Cinema Year Zero

Joseph Owen explores the camera apparatus in three early silent shorts.

Ben Flanagan searches for the modern day Mae West.

Joseph Owen finds the link between a Cannes competition player and the most infamous of all pre-Code films.

An introduction to our sixth volume.

Kirsty Asher on the genealogy of the Blonde Bombshell, beginning with Jean Harlow.

Ioanna Micha connects the bizarre dots between the 2017 animated film and the Shirley-Temple starring 1930s Baby Burlesks.

Tom Atkinson on Katharine Hepburn's transition from pre-Code to Code-era matrimonial narratives.

Cathy Brennan on the double-edged sword of Marlene Dietrich and Josef Von Sternberg's collaborations.

Ellisha Izumi applies the Code to a controversial remake of Godard's classic.

Ruairí McCann studies a William A. Wellman feature publicised as being "Not for Children".