The Mechanics of Fear: Organic Haunted Houses in American Cinema by Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris

“…In this respect, even though a direct descendant of a more conventional haunted house film genre, the 1980s family horror imposes a reversal of viewpoints. …”
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Putting on the Red Dress: Reading Performative Camp in Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows by Ryan Powell

“…With this in mind, the film genre of the melodrama, and in particular the work of Douglas Sirk, provides an interesting site for exploring representational traces of the inter-subjective positioning of women and gay men for two central reasons: [1] as a genre that is well known for narrativizing the pain and suffering of women, it may have something to say of the conditions which propel this pain and suffering; and [2] the work of Sirk, as a director who relied heavily upon distanciation, or distancing effects, to highlight artifice, demonstrates incongruencies between naturalized and constructed versions of heteronormativity much in the same way as camp does when utilized as a performative vernacular. …”
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe : uncovering the secrets behind its Big Bang by Goh, Si Han

“…Concurrently, this case study also demonstrates how world-building concepts can be integrated with an approach to film genre to derive a more effective approach to analysing contemporary blockbuster franchises as the industry shifts towards world-building practices.…”
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“Are we shootin’ people or what?”: critical reflections of war in popular films / Jamaluddin Aziz, Mohd Nor Shahizan Ali and Fuzirah Hashim by Aziz, Jamaluddin, Shahizan Ali, Mohd Nor, Hashim, Fuzirah

“…One prevailing trend with regards to fiction film is that after the event of September 11, 2001, the interest in the war film genre gains its momentum. Speculations about the post-September 11war that ensued, such as that in Iraq, have allowed variegated representations of war to be made on silver screen, either reaffirming or challenging the audience’s perception of war. …”
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Popular historical films as collective memory-work in Eastern Europe: from Polish KATYN to Romanian AFERIM! and Hungarian BET ON REVENGE by Virginás Andrea

“…Historical film – a film genre supported in the Cold War era – has re-emerged in the 21st century in Eastern European cinemas, its success signalled by popularity, dedicated state financing funds or political support. …”
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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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UTOPIJOS IR ANTIUTOPIJOS VIZIJOS KINE. FILOSOFINĖS BANALAUS ŽANRO PRIELAIDOS by Nerijus Milerius

“…The Philosophical Presuppositions of the Banal Genre Nerijus Milerius Summary The article continues researching the apocalypse film genre. The first results of such research were presented for the first time in the last volume of “Problemos”. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF SUBTITLED TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF ANCIENT EGYPT EXPLAINED IN 12 MINUTES by Tatiana V. Sapukh, Alina R. Kadermaeva

“…The purpose of this article is to identify the specifics of the subtitled translation of documentaries and to identify the translation transformations used in the translation of such a film genre. To do this, it is necessary to identify the essence of subtitling; consider the requirements for the compiling subtitling, identify the difficulties that translators may face in the process of subtitled translation; analyze translation transformations in the subtitled translation of documentaries. …”
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Military Utopias in Soviet Cinema by Vinogradov Vladimir V.

“…According to the author of the article, this film genre had its origins in the military-utopian genre in literature, which declared itself in the second half of the 19th century. …”
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Taxonomic and Thematic Organisation of Proper Name Conceptual Knowledge by Sebastian J. Crutch, Elizabeth K. Warrington

“…First we demonstrated the interaction between very fine grain organisation and personal experience, with one patient with a special interest in the cinema demonstrating higher error rates when identifying the names of actors working in a similar film genre (e.g. action movies: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson) than those working in different genres (e.g. …”
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Image Politics. <i>Ordinary Fascism</i> – Contexts of Production and Reception by Sabine Hänsgen, Wolfgang Beilenhoff

“…Obyknovennyi fashizm is part of the “compilation film” genre, which, simultaneously, both re-releases reinterprets historic imagery. …”
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Horror effect technique through the application of ‘Film Language’ on four selected horror films by Addley Bromeo Bianus, Imelda Ann Achin, Zairul Anwar Md. Dawam, Rosli Sareya

“…The research result found that four components in Film Language i.e. cinematography, mise en scene, editing and audio have played big role in horror film genre not only from the technical aspect but also could influence the development of story plot of a horror film.…”
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The Villainous Pontianak? Examining Gender, Culture and Power in Malaysian Horror Films by Lee, Yuen Beng

“…Despite possessing such fearsome and horrifying characteristics, the pontianak peculiarly remains popular among Malaysians as the horror film genre has always been popular among Malaysian and Asian audiences due to its deep roots in religious and superstitious beliefs. …”
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HORROR FILMS IN UNCONSCIOUS ANTHROPOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF BIOPOWER by S. A. Malenko, A. G. Nekita

“…And the emergence of the horror film genre in American and world cinema means abandoning the model of classical political power based on the sacralisation and rationalization of personal authority and physical coercion. …”
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Real versus ficção: criança, imagem e regimes de credibilidade no cinema-documentário Real versus fiction: child, image and credibility regimes in documentary motion pictures by Fabiana de Amorim Marcello

“…Firstly, I expose some elements of the constitution of that particular language, as well as some of the changes that were and are being made in this film genre. Then I move on to the analysis of the aforementioned films and, in particular, the way the relations of credibility derived from the images and the construction of their corresponding narratives take place. …”
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Film watching habits of journalism students from the perspective of the theory of utilities and satisfaction by Vujović Marija, Obradović Neven

“…Comedy is the most common film genre that students watch in the cinema, and the opinion o f friends and acquaintances is the most common reason for choosing a film to watch. …”
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「中国宠物电影」中的生态体现和市场价值 = Chinese pet movies' ecocritical reflections and market value by 林家慧 Lim, Crystal Jia Hui

“…“Pet movie” is a new film genre that comes out of the booming pet culture in China, showing the different relationships between people and pets. …”
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The embodiment of movement in the cinematic artistic achievement in the technical style by Abdul Naser Mustafa Ibrahim

“…As for the conclusions, including that the kinetic structure is consistent with the principles and rules of that film genre and the many exciting experiences and according to the reality of cinematic production, it is a fulfillment of desires and requirements. …”
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Las semánticas de la posteridad: el cine y la matriz de las generaciones futuras Las semánticas de la posteridad: el cine y la matriz de las generaciones futuras by Pablo Francescutti

“…In this study we turn to science fiction cinema to highlight the making of that category. This film genre appears suitable for this research because one of its themes concerns the relationships between contemporary people and future Humanity. …”
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Komodifikasi Agama Pada Media Sinema Sebagai Strategi Jualan Industri Perfilman Indonesia by Dwi Haryanto

“…This study aims to prove the textual relevance between religious content as an issue or thematic commodity with biopic film content that becomes material object or to know and express the relevance of texts based on the conception of religious texts in biopic film as part of the types of religious commodification in trend of Indonesian film genre. Through a film entitled Sang Pencerah, how the religion conception developed by KH Ahmad Dahlan by way out of puritan Islamic conception in conductthe islamic values. …”
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