Action Cinema: Histories and Forms This panel seeks new historical and formal work on action genres, including the one-reel melodrama, slapstick, the serial, adventure films, thrillers, and contemporary action films of Hollywood, India and Hong Kong. Papers might consider narrative and stylistic issues such as suspense, physical performance, and plausibility and motivation of spectacular action. Contact: Scott Higgins, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT 06459. Phone: (860) 685-6388 Fax: (860) 685-2221 Email: [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite