Intersecting Ecology and Film: A Paradigm Shift
(Berghahn, 2013-11)Film theory and film studies have only recently rediscovered what is surely most visible about film: its entanglement in the world it shoots, edits, and projects. As a representational art, film ‘screens’ nonhuman nature ... -
The Interval and the Instant: Inscribing Death and Dying
(Intellect, 2016-12)Filming death and dying has taboo status in terms of what western society can and cannot sanction - the image of dying is not something we should see, or even want to see. As a consequence, there is very little filmmaking ... -
Introducing pandemic cinema in central and eastern europe
(2021-04-26)Although movies representing pandemics can be tracked at least to Die Pest in Florenz/The Pest of Florence (Otto Rippert, 1919, Germany), discussion of pandemic movies as a (sub)genre of its own are quite recent. Moreover, ... -
Introduction
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Introduction (to special issue, 'Religion in Contemporary Thought and Film')
(Edinburgh University Press, 2019-11-01) -
Introduction: Film-Philosophy and Stardom
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Introduction: persona non grata
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Julie Christie
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-12-02)Review of the book on Julie Christie by Melanie Bell and published by BFI Palgrave -
Lasting Screen Stars Images that Fade and Personas that Endure
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2016-04-17)Through a selection of chapters that look at issues such as inappropriate ageing, national identity and physical characteristics, this book will be the first volume to consider in depth and breadth the factors that affect ... -
Late 1920s film theory and criticism as a test-case for Benjamin’s generalizations on the experiential effects of editing
(2016-07-02)This article investigates Walter Benjamin’s influential generalization that the effects of cinema are akin to the hyper-stimulating experience of modernity. More specifically, I focus on his oft-cited 1935/36 claim that ... -
Lindsay: With a Little Help from His Friends
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Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola’s first feature-length original screenplay, for which she won an Academy Award, is a contemplative study of alienation and stasis, which manages to be both joyful and melancholy. Lost in Translation features ... -
Make Believe: Marie-José Mondzain and Cinema's Christian Economy
(Edinburgh University Press, 2019-11-01)