Author Archive for: ‘Thomas Caldwell’
The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History & the Holocaust
Geoffrey Cocks, The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History & the Holocaust. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 2004. ISBN: 0 8204 7115 1 338 pp US$29.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Peter Lang Publishing Inc.) The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History & the Holocaust is the ambitious attempt by author Geoffrey Cocks, a Professor of History, to …
Read MoreMedia Matrix: Sexing the New Reality
Barbara Creed, Media Matrix: Sexing the New Reality. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2003. ISBN: 1 86508 926 5 216pp AU$35.00 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Allen & Unwin) Film critic, academic and media commentator Barbara Creed’s latest book Media Matrix: Sexing the New Reality is a collection of essays that argue that the growth of various forms of contemporary media …
Read MoreThe Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-60
Larry Ceplair & Steven Englund, The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-60. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2003. ISBN: 0 252 07141 7 576pp US$24.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by University of Illinois Press) The Inquisition in Hollywood probably belongs on the History shelves more than it does on the Cinema Studies shelves. However, that should not deter …
Read MoreThe Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg
Beard, William, The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2001. ISBN: 0 8020 3569 8 469 pp. US$50.00 (hb) (Review copy supplied by University of Toronto Press) Uploaded 20 September 2002 (Modified Friday, 15 November 2002) William Beard’s extensive critical analysis of the cinema of David Cronenberg considers Cronenberg as a filmmaker with …
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