By Lara Gabrielle, author of forthcoming Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies On March 15, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 93rd …
Read More >In 1939, at the height of her stardom, the actress Shanta Apte went on a spectacular hunger strike in protest against her employers at Prabhat Studios in Poona, India. The following year, …
Read More >New Spring 2021 Issue “It’s rare in the life of an editor that every feature stands outas special, but such is the case in this wonderful issue.”—B. Ruby Rich, Editor of Film …
Read More >In this edition of our UC Press Editor Spotlight Series, we sat down with our Music, Film, and Media Studies Editor Raina Polivka, to discuss what drew her to her disciplines, what …
Read More >The past year was marked by upheaval and activism. And it was marked by sound. From our collectively heightened awareness of birdsong to chants calling for abolition, 2020 was a year defined …
Read More >We’re proud to announce that Brian Jacobson, editor of In the Studio: Visual Creation and Its Material Environments has won the 2021 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Edited Collection Award! …
Read More >By Caetlin Benson-Allott, author of The Stuff of Spectatorship: Material Cultures of Film and Television This guest post is part of our #SCMS2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more. In January …
Read More >By Haidee Wasson, author of Everyday Movies: Portable Film Projectors and the Transformation of American Culture This guest post is part of our #SCMS2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more. Have …
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