String Theory (or, How Long is a Piece of Film?)
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(Not) The End of Cinema
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1y ago
The great French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard died this week. Keele’s Neil Archer gives three good reasons to return to his films. I have to confess that I haven’t watched a new Godard film for years. In an alternate universe, such a confession might send me to the Bastille for heresy. But let me qualify it ..read more
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Only Disconnect
Keele Film Studies
by Keele Film
1y ago
As Facebook’s stock plummets, Neil Archer, whose new book on The Social Network is published this month, argues why the Facebook movie is as timely as ever. Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg is now $29 billion poorer than he was at the start of 2022. This after a 2021 in which his company, now labelled ‘Meta’, but ..read more
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The Sense of an Ending
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by Keele Film
1y ago
Dr Neil Archer considers the latest Bond and Marvel outings, and asks: Is there ever a good time to end it all? Of all the thunderous and wondrous twists and turns in No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s definitively final outing as James Bond, the film leaves its cutest, and possibly most predictable one, to ..read more
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Stephen Sondheim Steals the Show
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by Keele Film
1y ago
Neil Archer, Senior Lecturer in Film, reflects on the cinematic legacy of the late, great musical theatre writer Even though it wasn’t in a musical, my movie highlight of 2019 came courtesy of a Stephen Sondheim song. In Marriage Story, Adam Driver plays a theatre director separating from his actor wife, played by Scarlett Johansson ..read more
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‘I’m not obsessed with sex, I just can’t stop thinking about it’: Constructions of Femininity in Fleabag
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by Jade Stewart Jade is an MA English Literature student and a hopeful PhD candidate at Keele. Her dissertation situates the absence of mothers in Fleabag and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine as a response to the postfeminist valorisation of the individual. Her broader research looks at the way contemporary female-authored texts respond to the ..read more
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Carry On Streaming? As 2020 ends, some thoughts on cinema without cinemas
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by Keele Film
1y ago
By Neil Archer, Senior Lecturer in Film I didn’t get to the cinema as often as I’d have liked in 2020. Nothing new there; only that I’m a professional film lecturer, so isn’t going to the cinema what I’m supposed to do? I’m not sure about that – and as I’ve always told anyone seeking ..read more
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Writing A Film Dissertation – A Student Perspective
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by Keele Film
1y ago
by Juliette Hamelle Writing your undergraduate dissertation can be really daunting. I know it was for me, so I wanted to share my experience. Firstly, I’d like to say that it was not as bad as I originally thought it was going to be. It was a lot of work, but in the end it ..read more
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Making Lost Warrior: Interview with ‘Lost Warrior’ Director Nasib Farah and Søren Steen Jespersen
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Dr Maria Flood interviews directors Nasib Farah and Søren Steen Jespersen and the making of their film 'Lost Warrior ..read more
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‘Why did you make the films Warriors from the North and Lost Warrior?’: Interview with ‘Lost Warrior’ Director Nasib Farah and Søren Steen Jespersen.
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by Keele Film
1y ago
Dr Maria Flood interviews directors Nasib Farah and Søren Steen Jespersen about why they decided to produce their films 'Warriors from the North' and 'Lost Warrior ..read more
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