As representations of history, period dramas perform serious work, and can be used to discuss both historical and contemporary issues (voting rights, war and trauma, reproductive rights). The contribu
This special issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television, edited by John Hill and Julian Petley, takes a detailed and critical look at crucial developments in its field in the first decade o
This book/DVD set for students and scholars of film history offers a collection of 12 essays, 25 b&w film stills from several movies, and two versions of Georges Melies's 1902 film Trip to the Moo
Covering 100 plus feature films in critical depth, the 14 contributions each review the state of a different film genre in the 1990s, such as new wave black cinema, literary adaptations, martial arts
Ivan Dixon’s 1973 film, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, captures the intensity of social and political upheaval during a volatile period in American history. Based on Sam Greenlee’s novel by the same n
Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of justice and fairness. The contributors to th
Mining from the mainstream, and never going too far afield, Whitt (literature and media studies, U. of Colorado at Boulder) carefully constructs her take on American film and television and its relati
Grossvogel (comparative literature and romance studies, Cornell U.) dissects once again the oft-studied love-hate relationship between the US and France by contrasting a number of original French film
Examines the cultural, historical, and ideological factors influencing British cinema during World War II and the postwar years, with attention to male-female relationships as well as to utopian desir
Explores the work of lesser-known American experimental filmmakers whose films, though well-received and influential, have been excluded from the dominant film canon.
Ivan Dixon’s 1973 film, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, captures the intensity of social and political upheaval during a volatile period in American history. Based on Sam Greenlee’s novel by the same n
Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of justice and fairness. The contributors to th
Written and directed by two white men and performed by an all-black cast, Nothing But a Man (Michael Roemer, 1964) tells the story of a drifter turned family man who struggles with the pressures of sm
