Issue 9 of MOVIE: A Journal of Film Criticism has been published including written articles, audio-visual essays and a the first in a new series of student essays. This issue has been coordinated by Alex Clayton and Kathrina Glitre, and designed by Elizabeth Johnston.

Stephen Gundle's recent book Fame amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism (Berghahn, 2020) will be discussed with the author in an online presentation by Robert Gordon (Cambridge) and Catherine O'Rawe (Bristol) on 30 September. Anyone is welcome to join this free event, which will take place on Zoom between 18.15 and 19.45. Booking is required at least 24 hours before by registering on this link: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/modern-italian-history

Alumni Ilaria Puliti, who did her MA in the Department, recently won a film criticism competition with a chapter of her MA dissertation on Italian director Alice Rohrwacher. As a result, the material has been published as an essay in the latest issue of Italian cinema magazine Cineforum.