Metropolis

Welcome to the online version of Metropolis, a quarterly journal of film theory and film history, founded in 1996.

Metropolis has been appearing in print, publishing articles translated from various foreign languages into Hungarian, and in addition, papers that Hungarian authors have written specifically for the journal. The primary purpose of the English-language online version is to provide information about the thematic issues that have appeared in the past, as well as English-language abstracts of the papers prepared specifically for publication in Metropolis. More...

MIRACLE: 14. FALUDI INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL

The Uránia will open its doors to the amateur filmmakers and to the audience at the weekend of the Faludi Film Festival from Thursday to Saturday.
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URBAN MEDIATIONS – NECS 2010 CONFERENCE

Istanbul, Turkey, June 24-27, 2010

in cooperation with Communication Faculty, Kadir Has University

Submissions deadline: January 31, 2010

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Cristian, M. Réka – Dragon, Zoltán: Encounters of the Filmic Kind: Guidebook to Film Theories

„Réka Cristian and Zoltán Dragon’s book is intended for mainly American and English Studies students as a textbook but is a good companion to anyone involved in film studies. It is obvious how much the authors know about their subject and this book mirrors their sophisticated understanding of... More >>

Cunningham, John: Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex

Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian film-makers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary... More >>

Kovács, András Bálint: Screening Modernism: European Art Cinema, 1950-1980.

Spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s, András Bálint Kovács’s encyclopedic work argues that cinematic modernism was not an unified movement with a handful of styles and themes but rather a stunning range of variations on the core principles of modern art. Illustrating how the concepts of modernism... More >>