Thomas Salek – Screening the Past

Blackout: On Memory and Catastrophe

Post author:Thomas Salek
Post published:January 4, 2015
Post category:Issue 28 - Reviews

Joan Grossman, Blackout: On Memory and Catastrophe. New York and Dresden: Atropos Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9819972-3-0 US$16.95 (pb) 112pp (Review copy supplied by Atropos Press) Philosophers from Aristotle to Jacques…

Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema: Resonance Between Realms

Post author:Thomas Salek
Post published:January 4, 2015
Post category:Issue 25 - Reviews

James Walters, Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema: Resonance Between Realms. Chicago: Intellect Books, The University of Chicago Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-84150-202-1 US$30.00 (pb) 232pp (Review copy supplied by Unireps) The…

Crash: Cinema and the Politics of Speed and Stasis, Karen Beckman

Post author:Thomas Salek
Post published:August 1, 2011
Post category:Issue 31 - Reviews

Karen Beckman, Crash: Cinema and the Politics of Speed and Stasis. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8223-4726-2 US$24.95 (pb) 305pp (Review copy supplied by Duke University Press)…

Hollywood’s Blacklists: A Political and Cultural History

Post author:Thomas Salek
Post published:January 4, 2015
Post category:Issue 29 - Reviews

Reynold Humphries, Hollywood’s Blacklists: A Political and Cultural History. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7486-2456-0 UK£19.99 (pb) 184pp (Review copy supplied by Edinburgh University Press) Fear and anxiety loomed…