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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

Hattie Noel was a trailblazer of the stand-up comedy form. While the visual archive shows her constrained in the controlling images of Disney’s hippo and Hollywood’s maid, her comedy albums tell a different story of Black representation.

In celebration of Women's History Month, we've removed the paywall from the guest editors’ introductions from the past nine Spring issues of Feminist Media Histories (FMH). As we anticipate the journal's tenth anniversary issue (forthcoming in April 2024), we invite you to read this selection of con

With the recent loss of UC Press authors David Bordwell and Cari Beauchamp, our Film & Media Studies Editor Raina Polivka shares a reflection on their contributions and legacy in the film community.I am saddened to write that we've recently lost two major pillars of the film community: David

By Táhirih Motazedian, author of Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in FilmMy path to music theory and film music was a circuitous one: in college I originally started out as a music performance major, then (due to a hand injury) I entered the world of planetary science, and after several

University of California Press (UC Press) is seeking applications for the editorship of the journal Film Quarterly. The applicant appointed to this position will succeed Interim Editor Rebecca Prime when her term ends June, 30 2024.Film Quarterly (FQ) has been publishing peer-reviewed articles,

By Annie Berke, author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar TelevisionAt a recent book event– co-hosted with Liz Clarke, author of The American Girl Goes to War– one participant asked: “How did you decide what to put in the book and what to leave out?”Having relied on archiv

Noah Tsika is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. He is contributing editor of Africa Is a Country and the author of several books, including Traumatic Imprints and Nollywood Stars. He is also a first-generation scholar.Cinematic Independence traces t

By Dana Polan, author of Dreams of Flight: "The Great Escape" in American Film and CultureI had long wanted to revisit the 1963 classic The Great Escape, ever since seeing it as a kid at a drive-in re-release in the mid-60s. Like many young American boys of the time, I imagine, I went to the fil