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Recent Guests

Angharad N. Valdivia
Co-editor of the collection Rebooting Inequality
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Episode: Angharad N. Valdivia and Isabel Molina-Guzmán, "Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes" (NYU Press, 2026)
Isabel Molina-Guzmán
Co-editor of the collection Rebooting Inequality
New York University
Episode: Angharad N. Valdivia and Isabel Molina-Guzmán, "Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes" (NYU Press, 2026)
Thomas Doherty
Professor of American Studies, Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Episode: Thomas Doherty, "How Film Became History: The Rise of the Archival Documentary in 1930s America" (Columbia UP, 2026)
Sumana Roy
Professor of Creative Writing at Ashoka University; author of Plant Thinkers of Twentieth-Century Bengal
Ashoka University
Episode: Sumana Roy, "Plant Thinkers of Twentieth-Century Bengal" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Benjamin Dalton
Lecturer in French Studies, Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Episode: Benjamin Dalton, "Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)
Jülide Etem
Professor of cinema and media studies, author of Film Diplomacy
University of Virginia
Episode: Ayşehan Jülide Etem, "Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey-US Relations" (Columbia UP, 2026)
Father Scott Bailey
Vicar Forane, Archdiocese of Denver
Archdiocese of Denver
Episode: Wake Up Dead Man (Fr Scott Bailey): The Priest who Helped Hollywood Make a Murder Mystery Movie about the Church
Es-pranza Humphrey
Assistant Curator of Collections at Poster House Museum
Poster House Museum
Episode: Es-pranza Humphrey, "Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen" (Poster House Museum, 2026)
Patrick Noonan
Author and scholar of modern Japanese literature, film, and visual culture
Columbia University Press
Episode: Patrick Noonan, "Age of Disaffection: The Aesthetic Critique of Politics in 1960s Japan" (Columbia UP, 2025)

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Dan Moran
Host of the New Books Network show

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    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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Ayşehan Jülide Etem, "Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey-US Relations" (Columbia UP, 2026)
Q: How do you define Film Diplomacy for your study?
Film Diplomacy is a process that includes how films are produced or re-edited with geopolitical aims, how they circulate through national and transnational networks, how they are shown in institutional settings, and crucially how they are received by audiences and evaluated by researchers, with these stages being interconnected.
Thomas Doherty, "How Film Became History: The Rise of the Archival Documentary in 1930s America" (Columbia UP, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself and telling us why you decided to write this book?
I'm a professor who has long been fascinated by how documentary forms reflect and shape our understanding of history, and I wrote this book to trace how the archival documentary emerged in the 1930s as a response to the availability of film material and the new form of voiceover narration, illustrating a shift from single-film narratives to compiled pasts.
Benjamin Dalton, "Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)
Q: What role does the concept of the witness play in your analysis?
The witness is an ethical stance as much as a methodological one; it involves bearing witness to transformations while recognizing our own susceptibility to change and the need to share that knowledge responsibly.
Benjamin Dalton, "Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)
Q: How does literature and film bear witness to plasticity differently from neuroscience?
Literature and film offer narrative forms and embodied experiences that reveal transformations in time and affect, complementing neuroscientific descriptions by foregrounding ethical and existential questions affected by plastic change.
Sumana Roy, "Plant Thinkers of Twentieth-Century Bengal" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Q: How does the Indian Plant Humanities project reshape traditional theory and pedagogy?
The project foregrounds ecological history as integral to literary history, pushes against elitist theory by making rasa and other traditional concepts accessible to all, and calls for an omni-directional pedagogy that learns from students and living experiences rather than a fixed canon.

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What is New Books in Film about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show centers on scholarly discussions around recent academic books and research in film history, media studies, and related humanities. Episodes often feature deep dives into archival practices, film theory, and cultural analyses—covering topics like archival documentary origins, remakes and reboot culture, plant humanities, film diplomacy, and behind-the-scenes film production. A standout is its willingness to connect historical developments with contemporary media industries, geopolitical contexts, and ethical questions, often using specific case studies, primary sources, and author guest expertise to illuminate broader trends in cinema and media. The format tends toward rigorous, thought-provoking conversations anchored by a knowledg... more

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