Author Archives: Aaron

#52FilmsByWomen

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Aaron

I recently wrapped up a year-long project of watching 52 films by women directors. 52 Films by Women is the idea of Women in Film, and anybody can take part at any time (in other words, you don’t have to … Continue reading →

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Multiple-Authorship

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Aaron

So far, I’ve outlined just a few of the ways that the auteur concept has come to dominate most conceptions of Hollywood filmmaking, whether historical, academic, popular, or otherwise. In doing so, I’ve described the “internal paradoxes and contradictions” of … Continue reading →

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One More Reason Women in Hollywood Can’t Catch a Break

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Aaron

Just a quick entry here to highlight two recent articles about women in Hollywood: Peter Biskind’s “Sherry Lansing, Dawn Steel and Sue Mengers: When the Broads Faced the Raging Bulls in ’70s Hollywood,” (The Hollywood Reporter 9 December) and Scott … Continue reading →

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The Auteur Paradigm, Part 2

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Aaron

In Part 1 I outlined a few key developments that led – by the late 1960s – to a widespread cultural reimagining of the role of a film director. That entry is not meant to be exhaustive. There are a … Continue reading →

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Polly Platt – DVDs and collaboration

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Aaron

While I put the finishing touches on part 2 of my thoughts on the auteur paradigm, I thought I’d post a few words about my big “black Friday” purchase. I ordered three DVDs that I hope don’t take forever to … Continue reading →

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The Auteur Paradigm, part 1

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Aaron

(In this entry, I’m playing around with a few concepts and terms – such as “authorship by ownership” or “the idea of ownership.” I welcome thoughts about these concepts, suggestions for alternate terminology, or references to other texts and writers … Continue reading →

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Why New Hollywood?

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Aaron

As I’ve begun to discuss this project with friends and colleagues, one of the questions that regularly comes up is, why New Hollywood? What specifically about this era and the way it accommodated (or didn’t!) women’s work and creativity has … Continue reading →

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De Palma De Palma! DE PALMA

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Aaron

My original plan for this entry was to talk a little bit about New Hollywood – not to try to define it or anything like that (well, maybe a bit like that), but just to say a few words about … Continue reading →

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Women and New Hollywood: A New Research Project

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Aaron

With this entry I’m happy to announce that I’ve recently begun a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship on the topic of Women and New Hollywood. The fellowship is based in the department of media studies at Maynooth University and is sponsored by … Continue reading →

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Summer Web Series Series: Squaresville

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Aaron

(Originally published 23 November. Kind thanks to Catcher in the Reel for permission to repost.) By Aaron Hunter This article is part of an ongoing project on the topic of web series that will discuss a few key examples of … Continue reading →

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