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