Sex With Mae West
An excerpt from Mae West: An Icon in Black and White.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Heroes
Do you see any similarities between Beowulf and any particular modern day hero?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: The Book V. Movie
Which do you think of changing the endings to literary masterpieces?
Motives, Laughs and Monty Python: Blasphemy in the Christian World
David Nash, author of ‘Blasphemy in the Christian World’, takes a look at the outrage surrounding Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’.
Molière Media
A podcast of James Monaco and Laurent Tirard talking about Moliere.
Lives Across The Pond: Sam Wanamaker
This month we feature the actor and director Sam Wanamaker, born in Chicago on 14 June 1919 and best known in Britain as the inspiration behind London’s Globe Theatre.
Surveillance and Spying in Film: II–The Good Shepherd
A closer look at The Departed.
The Academy Awards: A Look At Jessica Tandy
A tribute to the Academy Awards and Jessica Tandy.
Surveillance and Spying in Film: I–Deja Vu
Nicole Rafter looks at Deja Vu.
Jesus of Hollywood: A Podcast
A podcast with the author of Jesus of Hollywood.
The Departed
Nicole Rafter takes a closer look at the movie, “The Departed.”
The Oscar nominations: Philip Glass
Along with Reich, Riley and Young, Glass was a principal figure in the establishment of minimalism in the 1960s. He has since become one of the most successful composers of his generation. He studied the violin at six, then at eight the flute with Britton Johnson at the Peabody Conservatory.
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.
Sex Crime Films: A Response
Sex Crime Films, a response.
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.