This paper examines genre trends in the top 50 grossing films at the US box office each year from 1991 to 2010, focussing on the frequency and rank of different genres, the box office gross and release patterns of films in different genres, and the release profile of Hollywood studios. The results show a narrowing of the range of genres at the highest rankings, with fantasy/science fiction movi...

this paper studies the image of latinos in the united states of americathrough the hollywood films production by the well-known mexican director,alejandrogonz?lez i??rritu. using content analysis of the latinos characters in the threefilms directed by him and in collaboration with screenwriter guillermo arriaga, thepresent paper examines the masculinity frame to see whether the latinos areportr...

This study examines contemporary Hollywood by focusing on films made between 1990 and 2010. With chapters on the double, war trauma, the undead, and automata, I delineate evidence of the uncanny within individual films along with the underlying contradictions that symptomatically respond to the larger economic conditions and industrial practices that shape the contemporary period. Each of the f...

Prior to the 1980s, numerous charges of discrimination were noteworthy among women in Hollywood. In those years, women were in uncertain situations, so they seemed aimless and vulnerable. In the period that this article focuses on, the female characters are or have become intelligent and therefore open-minded and potentially independent. Although, they are still vulnerable and unsure of themsel...

The representation of race and sexuality particularly African Americans in Hollywood has always been problematic. In its development including more representations African-Americans. With New Black Realism, which started the midst 90s, African-American communities change screen with a empowering portrayal community. A common theme is usually focusing on youth surviving negotiating current issue...

Like Hollywood cinema, gong’an drama seizes upon the dramatic and narrative potential of legal trials. Yet, while Hollywood trial films turn viewers into jurors, pushing them back and forth between the competing stories that emerge from the adversarial process, gong’an drama eschews any recognition of opposing narratives, instead centering on the punishment of decidedly guilty criminals. The mo...