A classic @m_hulot move, putting out a book about Romero exactly on Ingmar Bergman’s birthday.

JCMS's new issue includes my piece “Neurotic Stars and Spellbound Viewers,” about very early applications of psychoanalysis to discourses on cinema – that appeared in 1920s fan magazines. It is also the first time I cites Pope Francis. JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/1826133…

Congratulations to Julie Turnock, professor of media and cinema studies, who was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship National Endowment for the Humanities for a book project titled "Beyond King Kong: Special Effects in the Hollywood Studio Era, 1915–1965." ▶️ bit.ly/41Vug3J

Lights, camera, action, and Happy New Year! 🎉 2024 is here and so is a brand new batch of articles in JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies's rolling Fifth Issue! JCMS 63.5 (Jan 2024) offers four new articles on a range of topics, fully open access quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/oa-issue SCMS

Thrilled to see this terrific volume out, and extremely honored to have my chapter, "Early Cinema and the Emergence of Television: An Archaeology of Intertwined Media," included here alongside works by so many scholars I admire.

Fantastic news!

SCMS congratulates Elizabeth Lundén for winning the Rettig Prize 2024 from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiques for her research on the fashion industry and the working functions of the film medium, and on social analysis in relation to fashion, film and TV.

Happy Valentine’s Day – thank you Judy Mears for the images!

youtube.com/watch?v=inPfTz… E-clip-se, by the wonderful Chris Marker

Love silent film? Under 30? The world's great silent film festival Pordenone Silent is offering 12 people under 30 the opportunity to apply for their 2024 Collegium - free access to screenings, discussions and an introduction to the silent film community giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/collegium-c…

My essay "The Afterlife of an Optical Device, or Making the Lantern Kosher" is now openly accessible in this wonderful volume; it is truly an honor to be featured in it alongside brilliant texts by such a stellar group of scholars!

📕Some good news for a change: I am super excited to share this page from Penn Press, presenting my book "Lingua Ex Machina" on the role media technologies - typewriters, sound records, the telegraph and more - played in the revitalization of Modern Hebrew pennpress.org/9781512826531/…

Dune 2 / Ivan the Terrible 1

My chapter on the beginnings of film acting training is now out in the wonderful open access @domitor5 volume Crafts, Trades, and Techniques of Early Cinema: fulcrum.org/epubs/79408109…

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes / Dippy Doo Dad's Go Wesy

Don't miss out on this major work!

A #JohnLogieBaird Televisor was auctioned at #Bonhams1793 today - its final hammer price being £16,640 inc premium!

A great cellist and musician has gone, RIP Rohan de Saram (1939-2024)

I am thrilled to be in Frankfurt and honored to participate in this wonderful lecture series. If you are around, please join!