The new edition of Scope can be accessed for free via the link to the Institute at the bottom of this email. *Articles* Reading Ambiguity and Ambivalence: The Asymmetric Structure of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, By Felicia Chan 0.01cm: Affectivity and Urban Space in Chungking Express, By Wendy Gan Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, and the "Problem" of Interracial Relationships: A Re-view of Martin Ritt's The Great White Hope (1970), By Nicholas Naylor Kings of Infinite Space: Cult Television Characters and Narrative Possibilities, By Roberta E. Pearson *Book Reviews* Animation: Genre and Authorship, By Paul Wells. A Review by Esme Davidson Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization, By Michael Tierno. A Review by Christopher S. Morrissey Billy Wilder: American Film Realist, By Richard Armstrong. A Review by Rory Drummond Blacks in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television. By Stephen Bourne. A Review by Gerald R. Butters Jr. Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire. By Vijay Mishra. A Review by Arnab Das and Subrata sankar Bagchi British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future, Edited by Jonathan Bignell, Stephen Lacey and Madeleine Macmurraugh-Kavanagh, and Freakshow: First Person Media and Factual Television, By Jon Dovey. A Review by Norma Coates Comic Politics: Gender in Hollywood Comedy after the New Right. By Nicole Matthews. A Review by Kathrina Glitre Costume and Cinema: Dress Codes in Popular Film. By Sarah Street. A Review by Rebecca Janicker "Dear BBC": Children, Television Storytelling and the Public Sphere. By Máire Messenger Davies. A Review by Lincoln Geraghty Early American Cinema in Transition: Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907-1913. By Charlie Keil. A Review by David Mayer Encore Hollywood: Remaking French Cinema, By Lucy Mazdon, and European Cinema: An Introduction, By Jill Forbes and Sarah Street. A Review by Andrea Opitz The End of Cinema As We Know It: American Film in the Nineties. Edited by Jon Lewis. A Review by Brendan Riley Essential Brakhage: Selected Writings on Filmmaking. By Stan Brakhage. Edited by Bruce R. McPherson Eyes Wide Shut. By Michel Chion. Translated by Trista Selous. A Review by Paul N. Reinsch German National Cinema. By Sabine Hake. A Review by James M. Skidmo Hollywood, Hype and Audiences: Selling and Watching Popular Film in the 1990s. By Thomas Austin. A Review by Rayna Denison Introduction to Documentary, By Bill Nichols, and Autobiographical Documentary in America, By Jim Lane. A Review by Jamie Sexton Law and Film. Edited by Stefan Machura and Peter Robson. A Review by Shulamit Almog New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction. By Geoff King. A Review by Paul Grainge Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. By Sabine Hake. A Review by Robert D. Levy Psychoanalysis and Cinema: The Play of Shadows. By Vicky Lebeau. A Review by Arnab Das and Subrata sankar Bagchi Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television. By Sarita Malik. A Review by Gerald R. Butters Jr Science Fiction Culture. By Camille Bacon-Smith. A Review by Lincoln Geraghty Screening Science: Contexts, Texts, and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film. By Errol Vieth. A Review by Mark Bould The Second Century of Cinema: The Past and Future of the Moving Image. By Wheeler Winston Dixon. A Review by Richard L. Edwards Shakespeare in Space: Recent Shakespeare Productions on Screen. By Herbert R. Coursen. A Review by Rebecca Janicker The Sounds of Early Cinema. Edited by Richard Abel and Rick Altman. A Review by Jeff Smith Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture. By Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young. A Review by Erica Arthur The Television Genre Book, Edited by Glen Creeber, and Action TV: Tough Guys, Smooth Operators and Foxy Chicks, Edited by Bill Osgerby and Anna Gough Gates. A Review by James Lyons The Usual Suspects. By Ernest Larsen. A Review by Scott Ruston Vertigo. By Charles Barr. A Review by Jon Wisbey Voices From The Set: The Film Heritage Interviews. Edited by Tony Macklin and Nick Pici. A Review by Felicia Chan The Wild West: The Mythical Cowboy and Social Theory. By Will Wright. A Review by Stephen McVeigh Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. By Sue Harper. A Review by Deneka C. MacDonald *Film Reviews* 9'11"01 (September 11), A Review by Elizabeth Rosen About Schmidt, A Review by Brian Gibson Bob le Flambeur, A Review by Ronald W. Wilson Donnie Darko, A Review by Ross Thompson The Edgar G. Ulmer Collection, Volume One: The Strange Woman, Moon Over Harlem; Volume Two: Bluebeard, A Review Essay by Dana Anderson Gangs of New York, A Review by Leighton Grist Gohatto (Taboo), A Review by Kate Moran K-PAX, A Review by Diane R. Wiener The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, A Review by Alice Mills Morvern Callar, A Review by Jerome de Groot The Pianist, A Review by Michael Keating Possession, A Review by David Greven Singin' in the Rain, A Review by Sunny Stalter Star Trek Nemesis, A Review by Lincoln Geraghty Vanilla Sky, A Review by Kevin Hunt *Conference Reports* Fangs for the Memories, "Blood, Text and Fears -- Reading Around Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Conference held at the University of East Anglia, UK, 19-20 October 2002, A Report by Beverley Jansen Flying High in the City of Angels, New Cities: New Media -- An Interdisciplinary Conference and Media Exhibition, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, January 17-19, 2003, A Report by Christina I. Wilson History Now, Screen Conference, Gilmorehill Centre, The University of Glasgow, 28th-30th June 2002, A Report by Alastair Phillips New Technologies, New Media Forms and Approaches, and a Welcome Reflexivity, The Fourth Annual Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) Conference, University of Reading, UK, 18-20 December 2002, A Report by Kate Egan What about the Sports Celebrity? Sporting Icons: Celebrity, Media and Popular Culture, Leicester University, 7th February, 2003, A Report by Tom Gibbons Mark Prof. Mark Jancovich Director of the Institute of Film Studies School of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham Nottingham United Kingdom Phone: 0115 951 4250 Fax: 0115 951 4270 Email: [log in to unmask] Institute URL: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org