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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 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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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. 5, No. 2: The Scene

By andrew | Published: September 28, 2009

The latest issue of our film journal, Cinephile, is out now — the theme is ‘The Scene’. There are certain scenes which have the power to enthral, provoke, and delight—our cover captures one such titillating tableau. But what gives such a scene the ability to stand apart, to take on a life of its own? [...]

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The Museum: Textworks, Cultural Economy, and Polytextual Dispersion

By andrew | Published: May 28, 2009

deWaard, Andrew.  The Museum: Textworks, Cultural Economy, and Polytextual Dispersion.  MA Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. cIRcle: UBC’s Information Repository. [ubc library page] [full text pdf] Abstract: The Museum is a theoretical model that aims to render a media-saturated world in which our media have become saturated with media. Corporate conglomeration of the cultural [...]

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Cinephile Vol. 5, No 1:
Far From Hollywood, Alternative World Cinema

By andrew | Published: April 28, 2009

Cinephile has released its latest issue: ‘Far From Hollywood’ – Alternative World Cinema: …in this, our 5th anniversary issue, we set out to navigate the murky and uncharted depths of ‘alternative cinema’. But carving out an epistemology of this amorphous cinema is no small endeavour-and what do we mean by ‘alternative cinema’ anyway? On the [...]

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Joints and Jams: Spike Lee as Sellebrity Auteur

By andrew | Published: March 5, 2009

deWaard, Andrew. “Joints and Jams: Spike Lee as Sellebrity Auteur.” Fight the Power!: The Spike Lee Reader. Eds. Janice D. Hamlet and Robin R. Means Coleman. New York: Peter Lang, 2008. [full text pdf] [world cat] [publisher's website] [amazon] Abstract: The sellebrity auteur injects the consideration of commerce and celebrity into conventional theories of film [...]

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Tom LeClair’s Passing Trilogy: Recovering Adventure in the Age of Post-Genre

By andrew | Published: February 27, 2009

Steffen Hantke has quoted me in his essay entitled Tom LeClair’s Passing Trilogy: Recovering Adventure in the Age of Post-Genre, for Electronic Book Review.  With the adventure genre having largely given way to the thriller in popular culture, and the distinct lack of adventure narratives in contemporary literature, Hantke looks at how LeClair’s brazen and [...]

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