Star and National Myths in Cold War Allegories: Marlene Dietrich’s Star Persona and the Western in Fritz Lang’s Rancho Notorious (1952) by Hilaria Loyo

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Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war by Jules SANDEAU

“…This article focuses on a relatively unstudied period of Hepburn’s career, which corresponds to the US participation in the Second World War. It analyses the way in which the films Woman of the Year (1942), Keeper of the Flame (1943), Dragon Seed (1944) and Without Love (1945) shape the star’s image in order to adapt it to their specific socio-historical context. …”
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Nous venons en paix : l’immigration dans les films de science-fiction après la Guerre Froide by Samantha Kountz

“…Through the analysis of Alien Nation (1988), Coneheads (1993), Men in Black (1997), the Star Wars prequels (1999-2005) et Man of Steel (2013), the immigration anxiety projected onto aliens in science fiction film will be analysed in order to identify how the immigrants are depicted in Hollywood cinema as well as how the attitude of the American public towards immigration may have changed.…”
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Hollywood adaptations of comic books in a post-9/11 context: the economic and cultural factors by Nathalie Dupont

“…With the release of Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975) and then Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977), blockbusters have dominated Hollywood’s way of doing business while they have confirmed the importance of the young audience. …”
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