Examines movie romance in light of our emotional bond to the actors and characters on screen.

Investigates the cultural value of film violence.

Reconstructs how Ray became a “rebel auteur” in cinema culture.

Brings popular cinema and Jewish religious texts into a meaningful dialogue.

Examines how the US media covers high-profile public policy issues in the context of competing claims about media bias.

Explores the influence of Bertolt Brecht’s ideas on the practice and study of cinema.

Tells the story of Bavaria’s acquisition of ancient Greek sculptures that rivaled those acquired by England from the Parthenon.

Offers new and compelling perspectives on the deeply moral nature of Hitchcock’s films.

Argues that understanding Huston’s film adaptations of literary works is essential to understanding his oeuvre as a filmmaker.

Art as yoga and meditation for artists, contemplative practitioners, art educators, and art therapists.

Presents a major new interpretation of the Ashcan School of Art, arguing that these artists made the working class city at the turn of the century a subject for beautiful art.

Explores the rich history, collections, and significance of the only museum in the United States dedicated solely to the art form of dance.

A story of self, braided to a story of American culture.

Contends that the narrative and aesthetic qualities of the documentary genre enable new understandings of animals and animal/human relationships.

Considers film as a form of Buddhist ritual and contemplative practice.

Explores the philosophical, literary, and psychoanalytic significance of film endings.

The first guidebook devoted exclusively to New York City’s Art Deco treasures.

Presents recent work by the Brooklyn-based artist known for unsettling works that contend with such topics as domesticity, the body, consumer culture, fashion, and violence.

The first major exhibition in the United States of chaekgeori painting, including on view for the first time many screens from private collections and various Korean institutions.

Surveys the forty-year career of Carl Walters (1883-1955), a pioneer of modern ceramic art in the United States.

Showcases the latest trends in art and design, from painting and sculpture to photography, printmaking, and metals.

Presents work by Halahmy and eight other contemporary artists from Iraq: Hayder Ali, Amal Alwan, Mohammed al Hamadany, Ismail Khayat, Hanaa Malallah, Hassan Massoudy, Naziha Rashid, and Qasim Sabti.

Proposes that cinematic time is not a fixed idea, but a dynamic exchange between film and viewer.

Combines psychoanalysis, queer theory, masculinity studies, and cultural studies to explore contemporary manhood in film.

How Hollywood biopics both showcase and modify various notions of what it means to be an American.