English 280: American Cinema
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Directors:
Quentin Tarantino: Poetics and Politics of Cinematic MetafictionBy David Roche (Mississippi, 2018)
Stars:
Denzel WashingtonBy Cynthia Baron (British Film Institute, 2015)
Hollywood StardomBy Paul McDonald (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013). See the chapter, "Starring Julia Roberts".
Shining in Shadows: Movie Stars of the 2000sEdited by Murray Pomerance (Rutgers, 2012). See David Sterritt, "George Clooney: The Issues Guy".
Genres:
A Companion to the Horror FilmEdited by Harry Benshoff (Routledge, 2014). Key topics include horror film aesthetics, theoretical approaches, distribution, art house cinema, ethnographic surrealism, and horror's relation to documentary film practice.
Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History, ControversiesBy Leger Grindon (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
