This book examines what is at stake in deploying humor in representing the Holocaust...

Black presents an insightful and hugely entertaining exploration of the political and cultural context of the Bond books and films...

Each chapter in Filmed Thought treats a film in-depth, including works by Hitchcock, Ray, Malick, Sirk, Almodovar, Polanski, and the Dardenne brothers...

Wilkman offers a a widescreen view of how American “truth” has been discovered, defined, projected, televised, and streamed,,,

Greene offers the the reader a theory of everything...

Crim explores the diverse ways in which the Holocaust influences and shapes science fiction and horror film and television by focusing on notable contributions from the last fifty years...

How involved with slavery were American universities? And what does their involvement mean for us?

“In the game of thrones you either win or you die."

According to Cook, a paradox paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick...

Hara explores the collaboration between Hisaishi and Miyazaki Hayao, the film’s creator and director...

Hoerl explores the construction of “the sixties” in Hollywood media, from Family Ties and The Wonder Years to Law and Order, arguing that these texts have proved dismissive, if not adversarial, to the role of dissent in fostering progressive social change...

Dienstag considers the interaction between our experiences in watching films and our positions as citizens in a representative democracy...

O'Healy explores how filmmakers in Italy have probed the tensions accompanying the country’s shift from an emigrant nation to a destination point for over five million immigrants over the course of three decades...

Engstrom analyzes the various ways the series presented feminism as a positive force, such as the satirical portrayal of patriarchy...

How does the world of book reviews work?

If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinking about a career change...

What can a cultural history of the heartthrob teach us about women, desire, and social change?

Cazenave offers a fascinating analysis of the 220 hours of outtakes edited out of the final nine and a half-hour 1985 film with which listeners and readers might be familiar...

Dyson is not only analyzing the tropes and themes of these series, but he is braiding them together with broader disciplinary frameworks and concepts from political science...

In "Gaelic Games on Film," Crosson traces out the use of Irish sports in Irish, American, and British cinema.

Vaughan offers a new history of the movies from an environmental perspective...

What does Friends mean to us now?

We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at?

As Holocaust survivors pass away, their legacy of suffering, tenacity and courage could be forgotten. It is up to each generation to commemorate the victims...

What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling?