UC Press Blog

A brief look at Hollywood's last "Golden Age" with acclaimed author Thomas Schatz.

Authors Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller present excerpts from their new book about preparing for work in evolving landscape of Hollywood.

Author Allyson Nadia Field on rediscovering film and the first cinematic depiction of Black romance.

As new film adaptations bring Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë back into the spotlight, explore scholarship that examines the unsettling power of these nineteenth-century novels.

Winner of two Golden Globes, "The Secret Agent" has been nominated for four Academy Awards. The film's critical success underscores the special moment Brazilian cinema is currently enjoying.

A Q&A with "Film Quarterly" contributor Anthony Michael D’Agostino

For me, Anderson is a filmmaker who read a book about state terror and counterfascist mobilization and metabolized Pynchon’s "Vineland" into the unlikeliest of things: a movie, a mass-cultural product that wants to think clearly and hard about the here-and-now-ness of an American fascism.

Film Quarterly's editor considers the legacy of film critic Pauline Kael.

Darshana Sreedhar Mini, author of "Rated A," speaks about labor in soft porn in India and the unflattering treatment of actors.

Yiman Wang, author of "To Be an Actress," talks about the enduring legacy of actress Anna May Wong