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New Books in Film

Interviews with Scholars of Film about their New BooksSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

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Christian B. Long, "The Imaginary Geography of Hollywood Cinema 1960-2000" (Intellect, 2017)

Christian B. Long, "The Imaginary Geography of Hollywood Cinema 1960-2000" (Intellect, 2017)

While most every live-action film takes place in a specific location, the role of these places has not often been studie... Read more

28 Dec 2018

1hr 5mins

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Hunter Vaughan, "Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies" (Columbia UP, 2019)

Hunter Vaughan, "Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies" (Columbia UP, 2019)

In his new book, Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies (Columbia University Press, 2... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 4mins

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Gillian McIver, “Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling” (Bloomsbury, 2016)

Gillian McIver, “Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling” (Bloomsbury, 2016)

Gillian McIver‘s Art History for Filmmakers: The Art of Visual Storytelling (Bloomsbury, 2016) is a ground-breaking book... Read more

14 Jun 2017

48mins

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Mark A. McCutcheon, “The Medium Is the Monster: Canadian Adaptations of Frankenstein and the Discourse of Technology” (Athabasca UP, 2018)

Mark A. McCutcheon, “The Medium Is the Monster: Canadian Adaptations of Frankenstein and the Discourse of Technology” (Athabasca UP, 2018)

What do Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, media theorist Marshall McLuhan and Canadian popular culture have in common? This i... Read more

3 May 2018

1hr 18mins

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John Wiley Jr., “The Scarlett Letters: The Making of the Film Gone With the Wind” (Taylor Trade Publishing, 2014)

John Wiley Jr., “The Scarlett Letters: The Making of the Film Gone With the Wind” (Taylor Trade Publishing, 2014)

Margaret Mitchell’s blockbuster novel was released in 1936 to great acclaim. It immediately drew interest from Hollywood... Read more

22 Jan 2015

1hr 1min

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Bruce Babington, “The Sports Film: Games People Play” (Wallflower Press, 2014)

Bruce Babington, “The Sports Film: Games People Play” (Wallflower Press, 2014)

One of the most enduring film genres is the sports movie. From the earliest attempts at narrative motion pictures to the... Read more

11 Dec 2014

1hr

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Michael Benson, "Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clark and The Making of a Masterpiece" (Simon and Schuster, 2018)

Michael Benson, "Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clark and The Making of a Masterpiece" (Simon and Schuster, 2018)

Michael Benson talks about the making of 2001, a movie inspired by the collaboration of American director Stanley Kubric... Read more

29 Apr 2019

38mins

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Mary Tomsic, “Beyond the Silver Screen: A History of Women, Filmmaking and Film Culture in Australia, 1920-1990” (Melbourne UP, 2017)

Mary Tomsic, “Beyond the Silver Screen: A History of Women, Filmmaking and Film Culture in Australia, 1920-1990” (Melbourne UP, 2017)

In her new book, Beyond the Silver Screen: A History of Women, Filmmaking and Film Culture in Australia, 1920-1990 (Melb... Read more

17 Nov 2017

17mins

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Catherine Russell, "Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practices" (Duke UP, 2018)

Catherine Russell, "Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practices" (Duke UP, 2018)

In her book Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practices (Duke University Press, 2018), Catherine Russell d... Read more

29 Nov 2018

53mins

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Paul Seydor, “The Authentic Death and Contentious Afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” (Northwestern UP, 2015)

Paul Seydor, “The Authentic Death and Contentious Afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” (Northwestern UP, 2015)

Sam Peckinpah’s career as a writer and director was also filled with controversies, but his reputation has not diminishe... Read more

2 Jun 2015

1hr 8mins

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Gary Kulik, “War Stories: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers” (Potomac Books, 2009)

Gary Kulik, “War Stories: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers” (Potomac Books, 2009)

One often hears stories of World War II and Korean War veterans who came back from the war and refused to talk about wha... Read more

15 Jun 2017

1hr 10mins

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Joel Dinerstein, “The Origins of Cool in Postwar America” (U. Chicago Press, 2017)

Joel Dinerstein, “The Origins of Cool in Postwar America” (U. Chicago Press, 2017)

In his new book, The Origins of Cool in Postwar America (University of Chicago Press, 2017), Cultural Studies scholar Jo... Read more

31 Oct 2017

1hr 9mins

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Meredith McCarroll, "Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film" (U Georgia Press, 2018)

Meredith McCarroll, "Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film" (U Georgia Press, 2018)

If you mention Appalachia to many people, they may immediately respond with the "Deliverance" dueling banjos theme. Unfo... Read more

7 Mar 2019

1hr 1min

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Jennifer C. Lena, "Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts" ( Princeton UP, 2019)

Jennifer C. Lena, "Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts" ( Princeton UP, 2019)

How did American elites change the meaning of Art? In Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts (Pri... Read more

29 Aug 2019

36mins

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David Resnick, "Representing Education In Film: How Hollywood Portrays Educational Thought, Settings and Issues" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)

David Resnick, "Representing Education In Film: How Hollywood Portrays Educational Thought, Settings and Issues" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)

David Resnick combines two of his passions, movies and education, in his book, Representing Education In Film: How Holly... Read more

29 Jul 2019

53mins

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Liz Gloyn, "Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)

Liz Gloyn, "Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)

What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity cont... Read more

12 Nov 2019

1hr 8mins

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Elena Past, "Italian Ecocinema: Beyond the Human" (Indiana UP, 2019)

Elena Past, "Italian Ecocinema: Beyond the Human" (Indiana UP, 2019)

Elena Past’s recently published Italian Ecocinema: Beyond the Human (Indiana University Press, 2019) studies a complex o... Read more

4 Nov 2019

1hr 5mins

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Donald Dewey, “Lee J. Cobb: Characters of an Actor” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)

Donald Dewey, “Lee J. Cobb: Characters of an Actor” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)

In his new book Lee J. Cobb: Characters of an Actor (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014),Don Dewey discusses Lee J. Cobb’s car... Read more

20 Jun 2015

1hr 2mins

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Brian Tochterman, “The Dying City: Postwar New York and the Ideology of Fear” (UNC Press, 2017)

Brian Tochterman, “The Dying City: Postwar New York and the Ideology of Fear” (UNC Press, 2017)

What does it mean to say that a city can “die”? As Brian Tochterman shows in this compelling intellectual and cultural h... Read more

23 Apr 2018

1hr 5mins

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Nicholas Baer et al. "Unwatchable" (Rutgers UP, 2019)

Nicholas Baer et al. "Unwatchable" (Rutgers UP, 2019)

We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. Yet what ... Read more

9 May 2019

1hr 1min

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