Film studies, Journals, music

Music, Sound, and the Moving Image: audiovisual essays as videographic film criticism

The editors of Music, Sound, and the Moving Image are delighted to announce a new initiative: the publication of double-anonymous peer-reviewed audiovisual essays in a free to read and audioview format. We hear from them how this ground-breaking initiative came about, as they also invite contributions in this format for publication in future issues.

Film studies

Psycho and Peeping Tom, why was one revered and the other reviled?

From Auteur's Devil's Advocates series, Peeping Tom charts the 1960 film's origins, production and devastating critical reception. In this blog post, author Kiri Bloom Walden compares Peeping Tom to its contemporary horror classic, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). In 1960 two ground-breaking films by two famous British directors were released. One ultimately became a huge success, … Continue reading