Analyzes "The Italian" (1915), an early "immigrant" film, examining its problematic relation to questions of working-class and middle-class audience composition. Shows how this film reveals that the creation of narratives suitable for diverse audiences requires continuous readjustment of an adequate mode of address. (MM)

Argues that a study of adaptation affects the view of Douglas Sirk as a creator of social critique. Proposes interventions into adaptation studies and critical response to Sirk by attending to multiple activations of "All That Heaven Allows." Demonstrates the importance of the archaeology of film studies criticism to an understanding of…

Explains the concepts of spectator positioning, supplement (as defined by Jacques Derrida), and plenitude in relation to the study of woman's films, in general, and the film "Committed" (1984), in particular. Considers how the film's indirect mode of public address disturbs conventional gender alignments and the distinction between…

Discusses the 1990 Canadian film, "Strangers in Good Company," which is semidocumentary and semifiction. Discusses the creation of the movie, the genres it moves between, and how the personal becomes political. (SR)

Suggests language arts instructors use film adaptations as well as novels to teach literature. (PRA)

Presents a structure for a course that highlights the best cinemas of Eastern European countries, in order to acquaint students with cinematic traditions of the region. Discusses course activities, coursework and evaluation, and resources. Advocates structuring the course around the film of experience of Eastern Europe, and presents and discusses…

Argues English teachers should stop treating film as a back-up activity and instead embrace it as a visual reinforcement of the curriculum. Describes how film can be used to teach literary terms such as protagonist, antagonist, conflict, setting, and characterization; to introduce material; and to introduce students to authors they may not…

Offers brief descriptions from seven English teachers of how and for what purpose they have used an unusual film in their English classroom. (SR)

Examines the current practices of film and video preservation in libraries and examines barriers that have hindered the development of full-fledged preservation programs for them. Topics include advances in education and training; preservation paradigms; and mechanics of film production that affect preservation. (Author/LRW)

This paper concerns the response to the sex education film "Growing Up", made in 1971 by Dr Martin Cole, which used a combination of animation and live action to offer a frank and uncompromising account of sexual reproduction. As part of this, both male and female masturbation and an unsimulated act of male-female coitus featured in the…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences of aspiring school leaders who utilized artmaking in this case, photography, poetry, music, collage, and short films through Microsoft MovieMaker as a means for addressing injustices within surrounding school communities. The paper aims to explore how aspiring school leaders…

Myths, stereotypes, and controlling images are embedded in the cultural textbook of cinema. Women are disempowered and marginalized by these images, and it is important to explore the existence and prevalence of these images in order to examine their effects on women's development. A review of the literature concerning controlling images and the…

This compendium provides an alphabetical, dated list of film titles in their first known version, with subsequent remakes. It gives the source of each film (as play, book, opera, legend, etc.); and for each film, the name of the releasing company. Film series with a continuing character or characters are listed in the appendix. (GO)