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Calls for Papers
Ethics and Spectatorship in Film and Screen Media – International Conference to take place on 29–30 November 2025 at University College Cork. CFP deadline: 31 July 2025. To submit, follow the instructions in the Call for Papers. Selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of Alphaville.
Flying Through the Capitalocene: Hollywood, Aviation and Climate Breakdown – special issue of Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media. Guest editor: Dr Aidan Power (Exeter) CFP deadline: 24 September 2025. To submit an abstract, follow the instructions in the Call for Papers.
Books for Review
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Please note that only high-quality reviews that scrupulously observe Alphaville Guidelines and House Style, and display rigorous scholarly engagement with the title being reviewed, will be considered for publication. Please consult the journal Guidelines and House Style for further guidance.
Anthony, Scott, The Story of British Propaganda Film. BFI, 2024.
Azcona, María del Mar, Julia Echeverría, and Pablo Gómez-Muñoz, Cosmopolitan Aspirations in Contemporary Cinema. Routledge, 2025.
Baer, Nicholas, Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism. University of California Press, 2024.
Bao, Hongwei and Daniel H. Mutibwa, eds., Entanglements and Ambivalences: Africa and China Encounters in Media and Culture. Routledge, 2025.
Bazgan, Nicoleta, Parisiennes: Women in French Cinema. Liverpool University Press, 2023.
Beckstead, Lori and Dario Linares, Podcast Studies: Practice into Theory. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2025.
Berry, Chris, Wafa Ghermani, Corrado Neri and Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley, eds., Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Bisschoff, Lizelle, Ana Grgić and Stefanie Van de Peer, eds., Stretching the Archives: Toward a Global Women’s Film Heritage. Archive Books, 2025.
Bloom, Peter and Dominique Jullien, Screens and Illusionism: Alternative Teleologies of Mediation. Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
Bolton, Lucy, David Martin-Jones and Robert Sinnerbrink. Contemporary Screen Ethics: Absences, Identities, Belonging, Looking Anew. Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
Brady, Martin and Helen Hughes, eds. The Cinema of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub. Moving Image 14, 2023.
Elliott, Fraser, Sarah Feinstein and Joshua Gulam, eds., Full-Throttle Franchise: The Culture, Business and Politics of Fast & Furious. Bloomsbury 2023.
Ferriss, Suzanne, ed. The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sofia Coppola. Bloomsbury, 2023.
Boyd, David John, Refocus The Films of Ernest Lubitsch. Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
Brassington, Thomas, Debra Ferreday, and Dany Girard. New Queer Television: From Marginalization to Mainstreamification. Intellect, 2025.
Carpentier, Nico and Jeffrey Wimmer, Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach. Taylor Francis, 2025.
Dooley, Kath. Virtual Reality Narratives: Embodied Encounters in Space. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Eldridge II, Scott A., David Cheruiyot, Sandra Banjac and Joëlle Swart, eds. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Routledge, 2024.
Fox, Neil, Music Films: Documentaries, Concert Films and Other Cinematic Representations of Popular Music. BFI/Bloomsbury Press, 2024.
Gerlach Ulmer, Jesse, The Coen Brothers & American Roots Music, Jesse McFarland, 2024.
Glynn, Stephen. Kate Bush and the Moving Image. Routledge, 2024.
Gordon, Marsha. Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott. UC Press, 2024.
Gorfinkel, Elena and John David Rhodes, The Prop. Fordham Press, 2025.
Hassapopoulou, Marina. Interactive Cinema: The Ambiguous Ethics of Media Participation. University of Minnesota Press, 2024.
Hext, Kate. Wilde in the Dream Factory: Decadence and the American Movies. Oxford University Press, 2024.
Hines, Claire, Terence McSweeney and Stuart Joy, James Bond Will Return. Wallflower Press, 2024.
Irwin, Mary and Jill Marshall, UK and Irish Television Comedy: Representations of Region, Nation, and Identity. Palgrave, 2023.
Lee, Hyunseon, Korean Film and History. Routledge, 2023.
Irwin, Mary. Love Wars: Television Romantic Comedy. Bloomsbury, 2025.
Jafri, Beenash, Settler Attachments and Asian Diasporic Film. University of Minnesota Press, 2025.
Jenner, Mareike, Action TV Reboots and Visibility Politics: Recycling Middlebrow Culture. Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
Kitchen, Will, Film, Negation and Freedom: Capitalism and Romantic Critique. Bloomsbury, 2024.
Laird, Tessa, Cinemal: The Becoming-Animal of Experimental Film. University of Minnesota Press, 2025.
Lameris, Bregt. Feeling Colour: Chromatic Embodiment in Film Culture, 1950s–1960s. Open Book Publishing, 2025.
Lulkowska, Agata. Filmmaking in Academia: Practice Research for Filmmakers. Routledge, 2024.
McArthur, Colin. Cinema, Culture, Scotland. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Melamed, Laliv. Sovereign Intimacy: Private Media and the Traces of Colonial Violence. University of California Press, 2023.
Motazedian, Táhirih, Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film. University of California Press, 2023.
Matthews, Simon. Free Your Mind: Giovanni “Tinto” Brass: “Swinging London” and the 60s Pop Culture Scene. Oldcastle Books, 2024.
McBride, Joseph, George Cukor’s People: Acting for a Master Director. Columbia University Press, 2025.
Miller, James. The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar: A Self-Portrait in Seven Films. Columbia University Press, 2025.
Minor, Laura, Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK Television Comedy.Edinburgh University, 2024.
Norris Nicholson, Heather. Round Our Way: Sam Hanna’s Visual Legacy. Pendle Press, 2024.
O’Dwyer, Jules. The Seduction of Space: Cruising French Cinema, University of Minnesota Press, 2025.
Palmer, R. Barton and Homer B. Pettey, eds., Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir: The Darker Side. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Pearlman, Karen. Shirley Clarke: Thinking through Movement. Edinburgh University, 2025.
Pomerance, Murray and Matthew Solomon. The Biggest Thing in Show Business: Living It Up with Martin & Lewis. SUNY Press, 2024.
Rawle, Steve and Martin Hall. Monstrosity and Global Crisis in Transnational Film. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2024.
Rickards, Carolyn, British Fantasy Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Roger, Johnny, The Housing Film. Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
Rubin Suleiman, Susan. István Szabó. I.B. Tauris, 2024.
Shafguta Cheema, Iqra and Stefanie Van de Peer. Refocus: The Films of Annemarie Jacir. Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
Sebastiampillai, Chrishandra, Stardom, Film Couples and Love Teams in 1970s Philippine Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Seros, Alexandra, Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur: From Film Noir to the Director’s Chair, University of Texas Press, 2025.
Shacklock, Zoë, Television and the Moving Body. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Solomons, Gabriel, Jared Cowan and Fabrice Ziolkowski, eds., World Film Locations: Los Angeles, Vol. 2. Intellect, 2024.
Strongman, Luke. The Films and Career of Eva Greene. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Thornton Caldwell, John. Specworld: Folds, Faults, and Fractures in Embedded Creator Industries. University of California Press, 2023.
Tsai, Beth, Taiwan New Cinema at Film Festivals. Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
Stubbs-Lacy, Andrew, The Talent Management of Indie Authorship: From American Independent Cinema And Short “Films” To Pay-TV And Streaming. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Sturtevant, Victoria, It’s All in the Delivery: Pregnancy in American Film and Television Comedy. University of Texas Press, 2024.
Turnbull, Sue and Marion McCutcheon, Transnational TV Crime.Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Van den Troost, Kristof. Hong Kong Crime Films: Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947–2010. Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
Waller, G. Beyond the Movie Theater: Sites, Sponsors, Uses, Audiences. University of California Press, 2023.
Warner, Rick, The Rebirth of Suspense: Slowness and Atmosphere in Cinema. Columbia University Press, 2024.
White, Dan. The Music of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings: Sounds of Home in the Fantasy Franchise. Taylor and Francis, 2024.
Windisch, Anna K., Claus Tieber and Phil Powrie, eds., When Music Takes Over in Film. Palgrave, 2023.
Wilson, D. Harlan, Strangelove Country: Science Fiction, Filmosophy and the Kubrickian Consciousness. Stalking Horse Press, 2025.
Yee, Thomas B., Gender, Race and Religion in Video Game Music. Intellect, 2024.
Zappe, Florian, ed., Refocus: The Films of Abel Ferrara. Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
