Book Reviews

Classic film book reviews including my entries in the three past Summer Classic Film Reading Challenges hosted by the Out of the Past blog.

Lois Weber in Early Hollywood — Book Review Signed portrait of Lois Weber shown at the beginning of her 1915 film Hypocrites

Lois Weber in Early Hollywood — Book Review

Shawn Hall September 15, 2020

Lois Weber in Early Hollywood running for mayor of Universal City. Read the whole...

Film Music: A History — Book Review 1 FIlm Music

Film Music: A History — Book Review

Shawn Hall September 11, 2020

Dating back to the very origins of cinema, music has been readily used alongside the moving...

The Art of Film Projection: A Beginner’s Guide—Book Review The-Art-of-Film-Projection

The Art of Film Projection: A Beginner’s Guide—Book Review

Shawn Hall August 20, 2020

The best compliment a film projectionist can receive from their audience is none at all. In...

Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood—Book Review Kristin Thompson's Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood adeptly dissects early Hollywood filmmaking techniques and Ernest Lubitsch's silent films.

Kristin Thompson's Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood adeptly dissects early Hollywood filmmaking techniques and Ernest Lubitsch's silent films.

Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood—Book Review

Shawn Hall July 30, 2020

Of all the silent directors who emigrated from Europe to Hollywood, Ernest Lubitsch was arguably the...

Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons—Book Review Frame by Frame - Copy (2)

Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons—Book Review

Shawn Hall July 21, 2020

“Imagine studying a building not by walking its hallways or perusing its blueprints,...

Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity—Book Review Migrating-to-the-Movies-1

Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity—Book Review

Shawn Hall July 13, 2020

#classicfilmreading Read the whole post

2020 Summer Reading Challenge Reading List

Shawn Hall June 22, 2020

This summer I am participating in the 2020 Summer Classic Film Reading Challenge hosted by Raquel...

Book Reviews

Lois Weber in Early Hollywood — Book Review

Film Music: A History — Book Review

The Art of Film Projection: A Beginner’s Guide—Book Review

Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood—Book Review

Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons—Book Review

Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity—Book Review

2020 Summer Reading Challenge Reading List

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