Cinema  (tagged articles)

Occupation and the Road Not Traveled in Habibi Rasak Kharban (2011)

Alya Osman - In adapting the twelfth-century story Layla and Majnun, Susan Youssef’s 2011 film Habibi Rasak Kharban re-imagines the Arabic folk tale in the context of Israeli occupation of Palestine, wherein the significance of journeys arises primarily from those... Keep Reading »

Stereotypes in Bollywood Cinema: Does Article 15 Reinforce the Dalit Narrative?

Khushi Gupta - ‘Article 15’, released in 2019 is the first mainstream Bollywood film to focus on caste based atrocities. It depicts several uncomfortable truths about our society and has been successful in sparking conversation about caste disparities that are often unnoticed... Keep Reading »

Stage as Moment, Cinema as Memory: The Diverging Aesthetics of Two Mediums

Abigail Tulenko - This paper argues that film is a medium defined by its relationship to memory. Building upon aesthetician György Lukács's temporal theory of cinema, I contrast film's inherent relationship to memory with the “eternal present” of the stage. Audiences... Keep Reading »

Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films

Meagen Tajalle - In this essay, I provide a content analysis of commercially and critically successful films that perpetuate popularized Islamophobia, which is often masked as irreconcilable religious and cultural difference although it has in fact been consistently manufactured and... Keep Reading »

The Sanctity and Disgust of the Female Body in Rosemary's Baby

Leina Hsu - This paper explores the woman’s body as a site of sanctity and disgust in the film Rosemary’s Baby. The character of Rosemary Woodhouse is depicted as a pure, virtuous, and feminine figure. She is positioned against other corrupted, sinful women, which... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Cinema is tagged in the following 17 articles.

International Film
2022, Vol. 14 No. 09
Occupation and the Road Not Traveled in Habibi Rasak Kharban (2011)
By Alya Osman
In adapting the twelfth-century story Layla and Majnun, Susan Youssef’s 2011 film Habibi Rasak Kharban re-imagines the Arabic folk tale in the context of Israeli occupation of Palestine, wherein the significance of journeys arises... Read Article »
Palestine International Cinema Poetry Comparative Literature Persian Literature Borders Arab Feminism
International Cinema
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
Stereotypes in Bollywood Cinema: Does Article 15 Reinforce the Dalit Narrative?
By Khushi Gupta
‘Article 15’, released in 2019 is the first mainstream Bollywood film to focus on caste based atrocities. It depicts several uncomfortable truths about our society and has been successful in sparking conversation about caste disparities... Read Article »
International Cinema Bollywood India Hindi Cinema Caste System
Film Studies
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Stage as Moment, Cinema as Memory: The Diverging Aesthetics of Two Mediums
By Abigail Tulenko
This paper argues that film is a medium defined by its relationship to memory. Building upon aesthetician György Lukács's temporal theory of Cinema, I contrast film's inherent relationship to memory with the “eternal present&rdquo... Read Article »
Aesthetics Theater Film Studies Cinema Shakespeare Memory
Popular Culture
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films
By Meagen Tajalle
In this essay, I provide a content analysis of commercially and critically successful films that perpetuate popularized Islamophobia, which is often masked as irreconcilable religious and cultural difference although it has in fact been consistently... Read Article »
Islamophobia Popular Culture Film Studies Film Criticism American Cinema War on Terror
Women's Studies
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
The Sanctity and Disgust of the Female Body in Rosemary's Baby
By Leina Hsu
This paper explores the woman’s body as a site of sanctity and disgust in the film Rosemary’s Baby. The character of Rosemary Woodhouse is depicted as a pure, virtuous, and feminine figure. She is positioned against other corrupted,... Read Article »
Cinema American Cinema Women's Studies Roman Polanski Female Body
International Cinema
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
The Colonial Subject: Seeing the Unseen and the Construction of Subjectivity in Apocalypse Now and La Noire de...
By Eric N. Hahn
The evolution of the moving image from the seemingly simplistic Edison/Dickson shorts of the late 19th century to the technically complex CGI infused blockbusters flashing on multiplex screens today is certainly one propelled by opposition. Technological... Read Article »
Film Film Studies Colonialism Identity Politics Identity Race Phenomenology Time Cinema
American Cinema
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
An Examination of Native Americans in Film and Rise of Native Filmmakers
By Julia Boyd
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
This paper explored the role of Native Americans in the Hollywood film industry and their actions to establish authentic representations of their population and culture in the media. Using academic literature, film analyses, and contemporary film... Read Article »
Native Americans Whitewashing Minorities Film Stereotypes Stereotyping Redface Ethnocentrism American Cinema
American Cinema
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
Living with Evil: Crime and Sexuality in Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown
By Joel S. Kempson
Through the late 1960s the French New Wave became a pronounced and significant factor in the creation and development of Hollywood films. Such movements had gained popularity through an ability to engage with a younger audience by means of a more... Read Article »
Bonnie And Clyde Chinatown American Cinema Hollywood Foucault Film Noir
Film
2013, Vol. 5 No. 06
Power and Presence in Fritz Lang's M (1931)
By Zachary B. Wunrow
In the penultimate scene of Fritz Lang’s M (1931), mentally-disturbed child murderer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) falls to his knees before a kangaroo court and cries out, “I have to roam the streets endlessly, always sensing that someone... Read Article »
Film Reviews Cinematography German Expressionism Fritz Lang Film History
Documentary
2012, Vol. 4 No. 05
The Thin Blue Line and the Ambiguous Truth
By Lucien J. Flores
In his 1988 documentary, The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris explores the 1976 murder case of police officer Robert Wood and the man convicted for the murder, Randall Dale Adams. Having originally stumbled upon the subject, Morris chose to make the... Read Article »
The Thin Blue Line Errol Morris Documentary Film Cinema
Documentary
2012, Vol. 4 No. 05
Examining the Foundations of Documentary Film Through The Cove
By Lucien J. Flores
Directed by Louie Psihoyos, The Cove (2009) is an Oscar-winning documentary that follows Psihoyos and a crew of devoted dolphin activists as they fight to stymie and bring attention to dolphin hunting in the small coastal village of Taiji, Japan... Read Article »
The Cove Documentary Film Cinema Louie Psihoyos Japan
2011, Vol. 3 No. 12
Jane Austen's Unnamed Character: Exploring Nature in Pride and Prejudice (2005)
By Kathleen E. Gilligan
The 2005 film Pride & Prejudice opens with sound rather than picture, but it is not the expected man-made musical score that fills the air. Rather it is nature’s music: the song of birds, particularly blackbirds. As Lydia Martin’... Read Article »
Jane Austen Literature Nature Pride And Prejudice Cinema
Film Making
2011, Vol. 3 No. 08
The Technological Evolution of Filmmaking and its Relation to Quality in Cinema
By Ryan A. Piccirillo
The development of motion picture complexity has been driven by a continuing technological evolution, ignited and manipulated by human initiative and inventiveness, which has afforded filmmakers the opportunity to practice a more complex craft to... Read Article »
Film Film History Technology Filmmaking Cinema
Jasmila Zbanic
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Embodied Memory and Trauma: Recovering from Rape in Jasmila Zbanic's "Grbavica"
By Michael A. Gold
On its simplest level, Jasmila Zbanic’s 2006 film Grbavica examines how the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s still shape life in post-conflict Sarajevo. The film’s protagonist, Esma, is struggling to cope with the aftermath of being a victim... Read Article »
Balkan Film Cinema Film Jasmila Zbanic Rape Trauma Memory
Post Classical Era
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
The Breakdown of Censorship in American Cinema
By William K. Boland
In America, the years from 1946 to 1962, labeled the “post classical era” of Cinema, were years in a state of transition. American culture was simply unstoppable and alive, constantly changing and growing toward a more open society.... Read Article »
American Cinema Post Classical Era Censorship Sexuality Violence Language The Exorcist The Last Picture Show Sunday Bloody Sunday Film
World War II
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Hitler's Use of Film in Germany, Leading up to and During World War II
By William K. Boland
German Cinema from 1927 to 1945 was affected drastically by the political environment that grew within the nation. After Germany suffered drastically at the hands of the Versailles treaty and its reparations clause, Adolph Hitler, the Fuhrer of... Read Article »
World War II Film Film History Germany Cinema Adolf Hitler Nazi Fritz Lang World War II Cinema
Careers
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Career Snapshot: The Film Director, A Human Lens
By Ryan A. Piccirillo
The scene is set for another take: the actors and extras are in costume and in place; the set decorator has set the stage just as the vision of the film entails; the director of photography has the lights and cameras ready to capture the action.... Read Article »
Director Directing Film Directing Cinema Spielberg Filmmaking Movie Director Producer

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