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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.
In a new essay, Dr MacDowell considers the aesthetics of "badfilm"
Cowritten with James Zborowski, MacDowell's latest esssay 'The Aesthetics of "So Bad it's Good": Value, Intention, and The Room' appears in Intensities (Autumn/Winter 2013, pp. 1-30).
For an abstract and the full essay click above.
Dr Helen Wheatley delivers keynote lecture in Turkey
Her talk, entitled ‘Old Media as New Media: Television in the Ideal Home’, will serve as a keynote for the International New Media and Women Symposium at Uşak Üniversitesi in Turkey, 28th-30th May.
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