The editors of FILM STUDIES are pleased to announce the release of number 14,
the second part of a double issue on the subject of ‘Institutions and
Agency’.
Under the auspices of the new film history, media industry studies, the new
political economy of communication and others, film and media scholars have
increasingly attended to institutions. This trend agitates against the long
disciplinary tradition by which media have been appreciated as the
expressions of subjective visions and artistic designs. To be sure, the new
institutional approaches are not without their critics, who have maligned
them as inflexible, reductive and ignorant of extra-economic motivations,
cultural inflections and individual decisions.
How can film and media scholarship effectively seek both macro *and* micro
explanations and attend to both larger networks *and* human agency? Part II
of this special issue of *Film Studies* seeks to answer this question by
collecting a diverse series of case studies that illustrate such
comprehensive approaches.
Access online (including past issues) via:
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Editorial: Institutions and Agency (Part II)
*Mattias Frey*
*Articles*
Autonomy and Dependency in Two Successful UK Film and Television Companies:
An Analysis of RED Production Company and Warp Films
*Andrew Spicer and Steven Presence *
Quantifying National Cinema: A Case Study of the Irish Film Board
1993–2013
*Roddy Flynn *and *Tony Tracy *
How to Write a Horror Film: The Awakening (2011) and Development
Practices in the British Film Industry
*Alison Peirse*
Individual, Network, Assemblage: Creating Connections on the Global
Film Festival Circuit
*Luke Robinson*
Elevating the Film Review: Critics and Critical Practice at the Monthly
Film Bulletin
*Richard Lowell MacDonald *
*Book Reviews of:*
David Andrews, Theorizing Art Cinemas: Foreign, Cult, Avant-Garde, and
Beyond

Michael Curtin, Jennifer Holt and Kevin Sanson (eds), Distribution
Revolution: Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television
Karina Aveyard and Albert Moran (eds), Watching Films: New Perspectives
On Movie-Going, Exhibition and Reception
Barrie Gunter, Celebrity Capital: Assessing the Value of Fame
Peter Bosma, Film Programming. Curating for Cinemas, Festivals, Archives
Dr Mattias Frey
Reader in Film
Managing Director, Centre for Film and Media Research
Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Arts
Co-Editor, *Film Studies*
University of Kent - Jarman School of Arts, 2-26 - Canterbury CT2 7UG - UK
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NEW 2016: *Film Studies* 13 & 14 on 'Institutions and Agency'
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