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The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh

By andrew | Published: April 27, 2013

deWaard, Andrew and R. Colin Tait. The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: indie sex, corporate lies and digital videotape. New York: Wallflower Press/Columbia University Press. 2013. CUP | Amazon Abstract: The industry’s only director-cinematographer-screenwriter-producer-actor-editor, Steven Soderbergh is contemporary Hollywood’s most innovative and prolific filmmaker. A Palme d’or and Academy Award-winner, Soderbergh has directed nearly thirty films, including political provocations, digital [...]

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The Cultural Capital Project

By andrew | Published: April 2, 2012

Cultural Capital is a collaborative research project between myself, Brian Fauteux (Media & Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Ian Dahlman (Law, McGill University) that explores the historical antecedents, theoretical trajectories, legal ramifications and technical components involved in the creation of a non-profit patronage system and social network uniting musical artists and fans. The system will [...]

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The Hood is Where the Heart is

By andrew | Published: February 20, 2012

deWaard, Andrew. “The Hood is Where the Heart is: Melodrama, Habitus, and the Hood Film.” Habitus of the Hood. Eds. Chris Richardson and Hans A. Skott-Myhre. Chicago, IL: Intellect Ltd., 2012. Intellect | Worldcat | Amazon Abstract: Rarely does such a consistent and self-contained collection of representational material offer itself unto analysis like the short-lived hood film cycle of the early [...]

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UCLA – Cinema and Media Studies

By andrew | Published: February 19, 2012

I recently began my PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Cinema and Media Studies program. In case I didn’t know I was in the right place: Simpsons creator Matt Groening makes transformational gift to TFT  

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Intertextuality, Broken Mirrors, and The Good German

By andrew | Published: March 9, 2011

deWaard, Andrew.  “Intertextuality, Broken Mirrors, and The Good German.” The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh.  Eds. Steven M. Sanders and R. Barton Palmer. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2010.  107-119.  Download the full text pdf | WorldCat | University Press of Kentucky | Amazon Abstract: Nearly all of Steven Soderbergh’s work can be seen to exhibit a large degree of intertextual [...]

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Cinephile Vol. 7, No. 1: Reassessing Anime

By andrew | Published: March 5, 2011

The latest issue of UBC’s film journal, Cinephile, is out now: Anime is a visual enigma. Its otherworldly allure and burgeoning popularity across the globe highlights its unique ability to be more than just another type of animation. Originally a novelty export from post-war Japan, anime has now become a subtle yet important part of Western [...]

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Cinephile Vol. 6, No. 2: Horror Ad Nauseam

By andrew | Published: November 20, 2010

The latest issue of UBC’s film journal, Cinephile, is out now: Horror cinema has always held a strange place in the mainstream. On one hand, it is reviled by the moral majority and seen as a tool for corrupting impressionable youth, and on the other, it is a source of ritual enjoyment bound up in nostalgic [...]

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French Minority Cinema

By andrew | Published: October 14, 2010

As assistant editor at Rodopi on the Contemporary Cinema series, I proof-read, copy-edit, and format, then do layout for print and design the cover. The second book I worked on, after Theorizing Bruce Lee, is Cristina Johnston’s French Minority Cinema, a probing analysis of the intersection of ethnicity and sexuality in contemporary French cinema. More info at Rodopi | Amazon | Worldcat Through the prisms of [...]

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