Davina Quinlivan

Articles by Davina Quinlivan

The profound threat to Exeter’s humanities is a reality I cannot face

As the child of working-class immigrants, I am so grateful for the doors of understanding and opportunity the arts opened for me, says Davina Quinlivan

By Davina Quinlivan

10 July

Lesbian Cinema After Queer Theory, by Clara Bradbury-Rance

Davina Quinlivan welcomes a bold new overview of where lesbian cinema is going today

By Davina Quinlivan

3 October

Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practice, by Catherine Russell

Davina Quinlivan on how film-makers recycle images to reimagine the past and the future

By Davina Quinlivan

31 January

Paris in the Cinema: Beyond the Flâneur, edited by Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau

Davina Quinlivan ponders the importance of the French capital and its representation on screen to the development of film studies

By Davina Quinlivan

12 April

Film Bodies: Queer Feminist Encounters with Gender and Sexuality in Cinema, by Katharina Lindner

A study exploring Natalie Portman’s role in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan and Céline Sciamma’s film Girlhood is a fascinating addition to the discipline’s output, argues Davina Quinlivan

By Davina Quinlivan

18 January

The female voyeur in film

Davina Quinlivan reflects on how female voyeurs in film contrast with ‘impotent’ peeping Toms by being portrayed as empowered and vengeful

By Davina Quinlivan

9 July