I presented my paper entitled The Anarchist Cinema at the University of Leicester last week. It was a hugely informative and interesting day, with an excellent array of papers and presenters.
Mine was the only paper dealing with the issue of film, but I feel some of the topics crossed over – especially my discussions on audiences and space.
It was a pleasure to be involved.
On Thursday 30th October I will be presenting at the first Punk Scholars Network Symposium at the University of Leicester.
My paper is titled The Anarchist Cinema and I will be discussing (among other things) the representation of unruly audiences in film, including Gremlins (1984) and Scream 2 (1997).
Here is the PDF flyer for the event;
PSN Postgraduate Symposium Poster Final
http://www.arts-emergency.org/about-us/arts-humanities-matter/
Found this today. It is an invaluable list of reasons why the humanities are not only useful, but also essential.
Doodle inspired by the Bill Douglas film Comrades
Here is a link to my essay on the Nunsploitation cycle published in Offscreen film journal.
http://offscreen.com/view/nunsploitation
Abstract: In an era of renewed critical appreciation of Italian genre/exploitation cinema (such as Austin Fisher’s Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western) there is one cycle of films where any appreciation appears to be absent: the Nunsploitation movie. These films, set in convents where a nascent lust bubbles just under the surface, examine themes of feminism, radical left wing politics, and the role of the Church and religion in society. This paper examines the way two films, The Nuns of Saint Archangel, and Flavia, the Heretic, tackle these issues through their mise en scene and narrative structure.
James Edward Newton 