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"Frankenstein," "Wuthering Heights," and the Oscars: Revisiting the Novels behind Today’s Film Adaptations
Mar 10 2026
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.
Timothée Chalamet May Not Care about Opera or Ballet . . . but UC Press Does
Mar 10 2026
Recent scholarship from UC Press journals shows why opera and ballet still matter.
How Brazilian Cinema Captured the Moment: A Q&A with Gerd Gemünden
Mar 09 2026
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.
Whether or Not "Sinners" Wins the Oscar, Ryan Coogler’s Genre-Bending Film Signals a New Era for Original Cinema
Mar 06 2026
A Q&A with "Film Quarterly" contributor Anthony Michael D’Agostino
"I hope 'One Battle After Another' wins a million awards": A Q&A with Peter Coviello
Feb 26 2026
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.
Revisiting an Oscar Night Controversy — in 1975
Mar 30 2022
By 1967, the commercial and political impact on Hollywood of the sixties counterculture had become impossible to ignore. The studios were in bad shape, still contending with a generation-long box office slump and struggling to get young people into the habit of going to the movies. Film historian J