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JUMP CUT: A Review of Contemporary Media, issue 51

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with major sections on

torture

fiction from Battle of Algiers to 24; documentaries: Taxi to the Darkside and Standard Operating Procedure; Martha Rosler’s A Simple Case for Torture

horror

new tends in horror; Miike’s Imprint; The Host; new Chinese horror; cross-cultural disgust

porn

porn theory; art house porn; Samuel Delany; female porn star documentaries; Asian/American women and sexuality

Hollywood

Disaster capitalism in Children of Men and I Am Legend; The Dark Knight; the post Iraq veteran in films; Wall-E and the environment; Gran Torino; Che!

television:

Mad Men, The Wire, The Hills. Battlestar Galactica and Italian brides

international cinema

4 Months, Three Weeks and Two Days; Kusturica’s Underground; Grabvica; Sadie Benning; Silvia Malagrino; Y Tu Mama Tambien

East Asian film

nightmare capitalism in Spirited Away; Indonesian polygamy; Singapore musicals; Korea’s sassy girl

45 fabulous articles

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