Nostalgia in Contemporary Culture

I was honored this summer to attend the Nostalgia in Contemporary Culture conference in Odense, Denmark, which hosted a vibrant group of nostalgia scholars from Europe and beyond. My paper, adapted from a forthcoming book chapter about the biopic, examined the role of nostalgia in this much-maligned genre, particularly its intersections with performance, visual design,…

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Iconic Performances Film Series

There is no better way to kick-start spring than watching the prognosticator of prognosticators, Punxsutawney Phil, check for his shadow over and over (and over, and over…) again in the classic Hollywood comedy Groundhog Day (1993).

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