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2 days ago · Analyzing film, like analyzing literature (fiction texts, etc.), is a form of rhetorical analysis—critically analyzing and evaluating discourse, including words, phrases, and images. Having a clear argument and supporting evidence is every bit as critical to film analysis as to other forms of academic writing.
4 days ago · The Zodiac Killer is the Great White Whale of serial killers; short of a family member stepping forward or a Hail Mary DNA test, he’ll never be identified. But it’s a magnificent obsession ...
3 days ago · Young children’s access to mass media today is unprecedented. A 2020 pre-pandemic study of over 1400 parents of children aged 8 or younger indicated that 67% of 5-to 8-year olds have their own smar...
6 days ago · Screenwriter Josh Friedman has cleverly created a movie that examines how ancient stories can be hijacked and manipulated, like how Caesar's non-violent message gets twisted by bad actors. There's also a lot of “Avatar” primitive naivete, and that makes sense since the reboot was shaped by several of that blue alien movie’s makers.
5 days ago · The upcoming Spring and Summer editions of the Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 21.2 & 21.3) promise another bumper crop of book reviews, offering valuable insights into recent scholarly works. Issue 21.2 begins with the book that is likely to be regarded as the definitive account of post-war British film finance: The Money ...
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3 days ago · New Hollywood. The New Hollywood, Hollywood Renaissance, American New Wave, or New American Cinema (not to be confused with the New American Cinema of the 1960s that was part of avant-garde underground cinema ), was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of filmmakers came to prominence.
