Freire in Midsommar (2019): performative critical consciousness as social ritual by John C. H. Hu

“…The stark contrast between a murderous religious cult, the Hårga, and a group of graduate students in anthropology fades throughout the film as the director meticulously presents ritual among the former group in relation to gaslighting among the latter. …”
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Memory of American Civil War in the Historical Imagination of Consumer Society by Maksim W. Kyrchanov

“…Analyzing the transformation of the Civil War memory in the pseudo-documentary film “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America” (directed by Kevin Willmott), the author presumes that 1) popular culture reduced the civil war to a minor event in the history of the Confederation; 2) the film offers an alternative version of American historical memory, actualizing the possible trajectories of the “invention” of images of the civil war in the reality where South won; 3) the film is integrated into the intellectual history and archeology of American mass-cult ideas; 4) some texts by American intellectuals belonging to the discourse of alternative history, became cultural stimuli for the project of Kevin Willmott; 5) the transformation of the memory of the Civil War in American pop-culture actualizes the crisis of memory in society, which wasn’t successful in its attempts to overcome the historical trauma of racism and racial discrimination.…”
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Cinema ed enogastronomia nel portale turistico della Regione Toscana / Cinema and enogastronomy in the tourism portal of the Toscana Region by Gian Luigi Corinto

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<b>On Pasolini’s <em>Edipo Re</em>: an overview with a focus on two neglected details. Unconscious, will, chance and destiny</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v33i1.8281 by Rosanna Lauriola

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SOVIET FAMILY AS DEPICTED ON SCREENS IN 1920S – AUTHENTIC OR NOT? by E. V. Zhbankova

“…In 2017 it was 90 years since a “cult” movie “The Third Meshanskaya”, by A. Room came out. …”
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Sostenere le produzioni cinematografiche: vantaggi fiscali e di immagine per gli investitori / Sustaining cinematographic productions: fiscal and image opportunities for investors by Katia Giusepponi

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Disappearance of the Self and Its Constitutive Outside in Kafka and Woody Allen’s Zelig by Lukas MOZDEIKA

“…Juxtaposing counterfactual history with actual highbrow commentary in quasi- or mockumentary film genre allows Woody Allen to transpose Kafka’s grotesque into American realm of the 20s and thus Americanize it. …”
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Плохие фильмы, которые мы (искренне) любим by Alexander V. Pavlov

“…Рецензия на книгу: Rotten Movies We Love. Cult Classics, Underrated Gems, and Films So Bad They're Good. (2019). …”
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Bolívar par l’image ou les travestissements de l’histoire by Frédérique Langue

“…The political uses of the past find in the “cult of Bolívar” and in “Bolivarianisms” an enlightening illustration of the recourse to the nation's founding figures, reinterpreted by Venezuelan rulers over time. …”
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Després de la modernitat: el cinema d’Albert Serra by Àngel Quintana

“…The theme that unites the six feature films in his filmography is none other than the persistence of myth. …”
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<b>Aberturas para vastos universos: contos completos de Flannery O´Connor</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v31i1.5695 by Cleide Antonia Rapucci

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As Horas: adaptação de Virginia Woolf para o leitor comum by Ana Carolina de Carvalho Mesquita

“…O filme As Horas (2003), de S. Daldry (mesmo diretor do cult Billy Eliot), adaptação cinematográfica do romance homônimo de Michael Cunningham, foi um grande sucesso na época de seu lançamento e rendeu um Oscar à atriz Nicole Kidman. …”
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Cultisme et transhumanisme : autour de Ghost in the Shell by Daniele Carluccio

“… Le présent article pose la question de la conjonction du cultisme et du transhumanisme : comment se fait-il que bien des films abordant le thème du transhumanisme sont devenus des objets culte ? …”
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The image of a “Special” Tree and its Transformation in the Space of a South Korean TV Series / Образ «особенного» дерева и его трансформации в пространстве южнокорейского телесери... by TARASOVA ALEKSANDRA V. / ТАРАСОВА А.В.

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How invisible cities, Donnie Darko & the fountain are postmodern. by Lim, Crystal Qian Yi.

“…Besides shattering the notion of a fixed material reality, this paper pushes the envelope further by exploring the possibilities of what will happen when these projected worlds are disrupted or placed in confrontation with each other. The text and films used are Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, Richard Kelly's cult classic Donnie Darko, and Darren Aronofsky's complex sci-fi drama, The Fountain.…”
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Nô de Robert Lepage, ou Hiroshima mon amour revu par Feydeau by Killeen, M

“…Parmi la postérité protéiforme du film-culte d’Alain Resnais, Hiroshima mon amour, il y a Nô (1998) du cinéaste et dramaturge québécois Robert Lepage. …”

The mere habit of learning to love is the thing: Janeitism and/in Karen Joy Fowler‘s The Jane Austen Book Club by Gabriela-Iuliana COLIPCĂ-CIOBANU, Ioana MOHOR-IVAN

“…To the present day, Jane Austen has remained a subject of almost religious adoration for her numerous fans, the Janeites, who keep returning to her writings, take interest in the films and the popular works derived from them, and even seek to surround themselves with objects that remind them of their ‗beloved‘. …”
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<b>Formas particulares de comunicação em <i>blogs nerd/geek</i>: expressões linguísticas relacionadas às produções das franquias <i>Star Wars</i> e <i>Star Trek</i> by Angela Dillmann Nunes Bicca, Ana Paula de Araújo Cunha, Max de Lima Jahnke, Letícia da Silva Acunã Esteves

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Mediating medieval(ized) emotion in Game of Thrones by Larrington, C

“…HBO’s Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin’s cult book series A Song of Ice and Fire, is currently the world’s most popular television show. …”

"Tout vu, rien inventé": Hiroshima mon amour dans l'oeuvre de Chloé Delaume by Killeen, M

“…Cet article a pour objet l’œuvre de Chloé Delaume qui s’inscrit de façon tout à fait inédite dans la foisonnante descendance de ce film culte. Inspiré d’un “OULIPO homemade” où le jeu le dispute sans cesse au sérieux, son projet autofictionnel butine à loisir dans le film de Resnais et de Duras. …”