Robert Keser's film reviews, cinema articles, critiques, film histories   Robert Keser is assistant professor in film in the Fine Arts department of National-Louis University in Chicago, and associate editor of Bright Lights Film Journal. He has written for the Pesaro Film Festival (Italy), the Jeonju Film Festival (South Korea) and the Melbourne Cinémathèque (Australia). More of his film writing can be found at Senses of Cinema and Slant magazine. Also, see his entries on Army of Shadows, Becky Sharp, Ben-Hur (1925), Black Narcissus, Blonde Venus, Box Office Poison, The Cheat, The Crowd, Eisenstein in Hollywood, Fire at the Cinémathèque Française, The First Cannes Film Festival, From Here to Eternity, Death in Venice, L'Enfant, I'm No Angel, It's a Wonderful Life, Kolberg, The Kuleshov Effect, Maborosi, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Man With the Golden Arm, Midnight Cowboy, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, One Way Passage, The Paramount Divestiture Decree, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Scarlet Empress, Strike, Trouble in Paradise, Vampyr, The War Game, and Zelig  in "The Little Black Book: Movies" (Chris Fujiwara, ed.), London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007.

"The Little Black Book: Movies" is published in the USA as "Defining Moments in Movies"

NEW; "The End Of St. Petersburg"  http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/08/46/end-st-petersburg.html NEW; "Tickets to the Dark Side" 43rd Chicago International Film Festival (9 Reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/59/59chifest.html

STUDIES OF INDIVIDUAL FILMS:   The Bowery (1933) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/39/bowery.htm   Catch Me If You Can (2003) http://tinyurl.com/qkqcr Cinerama Adventure (2003) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/42/cinerama.htm   Clara's Heart (1988) http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue11/clara.html   Cruel Story of Youth (1960) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/07/43/naked-youth.html Dahmer (2003) http://www.lightsleepercinemag.com/reviews/dahmer.php   Edvard Munch (1974) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/06/38/edvard_munch.html   The Epic That Never Was (1965) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/05/35/epic_that_never_was.html   The Exile (1947) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/06/39/exile.html Forbidden (1932) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/05/37/forbidden.html   Her Wild Oat (1927) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/58/58herwildoat.html La Habanera (1937), Titanic (1942), and Münchhausen (1943) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/46/nazi.htm   Lucrezia Borgia (1935) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/33/lucreziaborgia.html   Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient (2007) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/58/58manofcinema.html Mandingo (1975) http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue13/mandingo.html   Police (1985) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/06/40/police.html   Princess Raccoon (2005) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/49/princess.htm   Red Beard (1965) http://www.the-watercooler.net/r/rkredbeard.htm   Schloss Vogelöd (1922) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/03/28/schloss_vogelod.html   The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/49/sponge.htm   Westfront 1918 (1931) http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/04/32/westfront_1918.html   What Price Glory? (1926) http://tinyurl.com/yp32g7   Woman Men Yearn For (1929) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/44/marlene.htm   Vera (2003) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/43/vera.htm     FILM FESTIVAL REPORTS:     "Chicago, je t'aime" 42nd Chicago International Film Festival (thirteen reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/54/ciff.htm "Secrets of the European Union" Chicago's 10th Annual EU Film Festival (sixteen reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/56/eufest.htm "I Am a Film Addict" 41st Chicago International Film Festival (ten reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/50/chifest.htm   "Hands Across the Atlantic" 9th Annual European Union Film Festival (fifteen reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/52/eufest.htm   "In the Realm of the Real" 3rd Chicago International Documentary Film Festival (six reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/48/docfest.htm   "O Bruder, Where Art Thou?" 8th Annual European Union Film Festival (ten reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/48/eufest.htm   "Theda Bara's Eyes, Part 2" 40th Chicago International Film Festival (seven reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/47/chifest2.htm   "Theda Bara's Eyes, Part 1" 40th Chicago International Film Festival (seven reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/46/chifest.htm   "Together Again in the Dark" 39th Chicago International Film Festival (fourteen reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/42/chifest2003.htm   "The Scandals of 2002" 38th Chicago International Film Festival (ten reviews) http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/38/chiff20021.htm     CAREER STUDIES OF DIRECTORS:     "Dancing With Werewolves": John Sayles in Roger Corman's Hollywood http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/41/sayles.htm   "Climbing Mt. Suzuki": Seijun Suzuki http://www.24fpsmagazine.com/Suzuki1.html   Great Directors: Fred Zinnemann http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/zinnemann.html   Great Directors: Joseph H. Lewis http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/06/lewis_joseph.html   REVIEWS OF FILM BOOKS :   "The Dream Life" and "The Magic Hour" by J. Hoberman http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/books/04/33/dream_life_magic_hour.html   "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson" by Robert Hofler and "Tab Hunter Confidential" by Tab Hunter and Eddie Muller http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/dreamboat.htm   "Hollywood Modernism" by Saverio Giovacchini http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal/bookrev/books-may-04.htm   "Black Narcissus" by Sarah Street Journal of Popular Film and Television (TBA)     FILM AND DVD REVIEWS  Catch a Fire http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=2558 Color Me Kubrick http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=2847 Eisenstein http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue3/eisenstein.html Freedom Writers http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=2730 Ghosts of Cite Soleil http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3014 The Heartbreak Kid (2007) http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3252 Hollywoodland (2006) http://tinyurl.com/jg345 Iron Island http://brightlightsfilm.blogspot.com/2006/06/iron-island.html Lady in the Water http://brightlightsfilm.blogspot.com/2006/07/underwater-story.html Mad Hot Ballroom http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/49/madhot.htm Moments Choisis des histoire(s) du cinema http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/52/moments.htm Not On the Lips http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/48/lips.htm The Science of Sleep (2006) http://tinyurl.com/gy3sv Stranger Than Fiction http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=2624 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3395 Tarnation http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/46/tarnation.htm Things We Lost in the Fire   http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3290 World Trade Center http://brightlightsfilm.blogspot.com/2006/08/world-trade-center.html   FILM AND DVD REVIEWS NOT ONLINE     20 Million Miles to Earth Auto Focus Bowling for Columbine Bride of Chucky Les Destinees The Eddy Duchin Story Eight Legged Freaks Frida The Laramie Project Modesty Blaise Road to Perdition Robin and Marian Tokyo Olympiad A Yank in the RAF FILM COURSES National-Louis University (Chicago): How to See a Movie Minority Images in Popular Film The American Family in Film Business Ethics in Popular Film Freedom of Speech in Film Images of the Educator in Popular Film Psychology in Popular Film  Public Health Issues in Film (in development) Facets Multimedia (Chicago): Forgotten Films of 1933 Noir Sunrise Commie and Anti-Commie Noir Making Marlene Dietrich BEST OF THE YEAR; Best of 2004 http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/05/34/world_poll2.html Best of 2005 http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/06/38/world_poll2.html Best of 2006 http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/07/42/2006-world-poll-2.html MEMBER: Society for Cinema and Media Studies a_film_by film & politics Film & Philosophy

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