I'm curious what scholarship --whether film theory or more cultural studies related-- exists regarding the history and study of the "mainstream" summer blockbuster film. This fall I'm doing a directed studies class with the hopes of studying either this year's crop or doing comparative studies with previous years', and charting whatever yields from that. Not being able to easily find any criticism to really foundation my work on, I've refocused on looking at _Men in Black_ as regard's Jameson's ideas of the nostalgia film; observations regarding contemporary reworkings of the science fiction b-movie; perhaps as well as American cultural issues of conspiracy theory and milleninal thinking. Any broad or specific work one might suggest would be greatly appreciated, though I'm particularly interested in what, if any, work exists on the cultural and industrial significance of the blockbuster "season". Jeff MacIntyre Simon Fraser University ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite