Reflections on Bollywood’s Golden Age

This is a guest post by Jasmine Sofia Jannif, author of Sentimental Songs, Melodrama and Filmic Narrative in Bollywood’s Golden Age (1951–1963) This book came to me late in life, but its origins go back to colonial heydays in the streets of Suva, Fiji, where with my father I watched Bollywood (Hindi) films in theatres […]

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Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative: An Introduction

This is a guest post by Michael Peter Bolus, Ph.D. Author of Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative: An Introduction, out on Anthem Press this month. The welcome and entertaining distraction that defines most movie-going experiences has become the default expectation for general audiences. The commercial cinema, as a pop-cultural phenomenon, is rooted in an Escapist tradition […]