New Books in Film

735 Episodes

1. The Sámi in "Frozen" (Part 1)

   Published: 1/11/2023
2. The Fremen in "Dune"

   Published: 1/10/2023
3. Romani Representation in Pop Culture

   Published: 1/9/2023
4. Jason Isralowitz, "Nothing to Fear: Alfred Hitchcock and the Wrong Men" (Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2023)

   Published: 1/7/2023
5. Ellen Cassedy, "Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie" (Chicago Review Press, 2022)

   Published: 1/6/2023
6. Why are Insects so Scary? On Insects in Films.

   Published: 1/3/2023
7. Bonus Episode: "Nomadland"

   Published: 1/1/2023
8. Catholic Movies, Part 1: "Silence" and "The Scarlet and the Black"

   Published: 12/30/2022
9. "Gone with the Wind" Revisited

   Published: 12/28/2022
10. Eve Golden, "Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It" (UP of Kentucky, 2021)

    Published: 12/25/2022
11. Stuart Klawans, "Crooked, But Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges" (Columbia UP, 2023)

    Published: 12/25/2022
12. What Makes a Book, Song or Movie Popular? A Conversation with Noah Askin

    Published: 12/23/2022
13. Stevie Suan, "Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form Beyond Japan" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)

    Published: 12/23/2022
14. Kathe Geist, "Ozu: A Closer Look" (Hong Kong UP, 2022)

    Published: 12/21/2022
15. Ariana Huberman. "Keeping the Mystery Alive: Jewish Mysticism in Latin American Cultural Production" (Academic Studies Press, 2022)

    Published: 12/20/2022
16. Nicholas de Villiers, "Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-Liang" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)

    Published: 12/14/2022
17. Jake S. Friedman, "The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age" (Chicago Review Press, 2022)

    Published: 12/10/2022
18. Daniel Immerwahr, "The Galactic Vietnam: Technology, Modernization, and Empire in George Lucas’s Star Wars" (2022)

    Published: 12/10/2022
19. Madeline Lane-McKinley, "Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times" (Common Notions, 2022)

    Published: 12/4/2022
20. Craig Oldham, "The Shining: A Visual and Cultural Haunting" (Rough Trade Books, 2022)

    Published: 12/3/2022