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Mark Shiel

Mark Shiel

Mark Shiel is Professor of Film, Media, and Urban Studies in the Department of Film Studies at King’s College London. He is the author of Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles (Reaktion Books/University of Chicago Press, 2012) and Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City (Wallflower Press/Columbia University Press, 2005). He is the editor of Architectures of Revolt: The Cinematic City circa 1968 (Temple University Press, 2018) and the co-editor of Screening the City (Verso Books, 2003) and Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context (Blackwell Publishing, 2001).

From the Archive, no. 3, vol. 6July 6, 2021<July 7, 2021

The Ed Ruscha Streets of Los Angeles Project

Mark Shiel
A collaborative team at the Getty Research Institute has been working to digitize and analyze the influential Los Angeles street photography of Ed Ruscha. Mark Shiel provides an overview of the project and discusses parallels between Ruscha’s photographs and LA cinema in the 1960s.
no. 4, Opening the Canon, vol. 2October 30, 2017<October 30, 2017

Edward Soja

Mark Shiel
In this first installment of "Opening the Canon," Mark Shiel reflects on Edward Soja's influence on media studies, urban studies, and their intersections.
From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2February 13, 2017<February 13, 2017

“Sous les paves, la plage!” [Under the paving stones, the beach]

Mark Shiel
Mark Shiel considers some historical precedents for the current moment.
From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2January 27, 2017<February 2, 2017

Do Not Adjust Your Set! Recalibrating Urban Cinema and Media Studies Under Donald Trump

Mark Shiel
Mark Shiel calls for urban cinema and media studies to reorient its methodologies in the wake of Donald Trump's election.

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  • About Us
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    • Volume 1 – 2015/2016
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      • № 3 – September 2017
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      • № 1 – January/February 2018
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      • № 3 – August/September 2018
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    • Volume 6 – 2021
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    • Volume 7 – 2022
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      • 2016 Workshop Proposal
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