Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practices

In Archiveology Catherine Russell uses the work of Walter Benjamin to explore how the practice of archiveology—the reuse, recycling,... Read More

The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity

Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2008. One of the most prolific and respected directors of Japanese cinema, Naruse Mikio... Read More

Experimental Ethnography: The Work of Film in the Age of Video

Durham NC: Duke University Press, 1999. Experimental film and ethnographic film have long been considered separate, autonomous practices on... Read More

Narrative Mortality: Death, Closure and New Wave Cinemas

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995. What seems like closure might be something more, as Catherine Russell illustrates in... Read More

Classical Japanese Cinema

The book will approach Japanese cinema as an industry closely modelled on Hollywood. The classical period refers to the... Read More