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Freedom and the Sea
Read more: Freedom and the SeaWhat is the point of the connection between sea power and liberty?
Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part One)
In this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan, author of Kathleen Collins: The Black Essai Film (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), explores over a century of African American films and what they tell us about African American history both on and off screen.…
8 new introductions to The Squid Cinema from Hell (extended post)
In and extended blog post, William Brown and David Fleming discuss 8 new introductions to their new book, The Squid Cinema from Hell.
8 new introductions to The Squid Cinema from Hell
William Brown and David H Fleming discuss the eight possible other introductions to their book The Squid Cinema from Hell.
Five Vampire Movies You Might Not Have Seen
A staple in cinema for decades, the vampire movie is a genre that is constantly being rejuvenated with fresh blood. Michael Guarneri looks to Italian cinema to introduce five vintage vampire movies you might not have seen. 1) L’ultima preda…
Ellroy and Me
By Nathan Ashman It was 2006 and James Ellroy was in the midst of penning the much anticipated third volume in his ‘Underworld USA Trilogy’, an epic criminal history of post-war America. I, meanwhile, was just about to begin my…
Making of ‘New Realism’
Explore how the recently published New Realism: Contemporary British Cinema by David Forrest came to be. The writing of a book begins with conversations, and this one was no different. In 2015, I was invited to a film festival in…
Sixties British Cinema – Reconsidered!
Read Laura Mayne’s overview of the new book Sixties British Cinema Reconsidered, which re-evaluates a critically neglected period in British film history. Has here been any decade more inconsistent in the public imagination than the 1960s? Lived recollections of the…
Detective storyworlds: why do you keep watching?
By Antoine Dechêne A few months ago, my wife and I were having one of our numerous chats about the latest TV series we were watching. We are indeed insatiable consumers of TV shows and loyal spectators of Netflix. Although…
Love Across the Atlantic
Read on to catch a glimpse of one of the chapters from Love Across the Atlantic: US-UK Romance in Popular Culture, edited by Barbara Jane Brickman, Deborah Jermyn and Theodore Louis Trost. Earlier this year, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry…