Nathan Holmes

Nathan Holmes

Nathan Holmes received his PhD from the University of Chicago in Cinema and Media Studies. He teaches film courses at Loyola University, Truman College, and DePaul University in Chicago and is currently working on a book for SUNY Press entitled "Welcome to Fear City: 1970s Crime Film and the Urban Imagination."

no. 5, Roundtables, vol. 2

The Punch

When is a punch more than just a punch? In the next installment of our look back at the year that was, Nathan Holmes reflects on the "important semiotic damage" of a prominent white supremacist getting punched in the face with cameras rolling.
no. 2, On Teaching, vol. 1

Syllabus: Cinema and the City

What are the best practices for introducing students to the complex of film and urbanism? Does that change depending on who the students are, or what the instructor is working on? In this installment of On Teaching, Nathan Holmes presents two different "Cinema and the City" syllabi that he prepared five years apart for use in two distinct institutional contexts.