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MIT Press Podcast May 25, 2023

Black Film, British Cinema II

Clive Nwonka and Anamik Saha

Hosted by MIT Press
Clive Nwonka and Anamik Saha discuss their forthcoming book Black Film, British Cinema II (publishing in March with Goldsmiths Press), a book which brings together scholars, thinkers and practitioners to …

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Performing Arts May 24, 2023

Why Do Actors Train?

Embodiment for Theatre Makers and Thinkers

Brad Krumholz

Hosted by Andy Boyd
Why Do Actors Train?: Embodiment for Theatre Makers and Thinkers (Bloomsbury, 2023) powerfully demystifies the actor-training process by focusing on acting as embodied cognition. In this framework, thought is action …
Global Media & Communication May 22, 2023

Made in Censorship

The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film

Thomas Chen

Hosted by Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang
Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Ignatius Suglo discusses the book Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature …
Film May 17, 2023

The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck

Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star

Catherine Russell

Hosted by Daniel Moran
From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents but also illustrated the limits imposed on women in film and television …
Critical Theory May 13, 2023

Secret Cinema and the Immersive Experience Industry

Sarah Atkinson and Helen W. Kennedy

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What is the future of media? In Secret Cinema and the Immersive Experience Industry (Manchester UP, 2022), Sarah Atkinson, a Professor of Screen Media at Kings College London, and Helen …
Film May 12, 2023

The Wrong Kind of Women

Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood

Naomi McDougall Jones

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood (Beacon, 2020) by Naomi McDougall Jones is a brutally honest look at the systemic exclusion of …
Performing Arts May 9, 2023

Actresses and Mental Illness

Histrionic Heroines

Fiona Gregory

Hosted by Carmen Gomez-Galisteo
Actresses and Mental Illness: Histrionic Heroines (Routledge, 2018) investigates the relationship between the work of the actress and her personal experience of mental illness, from the late nineteenth through to …
Film May 2, 2023

Madness at the Movies

Understanding Mental Illness through Film

James Charney

Hosted by Melek Firat Altay
The study of classic and contemporary films can provide a powerful avenue to understand the experience of mental illness. In Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film (Johns …
American West April 20, 2023

Speculative Wests

Popular Representations of a Region and Genre

Michael K. Johnson

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
The Western as a genre is alive and vibrant, argues University of Maine - Farmington professor of English literature Michael K. Johnson. In Speculative Wests: Popular Representations of a Region and a …
Almost Good Catholics April 20, 2023

Catholic Movies, Part 2 (with Jonathan Fessenden)

"The Mission" and "A Man for All Seasons"

Jonathan Fessenden

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Jonathan Fessenden and I talk about two movies, Roland Joffé’s The Mission (1986) and Fred Zinneman’s A Man for All Seasons (1966), both written by Robert Bolt, and both about …
Global Media & Communication April 20, 2023

Dislike-Minded

Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste

Jonathan Gray

Hosted by Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang
In this episode, our host Sim Gill discusses the book Dislike-Minded: Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste (NYU Press, 2021) by Jonathan Gray. You’ll hear about: A brief history of …
Film April 18, 2023

Killin' Generals

The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II Movie of All Time

Dwayne Epstein

Hosted by Daniel Moran
An explosive inside look at The Dirty Dozen, the star-studded war film that broke the rules, shocked the critics, thrilled audiences, and became an all-time classic. The year was 1967 …
Anthropology April 14, 2023

Cinegogía

An Open Access Resource for Teaching and Studying Latin American Cinema

Bridget Franco

Hosted by Reighan Gillam
Cinegogía is an open-access website devoted to the teaching and study of Latin American cinemas. Bridget Franco, an associate professor of Spanish at College of the Holy Cross, founded and coordinates …
Film April 13, 2023

Sylvia Kristel

From Emmanuelle to Chabrol

Jeremy Richey

Hosted by Bradley Morgan
A trailblazing figure in film and popular culture, Netherlands native Sylvia Kristel became one of the biggest stars in the world as Emmanuelle in 1974. Alongside her most famous role …
Environmental Studies April 12, 2023

The Heart of the Forest

Why Woods Matter

John Miller

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Heart of the Forest: Why Woods Matter (British Library, 2022) looks at threats to forest life across the globe. Dr. John Miller draws on literature, film and art to …
British Studies April 7, 2023

Rewind, Replay

Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-92

Johnny Walker

Hosted by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy
Nostalgia for the 1980s is in the air. From Stranger Things to the relaunch of 80s franchises like Top Gun, the American entertainment industry casts the period as an age …
Film April 4, 2023

Italian Political Cinema

Figure of the Long '68

Mauro Resmini

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Traditionally, the definition of political cinema assumes a relationship between cinema and politics. In contrast to this view, author Mauro Resmini sees this relationship as an impasse. To illustrate this …
Literary Studies April 3, 2023

Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction

Amazing Antiquity

Ross Clare

Hosted by Carrie Lynn Evans
Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction: Amazing Antiquity (Liverpool UP, 2022) by Dr. Ross Clare introduces and analyses the reception of classical antiquity in contemporary science fiction. By using …
Critical Theory March 31, 2023

After Marx

Literature, Theory, and Value in the Twenty-First Century

Colleen Lye and Christopher Nealon

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Colleen Lye and Christopher Nealon's edited volume After Marx: Literature, Theory, and Value in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge UP, 2022) demonstrates the importance of Marxist literary and cultural criticism for an …
Film March 31, 2023

Lost in Translation

Suzanne Ferriss

Hosted by Latoya Johnson
Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003) brings two Americans together in Tokyo, each experiencing a personal crisis. In this close look at Coppola’s multi-award-winning film, Suzanne Ferriss’s book, Lost in …