Surveillance and Spying in Film: I–Deja Vu
Nicole Rafter looks at Deja Vu.
The Departed
Nicole Rafter takes a closer look at the movie, “The Departed.”
Babel: A Film About Responsibility
Nicole Rafter looks at the film Babel.
A History of Violence: David Cronenberg’s Morality Play
Nicole Rafter’s monthly column examines the film, A History of Violence.
Inside Man: Revival of the Heist Movie?
OUP author Nicole Rafter weighs in on The Inside Man and heist films in general.
The 34 most popular OUPblog posts of the last ten years
Yesterday we shared 34 selections of the OUPblog’s best work as judged by sharp editorial eyes and author favorites. However, only one of those selections coincides with the most popular posts according to pageviews. Does Google Analytics know something that our editors do not? Do these articles simply “pop” (and promptly deflate)? Or are there certain questions to which people always demand an answer?
Surveillance and Spying in Film: II–The Good Shepherd
A closer look at The Departed.
OUPblog Resolutions
OUPblog’s New Year’s Resolutions
Sex Crime Films: A Response
Sex Crime Films, a response.
Miami Vice: Death of the Cop-Action Film?
Crime Films: A Monthly Column By Nicole Rafter Miami Vice is a major disappointment in an already frustrating movie summer. I had hoped for more not only because of the stylishness of the 1980s television series on which it is based but also because director Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) and Collateral (2004) had proved him […]
Crime Cinema: An Introduction
An Introduction to a New Monthly Feature By Nicole Rafter My original interest in crime films led me to introduce courses that examined the dynamic interplay of art and life in crime films at Northeastern University, and it eventually resulted in my book Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society (Oxford University Press, 2d.ed. […]
Sex-crime movies
For movie-makers and viewers alike, sex-crime movies offer opportunities to explore the meanings of sexual offenses and to reflect on the boundaries that societies trace between illicit and illegal sexual behaviors. They can start transnational conversations with millions of people across the globe.