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A review essay of Daniel Shaw and Richard A. Gilmore's recent critical works on the intersection of film and philosophy.
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Garrett draws on both critical works on Pasolini's Notes for an African Orestes and Pasolini’s own theoretical writing to place Notes for an African Orestes in the context of Pasolini’s own filmography and the broader intellectual framework of Pasolini’s varied cultural and political background.
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A study of how film treats the past, history, through an analysis of the Denzel Washington film The Great Debaters and the Robert Rosenstone book History on Film/Film on History.
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A review of Tarsem Singh's splendorous fantasy epic, loosely based on the 1981 Bulgarian film Yo Ho Ho.
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Author Daniel Garrett takes on a trio of items on the great French filmmaker Jean Renoir, a commentary on his 1939 classic The Rules of the Game, and two books, a collection of interviews and a section of a book detailing Pauline Kael’s appreciation of Renoir.
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A review of Eric Guirado's The Grocer's Son that focuses on the social and inter-personal dynamics of a French family and life in a small town in Provence.
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A critical look at the past and present of French cinema as reflected through two recent books on French cinema.
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An analysis of a handful of recent (and one older) Turkish films within the context of the Turkish film industry and the global marketplace.
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An in-depth humanist analysis of Haaz Sleiman's The Visitor.
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A book review essay of Mark Reid's expansive book on African American cinema, which dates back to the silent films of pioneering director/producer Oscar Micheaux to contemporary American cinema.
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Review essay of the book Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema which analyzes the varied complexities surrounding a 'national' cinema in search of Nationhood.
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A review essay of Dai Sijie's France-China production of Sijie's own novel, set during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Author Garrett analyzes (among other elements) how, during one of the darkest periods in China's cultural history, great art (much of it destroyed as part of the 're-education' program) survived through the perseverance of the human spirit.
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An in-depth book review essay of Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy, the fascinating first hand account about some of the more prominent members of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers, written by a professor from the Beijing Academy, Ni Zhen.
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A review essay of two books celebrating the varied contributions of African-American 'imagemakers' in its broadest sense (filmmakers, actors, writers, artists).