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Saturday Night Live
Peter Kunze
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Saturday Night LiveIntroductionSince the 1970s, Saturday Night Live has proven itself to be one of television’s most influential programs. Lorne Micha...
Scandinavian Cinema
Anders Marklund, Kimmo Laine
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Scandinavian CinemaIntroductionThis bibliography covers the cinemas of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. These are usually called the Nor...
Scorsese, Martin
Marc Raymond
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
Martin ScorseseIntroductionMartin Scorsese’s name has come to symbolize many broad ideas over the past few decades, to the point where he is no longer...
Searchers, The
Gaylyn Studlar
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
The Searchers Introduction Since the 1970s, The Searchers, directed by John Ford, has become one of the most discussed films of 1950s US cinem...
Seinfeld
Paul Arras
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
SeinfeldIntroductionCo-created by comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and his friend, also a stand-up comic, Larry David, Seinfeld (1989–1998) ran for nine seaso...
Sennett, Mack
Hilde D'haeyere
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Mack Sennett Introduction Mack Sennett (b. 1880–d. 1960), is a Canadian-born actor, director, and producer who headed two of the most influent...
Sesame Street
Kathryn Ostrofsky
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Sesame StreetIntroductionSince its 1969 premiere, Sesame Street has become one of the most iconic programs in television history. Through its forty-ei...
Shakespeare on Film
Russell Jackson
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Shakespeare on FilmIntroductionIn the 1980s the study of cinema adaptations of Shakespeare was transformed by the advent of domestic video recording a...
Silent Film
Donna Kornhaber
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Silent FilmIntroductionThe era of silent film encompasses the thirty-five-year span between the initial development of film technology around 1894 and...
Simpsons, The
Matthew A. Henry
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
The Simpsons Introduction Few television programs have had both the popularity and longevity of The Simpsons. The Simpsons premiered on FOX Te...
Singin’ in the Rain
Jerome Delamater
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Singin’ in the RainIntroductionCalled by conductor and composer André Previn, and by many others echoing him, “the best musical ever made,” Singin’ in...
Sirk, Douglas
Will Scheibel
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Douglas SirkIntroductionThe reputation of German director Douglas Sirk (1897–1987) rests on Hollywood films he made in the mid- to late 1950s that hav...
Soap Operas
Abigail De Kosnik, Sam Ford
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Soap Operas Introduction This bibliography on “soap operas” focuses on US daytime serial dramas, which are distinct from other national soap o...
Social Class
Erica Levin
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
Social Class Introduction In contemporary film studies, the term class often appears as part of the trio of terms race/class/gender. Attention...
Social Problem Films
Steven Doles
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Social Problem Films Introduction Defined broadly, social problem films (sometimes called social-consciousness films, message movies, or other...
Soderbergh, Steven
Andrew deWaard
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
Steven Soderbergh Introduction Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on 14 January 1963, Steven Soderbergh is a unique and prolific American filmmaking ta...
Sound Design, Film
Laura Anderson
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
Film Sound DesignIntroductionSound design is a relatively recent term, first used to credit Walter Murch’s work on Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse N...
Sound, Film
Paul Young
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Film Sound Introduction Prior to the groundbreaking work by Rick Altman, John Belton, Michel Chion, Mary Ann Doane, Claudia Gorbman, Kaja Silv...
Spanish Cinema
Marvin D'Lugo
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Spanish CinemaIntroductionFar overshadowed by the cultural dynamism of its neighbors and constrained by its own slow industrial underdevelopment, Spai...
Spanish-Language Television
Jillian Báez, Manuel Avilés-Santiago
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Spanish-Language TelevisionIntroductionDuring the last decade, Spanish-language television has generated much interest among media scholars. The most ...
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