Classic film book reviews including my entries in the three past Summer Classic Film Reading Challenges hosted by the Out of the Past blog.
“Imagine studying a building not by walking its hallways or perusing its blueprints, but by examining each of its bricks”, Frank posits at the beginning of Frame by Frame. Frank suggests that animated film can, and should, be studied in a similar manner, investigating …
Continue ReadingJacqueline Najuma Stewart’s Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity is a great starting place for anyone interested in learning about African American experiences with and in silent film. In the book, Stewart examines how “the urban and northern immigration of African Americans …
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This summer I am participating in the 2020 Summer Classic Film Reading Challenge hosted by Raquel Stecher at her Out of the Past blog. In a world of quarantine and social distancing, this is the perfect time for finally getting around to classic film books …
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