Musical spectacles are excessive and abstract, reconfiguring time and space and creating intense bodily responses. Amy Herzog's engaging work examines those ins

Despite creating an extensive and innovative body of work over the last 30 years, Aki Kaurismäki remains relatively neglected in Anglophone scholarship. This i

This open access collection deals with musical moments in film as one of the most pivotal and compelling issues of current film music research. Musical moments

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