News and events for Film and Television Studies at Warwick

Stephen Gundle to take part a panel discussion at the BFI to launch 'Visconti and His Cinema: Decadence and Decay'

On Thursday 9 January Stephen Gundle will take part a panel discussion at the BFI to launch 'Visconti and His Cinema: Decadence and Decay', a season of the major films by the Italian film director.

Tue 07 Jan 2025, 10:28 | Tags: engagement Italian Producers News staff

Stephen Gundle to Give the Keynote Address at a Symposium marking the Centenary of Italian Screen Actor Marcello Mastroianni.

Stephen Gundle will be giving the keynote address at a Symposium to mark the centenary of Italian screen actor Marcello Mastroianni. The event is to be held at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on Friday 13 December.

Tue 03 Dec 2024, 14:33 | Tags: Conferences Events Italian Producers keynote Research news staff

Stephen Gundle to give the 2024 Leconfield Lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on 6 November

His topic is 'Two Faces of the Italian Film Industry: Dino De Laurentiis and Suso Cecchi D'Amico'.

The producer De Laurentiis was one of the architects of the rise of Italian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, while Cecchi D'Amico, who for many years was the only working female screenwriter, authored over a hundred screenplays, including most of Visconti's films.

Mon 04 Nov 2024, 11:14 | Tags: engagement Italian Producers News staff Women in Italian Film Production

Professor Alastair Phillips' final edited issue of Screen published.

Alastair Phillips' final edited issue of Screen has just been published. Vol. 65 no. 3 (Autumn 2024) coincidentally features several articles and reviews by Warwick staff and students including Chris O' Rourke, Julie Lobalzo-Wright, Michelle Devereaux and Danielle Rae Childs. It also features a fascinating interview with former Warwick staff member, Professor Richard Dyer, on his curation of the UK's first lesbian and gay film season.

Tue 22 Oct 2024, 09:31 | Tags: Postgraduate, Publications, staff

'Screening Venice' Module Off to a Flying Start

Film and Television Studies at Warwick has recently introduced an innovative intensive on-site undergraduate module based in Venice. Screening Venice offers students the chance to engage with the past of Venice’s long screen history, today’s Venice Film Festival and the future water cultures of the wider lagoon.

Tue 08 Oct 2024, 09:05 | Tags: News staff teaching undergraduate