For both artistic and personal reasons, D.W. Griffith was drawn to melodrama, and his most influential work, The Birth of a Nation , is, in almost every way, a fully realized melodramatic work. As is typical of this style, the...
For more information on the published version, visit Cambridge University Press's Website., With the appearance of D. W. Griffith's 1915 racist epic, The Birth of a Nation , the six-year-old NAACP reluctantly organized a...
Weinberger, Stephen. "The Cyclist (Bicycleran)." Film Quarterly 59, no. 4 (Summer 2006), 47-50., Published as: Weinberger, Stephen. "The Cyclist (Bicycleran)." Film Quarterly 59, no. 4 (Summer 2006), 47-50. For more...
For more information on the published version, visit Film and History's Website., The article presents an examination of the history of the U.S. motion picture industry during the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on the powers and...
This article examines the style of motion picture director Quentin Tarantino in film directing. When discussing the films of Tarantino, it allegedly seems that style is what attracts the attention of critics, scholars, and...
Weinberger, Stephen. "Joe Breen, The Ayatollah Khomeni, and Film Censorship." Quarterly Review of Film and Video 26, no. 3 (2009), 206-215., For more information on the published version, visit Taylor and Francis Online's...
This article was published as Weinberger, Stephen. "Joe Breen's Oscar." Film History 17, no. 4 (2005), 380-391. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or distributed in any form, by any...
Weinberger, Stephen. "Neorealism, Iranian Style." Iranian Studies 40, no. 1 (February 2007), 5-16., One of the most remarkable developments in international film of recent memory is the emergence of a vibrant and creative film...