From Mildred Pierce and Brief Encounter to Raging Bull and In the Mood for Love, this lively and accessible collection explores film culture's obsession with th

Film and television have been accepted as having a pervasive influence on how people understand the world. An important aspect of this is the relationship of hi

Film scholarship has long been dominated by textual interpretations of specific films. Looking Past the Screen advances a more expansive American film studies i

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