Reviews

This section is dedicated to scholarly reflection upon academic books, DVD / Blu-ray editions, exhibitions, and conferences. Texts written for this section are expected to be between 2000 and 3000 words long.

Iluminace will try to acquire review copies for authors.

Suggestions for reviews of current books (less than 2 years old) may be addressed to jiri.anger@nfa.cz.

A list of books recommended for reviews:

Cowan, Michael. Film Societies in Germany and Austria 1910-1933 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023).

Gil-Fournier, Abelardo, and Jussi Parikka, Living Surfaces: Images, Plants, and Environments of Media (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2024).

Herzogenrath, Bernd, ed. The Barrandov Studios: A Central European Hollywood (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023).

Ingravalle, Grazia. Archival Film Curatorship: Early and Silent Cinema from Analog to Digital (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023).

Martin-Jones, David. Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022).

Palis, Eleni. Classical Projections: The Practice and Politics of Film Quotation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022).

Slugan, Mario, and Daniël Biltereyst, eds. New Perspectives on Early Cinema History: Concepts, Approaches, Audiences (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).