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"Frankenstein," "Wuthering Heights," and the Oscars: Revisiting the Novels behind Today’s Film Adaptations
Mar 10 2026
As new film adaptations bring Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë back into the spotlight, explore scholarship that examines the unsettling power of these nineteenth-century novels.
Trans Cinema Doesn’t Just Improve Visibility—It Imagines Better Worlds
Mar 10 2026
By Laura Horak, author of Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and WorldsSince the rise of the concept of “transgender” in the 1990s, many activists, filmmakers and scholars have worked to make trans people more visible. Those efforts have made a real impact — increasing trans visibility ha...
Timothée Chalamet May Not Care about Opera or Ballet . . . but UC Press Does
Mar 10 2026
Recent scholarship from UC Press journals shows why opera and ballet still matter.
The Bride! A Celebration of the Monstrous Feminine
Mar 09 2026
With the release of Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" in theaters, author Surekha Davies celebrates the "monstrous feminine."
How Brazilian Cinema Captured the Moment: A Q&A with Gerd Gemünden
Mar 09 2026
Winner of two Golden Globes, "The Secret Agent" has been nominated for four Academy Awards. The film's critical success underscores the special moment Brazilian cinema is currently enjoying.
Whether or Not "Sinners" Wins the Oscar, Ryan Coogler’s Genre-Bending Film Signals a New Era for Original Cinema
Mar 06 2026
A Q&A with "Film Quarterly" contributor Anthony Michael D’Agostino
"I hope 'One Battle After Another' wins a million awards": A Q&A with Peter Coviello
Feb 26 2026
For me, Anderson is a filmmaker who read a book about state terror and counterfascist mobilization and metabolized Pynchon’s "Vineland" into the unlikeliest of things: a movie, a mass-cultural product that wants to think clearly and hard about the here-and-now-ness of an American fascism.
Recovering Women’s Film History in the Archive
Feb 04 2026
How author Aurore Spiers recovered women's hidden labor in the film history archives and their contributions to French cinema.
How Hollywood Dramatized the Berlin Airlift: A Q&A with Joseph Pearson
Dec 20 2025
Both propaganda and entertainment, George Seaton’s film, "The Big Lift," released in 1950, starring Montgomery Clift, saw Hollywood dramatize the struggles of post-war Berlin and the Berlin Airlift.
Reverse Weather Vane: Pauline Kael and "Film Quarterly"
Sep 17 2025
Film Quarterly's editor considers the legacy of film critic Pauline Kael.