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Movements in Cinema talk as Michael Cramer, Professor of Film History at Sarah Lawrence College, presents the lecture “Making a New Hollywood,” a period defined by a seismic shift in filmmaking. This lecture, with film clips and images, is part of the Library’s cultural series,” Movements in Cinema,” and will take place via live webinar on Tuesday, May 18 at 7 PM EST. Zoom sign in information will be provided upon registration at newcanaanlibrary.org.
By the second half of the 1960s, film attendance in the United States had declined drastically from its post-war peak, and Hollywood studios were in poor financial shape. This crisis of the film industry, however, opened the way for far more experimental and unconventional films to be made, as the industry began to turn its attention to connecting to a youth audience and producing lower-budget films. Thus began the so-called New Hollywood, a period in which i
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Bookstore
Zenith Bookstore, 318 N. Central Ave., offers these book clubs. Call 218-606-1777 or go to zenithbookstore.com.
Poetry Book Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12 to discuss Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky. Email sheila@sheilapacka.com to register.
Queering Pleasure group meets at 5:30 p.m. May 19 to discuss Kink edited by R. O. Kwon. Email books@zenithbookstore.com and type queering pleasure in the subject line. to register.
Chapter & Verse group meets at 6:30 p.m. May 20 to discuss Some Places More Than Others by Renee Watson and Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina. Email nikkie@zenithbookstore.com and type Chapter & Verse in the subject line to register.
The annual awards program in photography and moving image books is to announce its winners on June 1 and 3.
‘Untitled (Sosa With Orange Hula Hoop),’ 2019 by Tyler Mitchell, from the longlisted ‘I Can Make You Feel Good’ by Tyler Mitchell, from Prestel Publishing. Image: Provided by Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Picture Book Awards
‘A Reflection of Contemporary Society’
As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation was formed in 1985 by the late Hungarian photographer Andor Kraszna-Krausz the founder in 1938 of the Focal Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis/Routledge based in media tech books.
Its 2021 Photography Book Award and Moving Image Book Award shortlists have been announced today from London (May 4). Winners are to be named on June 1 and 3, in association with London’s The Photographers’ Gallery near Covent Garden.
The annual awards program in photography and moving image books is to announce its winners on June 1 and 3.
‘Untitled (Sosa With Orange Hula Hoop),’ 2019 by Tyler Mitchell, from the longlisted ‘I Can Make You Feel Good’ by Tyler Mitchell, from Prestel Publishing. Image: Provided by Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Picture Book Awards
‘A Reflection of Contemporary Society’
As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation was formed in 1985 by the late Hungarian photographer Andor Kraszna-Krausz the founder in 1938 of the Focal Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis/Routledge based in media tech books.
Its 2021 Photography Book Award and Moving Image Book Award shortlists have been announced today from London (May 4). Winners are to be named on June 1 and 3, in association with London’s The Phographers’ Gallery near Covent Garden.
To enhance its educational and cultural offerings, AUC's Distinguished Visiting Professor program brings a number of eminent scholars, writers, and artists to campus for short-term lectureships or workshops. Leading scholars of religion, prominent historians, expert law professors, and world-renowned scientists are among the broad array of distinguished visiting professors who come to AUC each year to teach, conduct research and deliver public lectures. Through these visits, the University serves as a prime venue for the exchange of ideas, intellectual debate and cultural outreach.