American Cinema of the 1990s
American Cinema of the 1990s
Themes and Variations
The essays in American Cinema of the 1990s examine the big-budget blockbusters and critically acclaimed independent films that defined the decade. The 1990s' most popular genre, action, channeled anxieties about global threats such as AIDS and foreign terrorist attacks into escapist entertainment movies. Horror films and thrillers were on the rise, but family-friendly pictures and feel-good romances netted big audiences too. Meanwhile, independent films captured hearts, engaged minds, and invaded Hollywood: by decade's end every studio boasted its own "art film" affiliate.
‘There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.’
‘There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.’
Movies and wayward images / Sharon Willis
Movies and the politics of authorship / Amy Villarejo
Movies and the new economics of blockbusters and indies / Chuck Kleinhans
Movies and partisan politics / Diane Waldman
Movies, teens, tots, and tech / Tim Shary
Movies and homeland insecurity / Debra White-Stanley and Caryl Flinn
Movies and the usable past / José B. Capino
Movies, dying fathers, and a few survivors / Krin Gabbard
Movies and millennial masculinity / Chris Holmlund
