The Mediapolis Q&A: Race and the Suburbs

Merrill Schleier, Elizabeth Patton, Angel Matos, and Amy Corbin

no. 5, Q & A, vol. 6November 19, 2021<November 19, 2021

The Mediapolis Q&A: Race and the Suburbs

by Merrill Schleier

Merrill Schleier discusses her latest book, Race and the Suburbs in American Film (SUNY Press, 2021), with three of the book's contributing authors, Elizabeth Patton, Angel Matos, and Amy Corbin.

no. 5, Roundtables, vol. 6November 18, 2021<November 18, 2021

Constructing Precarity: Media and Social Housing in the French Banlieue

by Isabelle McNeill

Can cinema generate alternative visions of precarious life in the banlieue? Isabelle McNeill investigates scenes of domestic interiors that challenge the dominant media imagery of French social housing and its high rise architecture.

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

The Ed Ruscha Streets of Los Angeles Project

by 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. 2, On Teaching, Student Voices, vol. 6April 22, 2021<April 26, 2021

Cinetourism and Urban Development: Student Voices Dossier

by Noelle Griffis

Noelle Griffis introduces this issue of Student Voices with a discussion of her Fall 2020 course, Cinema and the City, providing context and an overview of her students' work, as well as links to her course syllabus and assignment. Griffis's course emphasizes the role that urban development has played in racial and economic inequality in the city and the ways these issues have been depicted—or neglected—on screen.

no. 1, Q & A, Reviewed, vol. 6January 15, 2021<February 3, 2021

The Mediapolis Q&A: Elizabeth Patton’s Easy Living

by Elana H Levine

Television and media scholar Elana Levine interviews Elizabeth Patton on her recent book Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office.

Deep Dives, no. 1, vol. 5March 1, 2020<March 1, 2020

Re-functioning “Tropical Architecture”: Anti-colonial Constructions in Chinese-built Architecture in Africa, 1960s-70s

by Ye Liu

The China-Africa engagement has been a heated topic of debate for the past decade, not only in academia, but also with the general public. …

no. 1, Remembrance, vol. 5February 14, 2020<February 15, 2020

The Empty Centre: The Legacy of Thomas Elsaesser

by Floris Paalman

Floris Paalman reflects on the legacy of Thomas Elsaesser and discusses the importance of space and architecture to his theories of film and media.

no. 1, Remembrance, vol. 5February 14, 2020<February 15, 2020

Postscriptum: Remembering Thomas Elsaesser

by Igor Krstić

Igor Krstic remembers the film scholar Thomas Elsaesser and reflects on his impact as a teacher and mentor.

Mediapolis Now, no. 2, vol. 3July 8, 2018<April 2, 2021

Joseph Clement at Film, Media, and Toronto’s Built Environment

by Kate Lawrie Van de Ven

Our coverage of "Film, Media, and Toronto's Built Environment" continues with a presentation from filmmaker and architect Joseph Clement.

no. 5, Reviewed, vol. 2January 27, 2018<February 3, 2018

Die Sonneninsel (The Sun Island): European Growth, Ideals, Aspirations, and Intricacies

by Floris Paalman

Floris Paalman takes a considered look at Thomas Elsaesser's documentary Die Sonneninsel (The Sun Island). The construction of the European Central Bank on the site of Frankfurt's former wholesale market – a building designed by Elsaesser's grandfather, Martin – offers an opportunity to probe architectural and family history, in what Paalman terms "auto-media archaeology."