Burning the Middle Ground: Preview of the Cover
Andrew I've stared long enough at Dave Mattingly's satisfyingly creepy cover design for my forthcoming novel Burning the Middle Ground--long enough, anyway, to start sharing. Look for the novel itself from…
Resident Dredd: Summer-Ending Superlatives
According to the most recent data I've found online, the movie Dredd didn't do well in first-weekend box-office returns, but I'm willing to risk the usual condescension of fellow academic…
Last House on the Left: Old-Fashioned Eyefuls
My course "The American Horror Film Since 1960" was cancelled today for a university function, so the two-class discussion of Last House on the Left (1972) has to be whittled…
Music and brass: La vie est belle
The University of Louisville kicked off the 2012 - 2013 Postcolonial Film Series today with La vie est belle (Life Is Rosy, 1987). Not knowing a lot about African film--or…