Hollywood Elite: The Oscar Directors, 1927-Present Book Proposal By Emanuel Levy, Ph.D. Professor of Film and Sociology Author of nine film books September 10, 2025 This Proposal is Registered at the Library of Congress Hollywood Elite: The Oscar Directors, 1927-present The book is a tribute to my mentors and their influential works, Robert Merton’s Program […]

Intriguingly bold albeit flawed, Vox Lux probes the allures and pitfalls of modern celebrity, starring Oscar winner Natalie Portman.

Among the positive reviews, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that the film was “conspicuously different” from the novel and had “some strange confusions of style and mood,” but nevertheless had “a rare power, a garbled but often moving push toward an off-beat communication.” Richard L. Coe of The Washington Post called it […]

Local festivals  have taken risks to show films that have displeased government officials. The Jerusalem Film Fest, which is also directly threatened by the boycott, recently showed Yes in spite of pushback from local politicians. “A few days before the screening, Jerusalem festival organizers received a letter from two government ministers who demanded that it […]