Over the years, students have continued to ask me one comparative question: Are as many good movies made these days as they did in yesteryear, during the Golden Age, or studio system (1930-1960). Hollywood and New Technologies As an industry, Hollywood had always fought against all the new technologies, no matter what they were: the […]
Movie Genres: Sci-Fi–Attributes, Decade Approach; Select Biblio
October 23, 2016 by
Nov 10, 2022 Select Biblio: Atkins, Thomas. Science Fiction Films, Scribner’s 1976. Edelson, Edward. Visions of Tomorrow. Doubleday, 1975. Menvville, Douglas and R. reginald. things to Come. Times Books, 1977. Sobchak, Vivian. The Limits of Infinity: The American Science-Fiction Film. Telotte, J.P. Replications: A Robotic History of the Sci-Fi Film Genre: The standard motif of […]
Masterpieces of American and World Cinema: L–
September 20, 2016 by
L’Avventura, Italy, 1960 L.A. Confidential, 1997 La Ronde, 1950 La Strada, Italy, 1954 L’Age d’Or, 1930 Lamerica, Italy, 1994 L’Argent, France, 1983 Last Picture Show, 1971 Last Year at Marienbad, 1961 L’Atalante, 1934 Laura, 1944 Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 Laws of Gravity, US, 1992 Le Jour se Leve, France, Carne, 1939 Le Samourai, France, 1967 Leaving […]
Masterpieces of American and World Cinema: K–Killer of Sheep to Knife in Water
September 20, 2016 by
Killer of Sheep. 1978 Killers, The, 1946 Killing, The, 1956 Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949 King Kong, 1933 King of Comedy, 1983 Kings of the Road, 1976 Kings Row, 1942 Kiss Me Deadly, 1955 Kiss of Death, 1947 Knife in the Water, Poland, Polanski, 1962 xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng […]
Movie Genres: Horror–Attributes, Status, Women Directors
Research un progress, July 30, 2025 Genre Since the turn of the 20th century, horror — first in literary form and later in movies — has reflected social anxieties about a rapidly changing world. In a 21st century plagued by such concerns as global warming, rise of AI technology, democracy in peril and the demonization […]