Film and Media

Does Writing Have a Future? Does Writing Have a Future? Vilém Flusser 2011 Spring
A prescient exploration of the fate of the book in the digital age
Neither God nor Master: Robert Bresson and Radical Politics Neither God nor Master Robert Bresson and Radical Politics Brian Price 2011 Spring
A major rethinking of Robert Bresson, establishing him as a radical, political artist
The Quay Brothers: Into a Metaphysical Playroom The Quay Brothers Into a Metaphysical Playroom Suzanne Buchan 2010 Fall
The complex, special power of the Quay Brothers’ puppet animation poetics
Jubilee: Six Film Scripts Jubilee Six Film Scripts Derek Jarman 2011 Spring
A collection of brilliant, largely unrealized, intensely personal film scripts by Derek Jarman
Smiling in Slow Motion Smiling in Slow Motion Derek Jarman 2011 Spring
Part diary, part observation, part memoir—writings from Derek Jarman’s final years
Derek Jarman: A Biography Derek Jarman A Biography Tony Peake 2011 Spring
The definitive biography of Britain’s influential and iconic film director
Junkware Junkware Thierry Bardini 2010 Fall
The essential junkiness of our culture and biology
Imagining Illness: Public Health and Visual Culture Imagining Illness Public Health and Visual Culture David Serlin, Editor 2010 Fall
Analyzing the visual culture of public health from the nineteenth century to the present
Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology Insect Media An Archaeology of Animals and Technology Jussi Parikka 2010 Fall
Uncovering the insect logic that informs contemporary media technologies and the network society
From A to <A>: Keywords of Markup From A to <A> Keywords of Markup Bradley Dilger and Jeff Rice, Editors 2010 Fall
Essays exploring the role of markup in contemporary discourse
Dream Factories of a Former Colony: American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema Dream Factories of a Former Colony American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema José B. Capino 2010 Fall
How the Philippine postcolonial imagination represents the American colonizer
Mechademia 5: Fanthropologies Mechademia 5 Fanthropologies Frenchy Lunning, Editor 2010 Fall
From fan-subs to cosplay, exploring the fan cultures inspired by anime and manga
Yellow Future: Oriental Style in Hollywood Cinema Yellow Future Oriental Style in Hollywood Cinema Jane Chi Hyun Park 2010 Fall
Tracing the significance of oriental style in contemporary Hollywood cinema
Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife Electric Animal Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife Akira Mizuta Lippit 2008 Fall
A fascinating exploration of the symbolic place animals hold within our culture.
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era The Genius of the System Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era Thomas Schatz 2010 Spring
An indispensable account of Hollywood's blend of business and art