The Journal of Film and Video is excited to announce a new editor! The Journal of Film and Video features scholarship on film, video, and media production, history, and aesthetics […]
Announcing the new editor of Journal of Film and Video

The Journal of Film and Video is excited to announce a new editor! The Journal of Film and Video features scholarship on film, video, and media production, history, and aesthetics […]
Marc Yamada, author of Kore-eda Hirokazu, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I have always loved Kore-eda’s films, but it wasn’t […]
Catherine Russell, author of The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck: Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. […]
April’s free e-book is here! Check out Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema by Melanie Bell before the month is over! After the advent of sound, women in […]
We are happy to announce that you will see new books coming from assistant acquisitions editor Mariah Schaefer in the near future. Mariah has been working on charting the future […]
Jane Rhodes and Lisa Parks are delighted to build on and invigorate the University of Illinois Press’ History of Communication series, renamed The History of Media and Communication. The books in the […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2022 Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse […]
Lester D. Friedman, author of Citizen Spielberg, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in his book. Why did you decide to write this book? I did […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press National Women’s Studies Association 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our featured titles as well as interviews […]
Melanie Bell, author of Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in her book. Q: Why did you decide […]
From the beginnings of silent films to the talkies we have now, women have played a pivotal role in the development of film whether it be behind the scenes or […]