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Postwall German Cinema
by Mattias FreySince the fall of the Berlin Wall, there has been a proliferation of German historical films. These productions have earned prestigious awards and succeeded at box offices both at home and abroad, where they count among the most popular German films of all time. Recently, however, the country's cine... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
MUBI and the Curation Model of Video on Demand
by Mattias FreySubscription video on demand (SVOD) represents the fastest-growing means to consume films and series. Although market leaders Netflix and Amazon Prime have received much scholarly attention for the way that they use algorithms and big data to connect users to content, there is another significant, r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Netflix Recommends: Algorithms, Film Choice, and the History of Taste
by Mattias FreyAlgorithmic recommender systems, deployed by media companies to suggest content based on users’ viewing histories, have inspired hopes for personalized, curated media but also dire warnings of filter bubbles and media homogeneity. Curiously, both proponents and detractors assume that recommender sys... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Cine-Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Film Theory, Practice, and Spectatorship (Routledge Advances in Film Studies)
by Jinhee Choi • Mattias FreyThis volume looks at the significance and range of ethical questions that pertain to various film practices. Diverse philosophical traditions provide useful frameworks to discuss spectators’ affective and emotional engagement with film, which can function as a moral ground for one’s connection to ot... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Film Criticism in the Digital Age
by Greg Taylor • Maria San Filippo • Noah Tsika • Nick James • Mattias Frey • Cecilia Sayad • Giacomo Manzoli • Daniel Mcneil • Outi Hakola • Anne Hurault-Paupe • Thomas Elsaesser • Paolo Noto • Armond White • Jasmina KallayOver the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a "crisis of criticism" and mourned the "death of the critic." Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social media have given new ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Unwatchable
by J. Hoberman • Jonathan Rosenbaum • Boris Groys • Susie Bright • Vivian Sobchack • W.J.T. Mitchell • Noel Carroll • Bill Nichols • Jonathan Crary • Stefano Harney • Jan Olsson • Barbara Hammer • B. Ruby Rich • Fred Moten • Mattias Frey • Abigail De Kosnik • E. Ann Kaplan • Jeffrey Sconce • Meghan Sutherland • Michael Boyce Gillespie • Christophe Wall-Romana • Jennifer Malkowski • Asbjørn Grønstad • Jack Halberstam • Jared Sexton • Rebecca Schneider • Frances Guerin • Peter Geimer • Alexandra Juhasz • Julian Hanich • Samuel England • Mauro Resmini • Katariina Kyrölä • Erika Balsom • Kenneth Berger • Alex Bush • Alec Butler • Mel Chen • Lynne Joyrich • Nathan Lee • Akira Lippit • Brandy Monk-Payton • Danielle Peers • Raul Perez • Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi • Philipp Stiasny • Bennet Togler • Leshu Torchin • Alok Vaid-Menon • Meir Wigoder • Emily Wills • Federico Windhausen • Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa • Genevieve Yue • Alenka Zupancic • Poulomi SahaWe all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
WWE: Forever #1 (WWE)
by Derek Fridolfs • Fred Stresing • Doug Garbark • Carlos Magno • Kendall Goode • Lan Pitts • Michel Mulipola • Brent Schoonover • Michael Kingston • Arune Singh • Matias LabordeGet ready for some old school action in this all-new special focusing on WWE Legends. The team of Michael Kingston & Michel Mulipola return to document the rise of the Excellence of Execution, Bret Hart; Brent Schoonover tells a tale of what happens when Bobby “The Brain” Heenan attempts to kidnap M... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
CasaPound Italia: Contemporary Extreme-Right Politics (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)
In 2003, the occupation of a state-owned building in Rome led to the emergence of a new extreme-right youth movement: CasaPound Italia (CPI). Its members described themselves as 'Fascists of the Third Millennium', and were unabashed about their admiration for Benito Mussolini. Over the next 15 years... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020