Once Upon a Time…: Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946) Dominic Lash July 2020 Book Reviews Scrawling the opening credits on a chalkboard, Jean Cocteau begins his 1946 romantic fantasy La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) by immediately breaking the fourth wall. Further revealing the illusory na...
A meet and happy conversation: Stanley Cavell and Film: Scepticism and Self-Reliance at the Cinema by Catherine Wheatley Dominic Lash April 2020 Book Reviews The philosopher Stanley Cavell (1926-2018) was the author of a relatively small but extremely rich collection of books and articles on film, mostly concentrating on classic Hollywood cinema, which have generate...
Beyond Thumbs Up or Down: Aesthetic Evaluation and Film, by Andrew Klevan Dominic Lash December 2018 Book Reviews In 1996 Guitar Player magazine ran a feature on the future of heavy metal which included a short section on the pros and cons of the guitar solo. A number of prominent metal guitarists expressed views such as t...
