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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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In Sex Work in Southeast Asia: Scenes of Ambivalence in Literature and Film (Edinburgh UP, 2025), Leslie Barnes examines the ambivalences that mark Southeast Asian sex industries under global imperialism. She explores the multi-layered subjectivities... more

What is the role of television in the history of the UK? In Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth-Century Britain (Cambridge UP, 2026) Christine Grandy, an Associate Professor in History at the University of Lincoln, explores how producers, au... more

It’s the Pop Culture Professors, and in this show we conclude our series on the films of Michael Mann. Structured as a knock-out tournament, we have set his eight most highly regarded movies in single-elimination competition. Today, we consider Heat ... more

Cinema Before the World: The Global Routes of the Lumière Brothers (Fordham UP, 2026) investigates the transnational origins of filmmaking by focusing on a case study in world cinema—the 1896-1897 voyage of one of the Lumière Brothers camera operator... more

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Michael Allan
Professor, author of Cinema Before the World, The Global Routes of the Lumière Brothers
University of Oregon
Episode: Michael Allan, "Cinema before the World: The Global Routes of the Lumière Brothers" (Fordham UP, 2026)
Becca Voelcker
Author of Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction
Goldsmiths, University of London; University of California Press (publisher of the book discussed)
Episode: Becca Voelcker, "Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction" (U California Press, 2025)
Karen McNally
Professor of American Film, Television and Cultural History
London Metropolitan University
Episode: Karen McNally ed., "Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance" (U Illinois Press, 2026)
Stephen Lee Naish
Author and scholar, discussing Screen Captures, Film in the Age of Emergency
New Star Books (publisher)
Episode: Stephen Lee Naish, "Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency" (Lever Press, 2026)
Mary Berry
Executive Director, The Berry Center
The Berry Center
Episode: Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry | Filmmaker Q&A
Laura Dunn
Filmmaker, Look & See series creator
Two Birds Film (Laura Dunn)
Episode: Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry | Filmmaker Q&A
Rachel Walther
Author of Born to Lose, The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon
Headpress
Episode: Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon" (Headpress, 2026)
Michael Glover Smith
Filmmaker, professor, and co-author of Flickering Empire
McNidder and Grace (publisher)
Episode: Michael Glover Smith, "Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time to Think" (McNidder and Grace, 2026)
Veronique Boone
Professor of architecture
University of Brussels (université libre de Bruxelles)
Episode: Veronique Boone, "Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of Ernest Weissmann" (Birkhaüser, 2024)

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Dan
Co-host on several episodes; frequently collaborates with Mike on film-focused conversations.
Mike
Co-host on multiple episodes; partners with Dan for film and media discussions.

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 32 ratings
  • Hal Ashby and the Making of "Harold and Maude"

    Marshall Poe seems to need to seem more intelligent than the author. Rather than ask the author more questions, he finds it necessary to interject his know-it-all-ism attitude and pedantic tone. He comes across as somewhat snobbish. I wanted to hear the author, not Poe's ego. Great book, though. I highly recommend it....the book, not this show.

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Listeners appreciate the rigorous, academic approach and the depth of guest expertise, though some feedback notes that the host dynamics can come off as pedantic or overly analytical to casual listeners. Overall, the show is valued for providing thorough context and thoughtful critiques of film history and theory, with occasional critiques about pacing or accessibility for non-academic audiences. Guests are generally seen as credible and well-prepared, contributing strong, topic-specific insights. Some listeners wish for more diverse guest perspectives or lighter, more conversational tones in between deep dives.

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Karen McNally ed., "Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance" (U Illinois Press, 2026)
Q: How do sources across trade press, biographies, and oral histories work together in your book?
They provide a cross-validated view of lived experience, showing how workers navigated gendered labor, while also revealing the limitations and biases of each source.
Becca Voelcker, "Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction" (U California Press, 2025)
Q: And what ways did the use of this term, Land Cinema, instead of other familiar terms enable us to better connect the different aspects of the topics you discuss in the book?
The term links landscape, cinema, and ecology into a single framework, emphasizing a social architecture that includes production, screening, and community discussion, while foregrounding positionality and repair as central to viewing and making films.
Michael Allan, "Cinema before the World: The Global Routes of the Lumière Brothers" (Fordham UP, 2026)
Q: How does the archival record influence your method, and what are the challenges in reconstructing a world history from 40- to 50-second films?
The written archive often ellipses what is visible in the films; thus the method centers on the visual archive and the site of projection, acknowledging gaps in labor records while foregrounding what the image can reveal about world cinema in context.
Michael Allan, "Cinema before the World: The Global Routes of the Lumière Brothers" (Fordham UP, 2026)
Q: Can you describe why you chose the Lumière Brothers as a focus for a global history rather than a national one?
I wanted to disrupt origin myths by showing how the Cinematograph traveled and circulated, producing a global history of cinema that includes North Africa and the Middle East, and I paired each short film with a formal principle to build a micro-history across Algeria, Egypt, and Palestine.
Sourit Bhattacharya, "Postcolonialism Now: Literature, Reading, Decolonising" (Orient BlackSwan, 2024)
Q: What is your advice to readers of your book on how to navigate postcolonial theory?
Prioritize self-education and engage with the ongoing conversations surrounding postcolonialism.

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This show features scholarly conversations with authors and researchers who write about film, media, and related arts. Episodes cover a broad spectrum—from classic Hollywood and auteur theory to contemporary cinema, architectural cinema, postcolonial and gender analyses, and the intersection of film with culture and society. Guests are typically professors, researchers, or authors presenting new books or theories, and the hosts guide deeply informed discussions that illuminate historical context, production practices, and critical perspectives. A notable strength is the blend of rigorous, academic inquiry with accessible storytelling, making complex ideas tangible for both scholars and curious general listeners. The program often centers on... more

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