Author Stephen Rowley

Stephen Rowley

Stephen Rowley is a writer and urban planner who is currently undertaking a Masters in Cinema Studies at the University of Melbourne. He profiled Steven Spielberg for Senses of Cinema’s Great Directors database, and his writing has appeared in Animation Journal, The Age, and the anthology The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic, edited by Will Brooker (Wallflower, 2006). He writes the website Cinephobia and is co-editor of the magazine Planning News.

Clever Meets Stupid: Criticism, Theory, and Spielberg Apologists: Citizen Spielberg by Lester D. Friedman and Empire of Dreams: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of Steven Spielberg by Andrew M. Gordon

Stephen Rowley

May 2008

Book Reviews

DAVID ST HUBBINS : It’s such a fine line between stupid, and... DEREK SMALLS : ... and clever. – This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984) Two familiar devices are used to frame the discussion of Steven Spielber...

Spielberg, Steven

Stephen Rowley

February 2006

Great Directors

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