Academic and literary books, reviewed by experts
Review of The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama by Scott McDonald JULIA STOLYAR The sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a compilation of interviews conducted by Scott McDonald with documentary filmmakers and visual artists from US, Canada, Iran,
Review of The Face on Film by Noa Steimatsky KIERRAN HORNER The central premise of Noa Steimatsky’s fascinating study is the multivalent, polysemous (chiefly) human face. This filmic face is moving in both senses of the word: cinema captures the
Review of Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora by Gayatri Gopinath SOHEL SARKAR A film theatre marquee that reads, “If you know what you’re looking for, the backward glance can be a glimpse into the future”; a reinvented
Review of Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West by Michelle Delaney CHRISTOPHER CONWAY In his influential speech to the 1893 meeting of the American Historical Association, titled “The Significance of theFrontier in American History”, Frederick Jackson Turner observed