Oscar Actors: Pacino, Al–New Memoir, “Sonny Boy”

The movies were a place where my single mother could hide in the dark and not have to share her Sonny Boy with anyone else–Pacino

00 Experiencing Hitchcock: How to Enjoy More Deeply the Work of the World’s Greatest Filmmaker

Experiencing Hitchcock: How to Enjoy More Thoroughly the Work of World’s Greatest Filmmaker

Oscar Directors: Lynch, David–Impact of Singular “Lynchian” Touch on Cinema and Pop Culture

A book on David Lynch‘s musical and literary influences became more relevant after the news of the iconic filmmaker’s death at age 78.

Books: Non Fiction–Tina Post’ “Deadpan” (Non-Fiction)

My work is preoccupied with racial performativity, especially (though not exclusively) the ways that black Americans perform racial identity.

Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes (2017)

In Cinematic Overtures, Annette Insdorf discusses the opening sequence so that viewers turn first impressions into deeper understanding of cinematic technique.