Scholarship
Lauded by Film Quarterly as one of the best BFI Handbooks.
chapter: "On Dangerous Ground: Ida Lupino and Nicholas Ray in Post World II Hollywood"
"Empathy and the Cinema of Engagment" in Projections.
Authored the chapters on Social Problem Films, Romantic Comedies, and Melodramas
"Television and Narrative Theory"
"Wyler's Wars" in Film History.
Chapter: "Lord of the Rings as Melodrama"
This monograph treats issues such as the connection of the author's biographical life and intent and the work of art.
First ever theoretical and historical examination of cinematic voice-over narration.
The Films of Preston Sturges
Co-editor and author of two chapters, "To Write and Not Direct" and "O Preston, Where Art Thou?"
Pathbreaking, prize winning, study of the role of dialogue in American film.
Further Remarks on Showing and Telling