Nature television meets gangster flick
Two news bits caught my attention this weekend and prompted this short post. The recent Economist’s article Cue the Fish is old news to wildlife film scholars. However, it does point towards promising...
View Article3D Shark Thriller in the Works
After all the talk about the impact of Steven Spielberg’s JAWS (1975) on perceptions of sharks and the related decline of shark populations around the world, there’s talk of a new shark movie slated...
View ArticleJames Franco on Fellow Actor Andy Serkis
Reposted from DeadlineHollywood.com By JAMES FRANCO The new Planet of the Apes film, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, belongs to Andy Serkis. Narratively it was always his film: I play an emotionally...
View ArticleCFP: Minding Animals Conference 2012: Deadline 15 February 2012
The Minding Animals Conference 2012 offers a platform to discuss scientific, ethical and social issues related to animals and human interactions with animals. The aim of the conference is to bring...
View Article“Animals, Communists, Caves”
As part of an ongoing effort to expand the scope and scale of ecomedia studies, we’ve asked a number of folks from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies to post abstracts of their conference papers...
View ArticleJust Published: Ecocinema Theory and Practice
I am pleased to announce the publication of Ecocinema Theory and Practice an anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing field of eco-film criticism, a branch of...
View ArticleGiant Squid Footage
The Discovery Channel and Japan’s NHK media outlet have released the first video images ever taken of a giant squid in its natural habitat. The footage, which will air in its complete form in an...
View ArticleCall for Papers – Digital Animals: Inhabiting the Intersections of Nature,...
TRACE Innovation Initiative’s first call for papers, Digital Animals: Inhabiting the Intersections of Nature, Culture, and Technology. The University of Florida’s TRACE journal publishes online...
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