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Monkey Williams
Richard House discusses how we participate in a society, as citizens that sit in this kind of pre-figured,…
Netflix and the Re-invention of Television
Mareike Jenner discusses the various ways Netflix reconceptualises television as part of the process of TV IV. Read…
Mother India: 100 years of Indian Cinema
Herman Van Eyken discusses the Griffith Film cinema showcase Mother India, Beyond Bollywood, Jalsaghar and Agantuk.
Writing for the Cut
Editing is what makes a movie a movie. Greg Loftin discusses film editing at length in this interview. Greg…
Jacques Tati and Comedic Modernism
Malcolm Turvey discusses how Jacques Tati drew on the rich legacy of comic silent film while modernizing its conventions to encourage his viewers to adopt a playful attitude toward the modern world
Looking China: unique opportunity
Helen Gaynor discusses the Looking China project; the screen representation of ethnic minorities in China, with a focus…
Understanding Bollywood
Ulka Anjaria discusses Hindi cinema, a genre that has a massive fan base but is often misunderstood by…
Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory
Clara Bradbury-Rance works in the Department of Liberal Arts at King’s College London, where she specialises in queer…
Dressing for the future: Speculative fashion in 1930s Hollywood
The interwar years saw extensive speculation on the future in all fields of design. Hollywood was remarkably reticent…
Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods
The figure of the vampire serves as both object and mode of analysis for more than a century…
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