Subjectivity, Spectatorship and Social Change: The Act of Documenting: Documentary Film in the 21st Century, by Brian Winston, Gail Vanstone and Wang Chi Katherine Balsley June 2018 Book Reviews In the fall of 2017, I was approached by a colleague at the public liberal arts college where I teach film studies and production. My colleague, a political science professor, wanted to know if I would like to ...
Defining the Cinematic Essay: The Essay Film by Elizabeth A. Papazian & Caroline Eades, and Essays on the Essay Film by Nora M. Alter & Timothy Corrigan Katherine Balsley December 2017 Book Reviews From 2011 until 2015, I taught a course entitled “Documentary Production” at a small liberal arts college north of Chicago. Rather than basing the class entirely on production techniques, I included aspects ...
Understanding Genre in a Globalized World: World Cinema through Global Genres, by William V. Costanzo Katherine Balsley December 2015 Book Reviews William V. Costanzo’s World Cinema through Global Genres is comprehensive and truly enjoyable. At 431 pages it never becomes dull or opaque, and instead provides clear, detailed investigations of world genres a...
