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Find out why José Arroyo calls this the summer of 'truly awful blockbusters'.
Writing for The Conversation, Warwick Film Studies lecturer José Arroyo surveys this summer's offerings and discovers more disappointment than usual.
Moseley writes on teens & tearaways for new BFI DVD
Dr Rachel Moseley has also written the introductory essay for the latest Children's Film Foundation DVD release from the BFI. Entitled 'Runaways', this DVD collection of films about teens and tearaways is transferred from films held in the BFI National Archive. These much-loved and fondly remembered films finally return to the screen - after many years out of distribution - in this specially curated DVD release from the BFI.
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Stella Bruzzi on Grace Kelly on the BBC's Radio 4
9 June -- Professor Bruzzi joins a Radio 4 discussion of the name "Grace" on a programme entitlted "State of Grace" Monday 11.00am-11.30am.
Can an industry making $11 billion in a year be called struggling? asks José Arroyo.
In a new article in The Conversation, Arroyo looks at the future of Hollywood and the industry's various prognosticators.
James MacDowell discusses the romantic 'happy ending' [video]
In a public lecture for Zabludowicz Collection in London, Dr James MacDowell discusses the romantic 'happy ending' in Hollywood cinema - its motifs, meanings and potential mutability. With reference to sequences from classic and lesser-known films spanning Hollywood's history, the talk explores both the convention itself and its notorious reputation, as well as the influence of the latter upon the former. The Zabludowicz Collection has posted a video of MacDowell's talk here.
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