Auteur: Palmer R. Barton Palmer

Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces–The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Seconds. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements–The …

In the early days of filmmaking, before many of Hollywood s elaborate sets and soundstages had been built, it was common for movies to be shot on location. Decades later, Hollywood filmmakers …

Today s film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives they re just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist Andre Bazin. To …

The constellation of Hollywood stars burned brightly in the 1950s, even as the industry fell on hard economic times. Major artists of the 1940s–James Stewart, Jerry Lewis, and Gregory …

In the 1990s, American civil society got upended and reordered as many social, cultural, political, and economic institutions were changed forever. Pretty People examines a wide range of Hollywood …

With landmark films such as Fargo, O Brother Where art Thou?, Blood Simple, and Raising Arizona, the Coen brothers have achieved both critical and commercial success. Proving the existence of a …

Director Michael Curtiz was the mastermind behind some of the most iconic films of classical Hollywood-Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Sea Hawk, White Christmas, and Mildred Pierce, to name only …

Global awareness of autism has skyrocketed since the 1980s, and popular culture has caught on, with film and television producers developing ever more material featuring autistic characters. Autism …