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Post Script: Essays in Film & the Humanities

Book Reviews

Anderson, Robert. Circulating Film Library Catalogue, by Museum of Modern Art. 5.1 (Fall 1985): 67-68.

Benyamini, Itzhak. The Filmic and the Jew: A Re-View. The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in

Contemporary Cinema, by Nathan Abrams. 32.2 (Winter/Spring 2013): 115-122.

Bettaglio, Marina. Cine y género en España, ed. Fátima Arranz. 31.3 (Summer 2012): 85-88.

Bixby, Barbara. Eisenstein at Work, by Jay Leyda and Zina Voynow. 2.3 (Spring/Summer 1983): 62-64.

Bloch, Joel. Chinese Film Theory: A Guide to the New Era, eds. George S. Semsel, Xia Hong, and Hou Jianping. 10.3

(Summer 1991): 77-79.

Bowen, Michael. Macbeth: CD ROM, ed. A.R. Braunmuller, with commentary by David S. Rodes. 17.2 (Winter/Spring 1998):

107-108.

Card, James Van Dyck. Adventures in the Screen Trade, by William Goldman. 3.3 (Spring/Summer 1984): 63-65.

—. Cinema: The First Hundred Years, by David Shipman. 14.3 (Summer 1995): 78-80.

—. Film: An International History of the Medium, by Robert Sklar. 14.3 (Summer 1995): 78-80.

Charlton, Colin. Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-Cultural Mimesis, by Laleen Jayamanne. 22.3 (Summer 2003):

115-116.

—. Deleuze, Cinema, and National Identity: Narrative Time in National Contexts, by David Martin-Jones. 28.1

(Fall 2008): 110-112.

Charney, Mark. “David Cronenberg” in Inner Views: Filmmakers in Conversation. 15.2 (Winter/Spring 1996): 70-74.

—. Cronenberg on Cronenberg, ed. Chris Rodley. 15.2 (Winter/Spring 1996): 70-74.

Conrad, Mark T. The Films of Woody Allen: Critical Essays, ed. Charles L. P. Silet. 31.2 (Winter/Spring 2012): 118-119.

Cooper, L. Andrew. Hollywood Bloodshed: Violence in 1980s American Cinema, by James Kendrick. 29.1 (Fall 2009): 75-76.

—. Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud’s Worst Nightmare, ed. Steven Jay Schneider. 29.1 (Fall 2009): 76-78.

—. Dracula Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race, and Culture, eds. John Edgar Browning and

Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart. 29.1 (Fall 2009): 78-79.

Covey, William B. Autopsy: An Element of Realism in Film Noir, by Carl Richardson. 13.2 (Winter/Spring 1994): 51-53.

—. Dames in the Driver’s Seat: Rereading Film Noir, by Jans B Wager. 26.1 (Fall 2006): 62-65.

Cox, Terrance. Mondo Canuck, by Geoff Pevere. 18.2 (Winter/Spring 1998): 87-90.

Craig, J. Robert. Gothic Realities: The Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture, by L. Andrew Cooper. 30.1

(Fall 2010): 99-100.

—. Gendering Science Fiction Films: Invaders from the Suburbs, by Susan A. George. 34.1 (Fall 2014): 100-102.

Dabb, JeanAnn. From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema, by Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli.

25.2 (Winter/Spring 2006): 80-82.

Desser, David. The Hollywood Professionals: Wilder and McCarey, by Leland Poague. 1.3 (Spring/Summer 1982): 54-56.

—. Masters of the American Cinema, by Louis Giannetti. 2.1 (Fall 1982): 66-67.

—. Currents in Japanese Cinema, by Tadao Sato. 2.2 (Winter 1983): 59-61.

DiGeorgio-Lutz, JoAnn. The Holocaust and Historical Methodology, ed. Dan Stone. 32.2 (Winter/Spring 2013): 111-112.

Dixon, Wheeler Winston. The Press: Observed and Projected, eds. Philip French and Deac Rossell. 12.1 (Fall, 1992): 61-63.

Doherty, Thomas. A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980, by Robert Ray. 6.3 (Spring/Summer 1987):

90-92.

Duchovnay, Gerald. Cinemabilia Catalogue Seven, ed. Ernest D. Burns. 1.1 (Fall 1981): 48.

—. Movies and Entertainment: The Video Tape/Disc Guide. Rev. ed. 1.1 (Fall 1981): 48.

—. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 16. 1.1 (Fall 1981): 48.

Eberwein, Robert. Ingmar Bergman and the Rituals of Art, by Paisley Livingston. 2.1 (Fall 1982): 62-63.

Ehrlich, Linda C. Moving Pictures, by Anne Hollander. 8.3 (Summer 1989): 70-72.

Foreman, Joel. Ideology and the Image: Social Representation in the Cinema and Other Media, by Bill Nichols. 2.1

(Fall 1982): 60-61.

Forrest, Jennifer. Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Politics of Chinese Cinemas, by Poshek Fu. 25.2 (Winter/Spring

2006): 82-83.

Foster, Gwendolyn. Streetwalking on a Ruined Map: Cultural Theory and the City Films of Elvira Notari, by Giuliana Bruno.

13.2 (Winter/Spring 1994): 54-56.

Fournier, Michael. The Essential Jacques Demy, DVD/Blu-Ray. 35.2 (Winter/Spring 2016): 97-103.

Gelder, Ken. Killing for Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Film from Mondo to Snuff, by David Kerekes and David

Slater. 21.3 (Summer 2002): 131-133.

George, Susan. Alien Women: Them Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley, by Ximena C. Gallardo and C. Jason Smith. 23.2

(Winter/Spring 2004): 88-91.

Gibson, Lee. Illuminating Shadows: The Mythic Power of Film, by Geoffrey Hill. 14.1&2 (Fall 1994 & Winter/Spring 1995):

125-126.

Glajar, Valentina. Cinema of Flames: Balkan Film, Culture and the Media, by Dina Lordanova. 25.2 (Winter/Spring 2006):

84-86.

Glenn, Lauren. What Cinema Is!, by Dudley Andrew. 30.1 (Fall 2010): 101-102.

Grigar, Dene. Allegories of Communication: Intermedial Concerns from Cinema to the Digital, eds. John Fullerton and

Jan Olsson. 25.1 (Fall 2005): 74-75.

Hawk, Bryon. Shakespearean Films/Shakespearean Directors, by Peter Donaldson. 17.2 (Winter/Spring 1998): 103-106.

Hayes, M. Hunter. Frank: The Voice, by James Kaplan. 30.1 (Fall 2010): 103-104. 

Henderson, Scott. Canadian Dreams: The Making and Marketing of Independent Films, by Michael Posner. 15.1

(Fall 1995): 81-83.

Higginbotham, Virginia. Convictions and Contradictions of Luis Buñuel: Mon dernier soupir, by Luis Buñuel. 6.2

(Winter 1987): 63-73.

Hills, Matt. Mythologies of Violence in Postermodern Media, by Christopher Sharrett, Ed. 21.3 (Summer 2002): 134-135.

Hudson, Dale. i-Docs: The Evolving Practice of Interactive Media, eds. Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi, and Mandy Rose.

36.2&3 (Winter/Spring & Summer 2017): 126.

Jacobowitz, Susan. Woody Allen: A Life in Film, by Richard Schickel. 31.2 (Winter/Spring 2012): 114-116.

Jennings, Wade. Some Time in the Sun, by Tom Dardis. 1.2 (Winter 1982): 78-79.

Kernan, Margot. The Film in History: Restaging the Past, by Pierre Sorlin. 1.1 (Fall 1981): 45-46.

—. Godard: Images, Sounds, Politics, by Colin McCabe. 3.1 (Fall 1983): 61-64.

Koos, Leonard. Beyond Bollywood: The Cultural Politics of South Asian Diasporic Film, by Jigna Desai. 25.2

(Winter/Spring 2006): 86-88.

Krier, William. Street Smart: The New York of Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee, by Richard A. Blake. 31.2

(Winter/Spring 2012): 116-118.

Lavery, David. Fellini’s Road, by Donald P. Costelli. 3.2 (Winter 1984): 85-87.

Link, Eric Carl. Woody Allen and Philosophy: You Mean My whole Fallacy is Wrong?, eds. Mark T. Conard and

Aeon J. Skoble. 31.2 (Winter/Spring 2012): 111-113.

Lockhart, Darrell B. Evolving Images: Jewish Latin American Cinema, eds. Nora Glickman and Ariana Huberman. 38.2&3

(Winter/Spring & Summer 2019): 121-124.

Lyons, Inmaculada. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Film, eds. Salvador Jiménez Murguía and Alex Pinar.

40.1 (Fall 2020): 82-84.

Maland, Charles. “The Millionaire Tramp.” 3.3 (Spring/Summer 1984): 55-62. [Com­ments on books and essays on

Charlie Chaplin.]

—. All that Hollywood Allows: Rereading Gender in 1950s Melodrama, by Jackie Byars. 12.1 (Fall 1992): 64-66.

Michaels, Lloyd. Woody Allen: A Biography, by Eric Lax. 11.3 (Summer 1992): 81-82.

Miyao, Daisuke. “The Importance of being Historical.” Rev. of Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema by

Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto. 20.1 (Fall 2000): 96-101.

Nicks, Joan. Atom Egoyan, by Carole Desbarts et al. Trans. Brian Holmes. 15.1 (Fall 1995): 75-80.

Nolletti, Arthur Jr. Japanese Films: A Filmography and Commentary, by Beverly Bare Buehrer. 11.1 (Fall 1991): 57-60.

Orr, Leonard. The Films of Robbe-Grillet, by Roy Arnes. 1.3 (Spring/Summer 1982): 52-53.

Palmer, R. Barton. The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960, by David Bordwell, Janet Steiger, and Kristin Thompson. 5.3 (Spring/Summer 1986): 88-91.

Poague, Leland. Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema, by Janet Staiger. 13.1

(Fall 1993): 87-90.

—. Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture, by Michael Anderegg. 21.1 (Fall 2001): 39-42.

Pogorelskin, Alexis. The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema, ed. Lawrence Baron. 32.2

(Winter/Spring 2013): 113-114.

Polan, Dana. French Cinema: First Wave, 1915-192, by Richard Abel. 4.2 (Winter 1985): 63-65.

—. Kino-Eye, by Dziga Verto. 5.1 (Fall 1985): 60-61.

—. Cahiers Du Cinema: The 1950s, ed. Jim Hillier. 5.2 (Winter 1986): 64-68.

—. Andy Warhol’s Art and Films, by Patrick Smith. 8.1 (Fall 1988): 66-68.

—. Psychiatry and the Cinema, by Krin Gabbard and Glen O. Gabbard. 8.2 (Winter 1989): 64-65.

—. French Film Theory and Criticism, 1907-1930, by Richard Abel. 9.1&2 (Fall 1989 & Winter 1990): 125-128.

Radzinski, Ian. 1968 and Global Cinema, eds. Christina Gerhardt and Sara Saljoughi. 39.1 (Fall 2019): 45-47.

Raw, Laurence. American Classic Screen: Interviews, Profiles, Features, eds. John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh.

31.1 (Fall 2011): 102-103.

—. Epics, Spectacles and Blockbusters, by Sheldon Hall and Steve Neal. 31.1 (Fall 2011): 103-104.

—. Heritage Film Audiences: Period Film Audiences and Contemporary Films in the UK, by Claire Monk. 32.1

(Fall 2012): 97-101.

—. Approaches to Film and Reception Studies/Cinéma et Théories de la Reception, by Christophe Gelly and

David Roche. 32.1 (Fall 2012): 97-101.

—. Film-Kino-Zuschauer: Filmrezeption/Film-Cinema-Spectator: Film Reception, eds. Irmbert Schenk, Margrit Tröhler,

Yvonne Zimmerman. 32.1 (Fall 2012): 97-101.

—. “Adaptations, Textual and Personal.” A Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation, ed. Deborah Cartmell. 33.1

(Fall 2013): 59-61.

—. “Adaptations, Textual and Personal.”From Fidelity to History: Film Adaptations as Cultural Events in the Twentieth

Century, by Anne-Marie Scholz. 33.1 (Fall 2013): 61-62.

—. “Adaptations, Textual and Personal.”Watching Films: New Perspectives on Movie-Going, Exhibition and Reception, eds.

Karina Aveyard and Albert Moran. 33.1 (Fall 2013): 62-63.

—. Hollywood’s Indies: Classics Divisions, Specialty Labels and the American Film Market, by

Yannis Tzioumakis. 34.1 (Fall 2014): 104. 

—. Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American Indie Film, by Geoff King. 34.1 (Fall 2014): 105.

—. Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Fan Culture, by Mark Duffett. 34.1 (Fall 2014): 106.

—. “Futures for Adaptation.”  Adaptation, Authorship and Contemporary Women Filmmakers, by Shelley Cobb.

 34.2&3 (Winter/Spring & Summer 2015): 102-103.

—. “Futures for Adaptation.” Theatre and Adaptation: Return, Rewrite, Repeat, ed. Margherita Laera. 34.2&3

(Winter/Spring & Summer 2015): 103-104.

—. “Futures for Adaptation.” Locating the Audience: How People Found Value in National Theatre Wales,

by Kirsty Sedgman. 34.2&3 (Winter/Spring & Summer 2015): 104-106.

—. “Futures for Adaptation.” Re-Collection: At, Media and Social Memory, by Richard Rinehart and  Jon Ippolito.

34.2&3 (Winter/Spring & Summer 2015): 106.

—. Adaptation, Individuality and the British Celebrity Biopic, eds. Marta Minier and Maddalena Pennachia. 35.1

(Fall 2015): 99.

—. Audience Transformations: Shifting Audience Positions in Late Modernity, eds. Nico Carpentier, Kim Christian Schroder,

Lawrie Hallett. 36.1 (Fall 2016): 64.

—. Cinematic Homecoming: Exile and Return in Transnational Cinema, ed. Rebecca Prime. 36.1 (Fall 2016): 65.

—. Transnational Audiences: Media Reception on a Critical Scale, by Adrian Athique. 36.1 (Fall 2016): 66.

—. Alien Imaginations: Science Fiction and Tales of Transnationalism, eds. Ulrika Kuchler, Silja Moehl, Graeme Stout.

36.1 (Fall 2016): 66.

Rein, Leonid. The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe, by Olga Gershenson. 34.1 (Fall 2014):

103-105.

Rizi, Najmeh Moradiyan. Queer Enchantments: Gender, Sexuality, and Class in the Fairy-Tale Cinema of Jacques Demy,

by Anne Duggan. 35.2 (Winter/Spring 2016): 104.

Ross, T. J. Cinema Texas Program Notes [Univ. of Texas, Austin], 19.3 (Fall, 1980) and 20.2 (Spring 1981). 2.1

(Fall, 1982): 64-65.

Ruppert, Peter. German Film and Literature: Adaptations and Transformations, ed. Eric Rentschler. 7.3 (Summer 1988):

66-68.

Saldivar, Samuel III. The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez, by Frederick Luis Aldama. 33.3 (Summer 2014): 117-119.

Sato, Kazuy. Something Like an Autobiography, by Akira Kurosawa. 6.2 (Winter 1987): 74-76.

Schmertz, Johanna. Viewing Positions: Ways of Seeing Film, ed. Linda Williams. 16.3 (Summer 1997): 65-67.

Sharrett, Christopher. Seven, by Richard Dyer. 22.2 (Winter/Spring 2003): 124-125.

Shary, Timothy. Screen Memories, by Harvey R. Greenberg. 14.3 (Summer 1995): 75-77.

Shepperd, Josh. Women, by Annie Leibovitz and Susan Sontag. 26.2 (Winter/Spring 2007): 146-147.

Shokoff, James. Five Screenplays by Preston Sturges, ed. Brian Henderson. 8.1 (Fall 1988): 64-65.

Skoble, Aeon J. Woody Allen: Interviews, eds. Robert E. Kapsis and Kathie Coblentz. 31.2

(Winter/Spring 2012): 110-111.

Smith, C. Jason. The Films of James Cameron: Critical Essays, by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Stephen McVeigh.

32.1 (Fall 2012): 102-104.

Telotte, J. P. Dance in the Hollywood Musical, by Jerome Delameter. 2.2 (Winter 1983): 62-64.

—. About John Ford, by Lindsay Anderson. 4.1 (Fall 1984): 64-67.

—. Dark Cinema: American Film Noir in Cultural Perspective, by John Tuska. 5.1 (Fall 1985): 62-64.

Thompson, Frank. The Light on Her Face, by Joseph Walker and Juanita Walker. 5.1 (Fall 1985): 65-66.

Tryon, Charles. The Subject of Documentary, by Michael Renov. 26.3 (Summer 2007): 102-104.

Valenti, Peter. A History of Narrative Film, by David A. Cook. 2.3 (Spring/Summer 1983): 65-68.

—. Religion in Film, eds. John R. May and Michael Bird. 3.1 (Fall 1983): 59-60.

von Son, Carlos. Hispanics and United States Film: An Overview and Handbook, by Gary D. Keller. 16.1 (Fall 1996): 64-65.

Ward, Carol. The Marx Brothers: A Bio-Bibliography, by Wes Gehring. 8.2 (Winter 1989): 66-68.

—. Australian Movies and the American Dream, by Glen Lewis. 9.1&2 (Fall, 1989 & Winter 1990): 123-124.

Watts, Linda S. The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag, and Other Intimate Portraits of the Bohemian Era, by Edward

Field. 26.2 (Winter/Spring 2007): 142-145.

—. Female Icons: Marilyn Monroe to Susan Sontag, by Carl Rollyson. 26.2 (Winter/Spring 2007): 142-145.

West, Mark. The American Animated Cartoon, by Gerald Peary and Danny Peary. 1.1 (Fall 1981): 46-47.

Wolfe, Charles. An Examination of Narrative Structure in Four Films of Frank Capra, by Brian Rose. 1.2 (Winter 1982):

75-77.

Wood, Robert E. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock, by Donald Spoto. 4.2 (Winter 1985): 66-67.

—. Dreadful Pleasures, by James B. Twitchell. 5.3 (Spring/Summer 1986): 84-87.

—. Dreams of Darkness, by J. P. Telotte. 5.3 (Spring/Summer 1986): 84-87.

—. The Living and the Undead, by Gregory A. Waller. 5.3 (Spring/Summer 1986): 84-87.

—. Psycho Paths: Tracking the Serial Killer Through Contemporary American Film and Fiction, by Philip L. Simpson.

22.2 (Winter/Spring 2003): 126-127.

Woodward, Katherine S. Feminist Criticism and Women’s Pictures, by Annette Kuhn. 3.1 (Fall 1983): 49-58.

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