Author Archives: chailey

Jonathan Walley

Posted on April 9, 2013 by chailey

As part of the Cinema department’s Visiting Artist series, Jonathan Walley will be giving lecture on Tuesday, April 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 6.   Walley is a professor of Cinema at Denison University, specializing in experimental and avant-garde film. … Continue reading →

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Roger Ebert

Posted on April 8, 2013 by chailey

Roger Ebert, famed film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times, the television shows, Sneak Previews and Siskel & Ebert At the Movies, (among others), founder of the Ebertfest film festival, author of numerous books, blog writer, and co-writer of the the … Continue reading →

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Kid With a Bike

Posted on November 7, 2012 by chailey

The Dardenne brothers’ (Luc &  Jean-Pierre) 2011 film, Kid With a Bike will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sunday, Nov. 9 and 11, in LH-6 as part of the Harpur Cinema film series. The Friday showing will be … Continue reading →

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New Cinema Books

Posted on November 1, 2012 by chailey

De-westernizing film studies, edited by Saër Maty Bâ and Will Higbee. Fine Arts PN1995 .D494 2012       French cinema from the liberation to the New Wave, 1945-1958, by Andre ́Bazin ; translated and edited by Bert Cardullo. Fine Arts … Continue reading →

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American Politics and Film

Posted on September 7, 2012 by chailey

American film has a long history of portraying elections, Presidents, and politics in general.  To inaugurate the final stages of this election season, here is a selected list of books from the Libraries’ holdings. Cinema wars : Hollywood film and politics … Continue reading →

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Chris Marker

Posted on July 31, 2012 by chailey

Famed French filmmaker and multimedia artist Chris Marker (born Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve) died this week at the age of 91.  Marker’s work included La Jetee (inspiration for the film 12 Monkeys), San Soleil, and A Grin Without a Cat. His … Continue reading →

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New Cinema Books

Posted on July 26, 2012 by chailey

Recent acquisitions Southeast Asian independent cinema : essays, documents, interviews edited by Tilman Baumgärtel. Fine Arts  PN1995.9.I457 S68 2012       Holocaust impiety in literature, popular music and film by Matthew Boswell.  PN56.H55 B67 2012         World cinema and … Continue reading →

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Ken Jacob part of Cinema’s Spring Visiting Artists Series

Posted on April 23, 2012 by chailey

The Cinema Department will present Ken Jacobs as part of its spring visiting artists series on Tuesday, April 24. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature a film showing at 7:30 p.m. in LH-6. An … Continue reading →

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Wild Grass

Posted on April 20, 2012 by chailey

Alain Resnais’ 2009 film, Wild Grass will be shown on campus April 20 & 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 6, as part of the Harpur Cinema film series. The Friday showing will be introduced by Professor Vincent Grenier … Continue reading →

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New Cinema Books

Posted on April 2, 2012 by chailey

Recent acquisitions. Out of the shadows : expanding the canon of classic film noir by Gene D. Phillips. Fine Arts  PN1995.9.F54 P475 2012       Science fiction film, television, and adaptation : across the screens edited by J.P. Telotte and Gerald Duchovnay. … Continue reading →

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