The last ten years have brought significant advances in the collection of empirical cinema history data. Scholars working alone as … Continue reading Researching & Comparing Historical Cinema Cultures
In April, I was pleased to attend the second symposium of the Irish Audiences Research Network, hosted by the Film … Continue reading Shared Data: Rome Cinemas
The History of Moviegoing, Exhibition and Reception (HoMER) research network has issued a call for its upcoming conference, which takes … Continue reading Call for Papers – Cinema History Conference
Undergraduate Communication Arts students taking “Film History: Theory & Method” at UNH Manchester recently completed a collaborative research project on … Continue reading A Story Map
Recently, I examined the case of film exhibitor May Burnham Richardson, who owned and operated the Star Theatre in Milford, NH from 1912 … Continue reading Gender & Film Exhibition
Cinema history is local history. Films are produced and distributed across the globe (though not always) but the people showing them … Continue reading A Theater Near You – Wilton Edition
Mapping Movies takes a ‘bottom up’ approach to history. The project puts moviegoers encountering cinema in the places and spaces … Continue reading People’s Cinema History
This visualization represents a ‘social quality’ index for Springfield, MA based on data collected by the social and religious geographer … Continue reading Cinema & Cultural Geography
This visualization represents emerging constellations within an expanding universe of cinema. In 1910 this universe was on the verge of … Continue reading Constellations of Cinema