Derek Nystrom teaches film and cultural studies at McGill University, where he is Associate Professor of English. He is the author of Hard Hats, Rednecks, and Macho Men: Class in 1970s American Cinema (Oxford UP, 2009).
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Callin’ from the Fun House: Jim Jarmusch’s “Gimme Danger”
Derek Nystrom on the The Stooges's relation to 1960s radicalism and their contribution to the queer genealogy of punk....
Of Christians and Communists: Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!”
It's hard to watch the newest film by Joel and Ethan Coen, "Hail, Caesar!," without comparing it to 1991's "Barton Fink."...
