On November 6, 2009, The New Yorker online posted a mini-review of Jerry Lewis, Chris Fujiwara’s new book in our Contemporary Film Directors series. Chris Fujiwara’s study of Jerry Lewis’s films, […]
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Times Higher Education reviews “Atom Egoyan”
Times Higher Education recently reviewed Emma Wilson’s new book on Canadian-bred filmmaker Atom Egoyan. This persuasive book brings Egoyan’s films vibrantly alive, while at the same time offering compelling, […]
The Los Angeles Times reviews “Albert Maysles”
Today’s LA Times includes a sparkling review of Joe McElhaney’s Albert Maysles, a new volume in our Contemporary Film Directors series. “McElhaney’s biography runs like a classic Maysles brother film, sticking to the facts, […]
Swine flu adds academic conference to its list of victims
Late last week we learned that the annual meeting of the Society for Cinema & Media Studies, scheduled for May 21-24 in Tokyo, has been cancelled owing to concerns about […]
Ebert-a-looza
University of Illinois alum Roger Ebert and his wife, Chaz, have given the UI a sizeable gift to benefit the film program. Ebertfest is in full swing, with several UI staffers […]
Starring Ronell by Willis Regier
The debut of Examined Life gives Avital Ronell a celebrity that will amaze her, please her, and puzzle her, all at once. Choosing Avital as one of the principals in the […]
Illinois at the Oscars
The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony included two prominent film figures who happen to be the subjects of forthcoming books in our Contemporary Film Directors series. Jerry Lewis received the Jean Hersholt […]
Just Landed: November & December titles
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader edited by Julie Malnig (November […]
Stephane Dunn on NPR’s News & Notes
Stephane Dunn, author of ‘Baad Bitches’ and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films, will be a guest on NPR’s News & Notes today at 12:40PM Central Time. Stephane will discuss blacks in horror […]
Just Landed: A bevy of new books
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Terrence Malick by Lloyd Michaels (October 20, 2008) –Health Culture in the Heartland, 1880-1980: An Oral History […]
Just Landed: New books on soy, cinema studies, and women journalists
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past week: –Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South by Michelle R. Scott (August 25, […]
Just Landed: Books on Chicago sports, Hong Kong cinema, and Illinois outlaws
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past two weeks: –China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema edited by Poshek Fu (August 11, 2008) –“Baad […]