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Black Film: Mo' Better in the '90s

by Ed. Guerrero

This article, written for Black Camera: An International Film Journal, discusses the differences between black independent film verses mainstream cinema in the 1990s, as viewed through the lens of films of previous eras.

Therapeutic Discourse and ACOA Films of the '80S and '90S

by Joan Driscoll Lynch

This article, written for the Journal of Film and Video discusses the Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) films in the 1980-90s, as a form of therapy for those suffering the impacts of disfunction in their childhoods.

Sex, Lies and Marketing: Miramax and the Development of the Quality Indie Blockbuster

by Alisa Perren

In this article for Film Quarterly, the film Sex, Lies and Videotape is discussed as an example of how the big studios used their marketing power to promote indie films and turn them into blockbusters. It also discusses the institution of independent studios within mainline film production houses.

"I'm gonna git Medieval on your ass": "Pulp Fiction" for the 90s—the 1190s

by Dan Terkla and Thomas L Reed Jr.

In this article for Studies in Popular Culture, two Medievalists discuss the actual meaning of getting Medieval in reference to Pulp Fiction.

The Practice and Politics of "Freeing the Look": Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs

by Andrew Schopp

In this article for Camera Obscura, Andrew Schopp discusses sex and gender identity in The Silence of the Lambs.

The Scream Trilogy, "Hyperpostmodernism," and the Late-Nineties Teen Slasher Film

by Valerie Wee

In this article for Journal of Film and Video, examines postmodernism through the lens of teen slasher films, specifically Scream.