Terence McSweeney

Audiences around the globe continue to flock to see the latest releases from Marvel and DC studios, making it clear that superhero films resonate with the largest global audience that Hollywood has ever reached. Yet despite dominating theatre screens like never before, the superhero genre remains critically marginalised—ignored at best and more often actively maligned. The Contemporary Superhero Film by...

American Film and the Culture Wars: Battleground in the Trump Era is an exploration of the relationship between American cinema and what many have referred to as the “Trump era,” the “Trump age,” or even the “Trump phenomenon.” This book contends that American cinema offers an insight into this fractious period and emerged as one of the primary battlegrounds on...

American Film and the Culture Wars: Battleground in the Trump Era is an exploration of the relationship between American cinema and what many have referred to as the “Trump era,” the “Trump age,” or even the “Trump phenomenon.” This book contends that American cinema offers an insight into this fractious period and emerged as one of the primary battlegrounds on...