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Film and TV

Two More Things…Two videoessays on Columbo

posted by Helena Heald November 26, 20216 min read94 Views

by David Martin-Jones In a previous post, David Martin-Jones, author of Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7, explored the recent and enduring…

Cultural History

The Politics of ‘Acting’: Why Cast Comedians?

posted by Teri Williams July 28, 20217 min read150 Views

By Neil Archer What makes a performance ‘truthful’? In one of my previous professional lives, as an actor, this question…

Film and TV

Marvel’s Scarlet Witch: From Page to Screen

posted by Helena Heald May 20, 20219 min read158 Views

by Miriam Kent Wanda Maximoff, known as the Scarlet Witch, is one of Marvel’s most enduring characters. Her history has…

Mercedes 300SL Gullwing (1955) photo by Kevin Decherf via Wikimedia Commons
Film and TV

Stars in Cars: A Look at Italian Vehicular Stardom

posted by Helena Heald May 13, 20216 min read121 Views

by Alberto Zambenedetti Sophia Loren relaxing by the side of the road, next to her broken-down Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing….

Cultural Studies

Buddhism and Cinematic Technicity-Consciousness

posted by Teri Williams February 1, 20217 min read279 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 read315 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 read309 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 read206 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 read154 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 read236 Views

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

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