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Cultural Studies

Buddhism and Cinematic Technicity-Consciousness

posted by Teri Williams February 1, 20217 min read187 Views

By Victor Fan ‘Cinematic Imaging and Imagining through the Lens of Buddhism’ (from the latest issue of Paragraph) is one…

Film still of a couple hugging from Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019)
Cultural Studies

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema: Women Directors and the Poetics of Horror

posted by Helena Heald November 25, 20207 min read117 Views

by Patricia Pisters Watching horror movies Previously, I truly disliked horror films. In the late 1980s Brian de Palma’s Carrie…

British History

Culture Wars, Talking Pictures and the Telegraph: Part Two

posted by Teri Williams September 24, 20207 min read100 Views

By Julian Petley and Andrew Roberts Catch up with Part One of Culture Wars, Talking Pictures and the Telegraph For…

Cultural Studies

Confusion and disorientation in Edward Yang’s Terrorizers

posted by Helena Heald September 1, 20207 min read121 Views

Confusing films Watching narrative films can be one of the most engrossing aesthetic experiences possible. It can also be completely…

Cultural Studies

Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Five)

posted by Helena Heald August 21, 20207 min read89 Views

In the final part of this five-part series on African American film, Geetha Ramanathan discusses 2017 hit “Get Out” alongside…

Cultural Studies

Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part One)

posted by Helena Heald August 17, 20207 min read179 Views

In this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan, author of Kathleen Collins: The Black Essai Film (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), explores over…

Diversity in British Cinema
Cultural Studies

Diversity in British Film and Television

posted by Teri Williams January 27, 20203 min read506 Views

The controversy over ‘all-white’ 2020 BAFTAs once again shows the importance of understanding that issues of diversity are at the…

Elaine May
Cultural History

When in Doubt, Seduce: screenwriter Allie Hagan talks about the fascinating relationship between Elaine May and Mike Nichols

posted by Emma at EUP August 8, 20197 min read809 Views

By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Dean Brandum In late 2017, the annual “Black List” was released, a high-profile list of the…

Carol
Cultural History

Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory

posted by Emma at EUP March 19, 20196 min read1529 Views

In 1998, the celebrated lesbian film scholar B. Ruby Rich wrote: ‘I don’t want to make the mistake of falling…

Francophone Belgian Cinema
Film and TV

Francophone Belgian Cinema

posted by Emma at EUP March 5, 20194 min read1026 Views

Twenty years ago the Dardenne brothers’ film Rosetta (1999) thrust Belgian cinema into the international spotlight by winning the top…

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