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Review of The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama by Scott McDonald

Review of The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama by Scott McDonald

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,

Julia Stolyar February 15, 2022February 22, 2022 Academic, Blog, Reviews No Comments Read more

Review of The Face on Film by Noa Steimatsky

Review of The Face on Film by Noa Steimatsky

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

Kierran Horner February 15, 2022February 22, 2022 Academic, Blog, Reviews No Comments Read more

Review of Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora by Gayatri Gopinath

Review of Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora by Gayatri Gopinath

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

Sohel Sarkar February 15, 2022February 22, 2022 Academic, Blog, Reviews No Comments Read more

Review of Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West by Michelle Delaney

Review of Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West by Michelle Delaney

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

Christopher Conway February 5, 2022February 22, 2022 Blog, Reviews No Comments Read more

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