| Post: | Reader in Film Studies (Media and Film) |
| Location: | Silverstone Edb 336 |
| Email: | F.S.Krutnik@sussex.ac.uk |
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| UK: | (01273) 872769 |
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Frank’s main research interests are in film history, US cinema and popular culture, film and television comedy, film noir, stardom, popular music, the Hollywood Left, and radio broadcasting in the US (1930s-1960s), and issues of cultural representation. Besides being the author of several acclaimed monographs and edited collections, his articles have been published in leading international screen journals since the 1980s. Frank’s groundbreaking work on comedy, film noir and masculinity has had substantial influence on debates in film studies, and is used extensively on university courses, in film studies and beyond, across the world. His is currently researching for a new book on film noir, and for articles on ‘radio noir’ and the culture of suspense.
Frank currently teaches undergraduate courses in film analysis, film comedy, and American cinema, as well as MA courses in film history and film noir. He is also the programme leader of the MA in Film Studies. He is external examiner for the MA in Film and Television Studies at the University of Portsmouth., and has examined numerous PhD theses in Britain, Europe and Australia. He is currently supervision PhD projects on Barbara Stanwyck and stardom, John Hughes, Chaplin, and the representation of the artist in cinema
Student Consultation
Krutnik, Frank (2013) 'Be moviedoms's guest in your own easy chair!' - Hollywood, radio and the movie adaptation series. Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, 33 (1). pp. 24-54. ISSN 0143-9685
Krutnik, Frank (2012) "Barbed Wire and Forget-Me-Not", The Radio Adventures of 'Laura'. Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, 5 (3). pp. 297-314. ISSN 1753-6421
Krutnik, Frank (2007) Critical accommodations: Washington, Hollywood, and the World War II housing shortage. Journal of American Culture, 30 (4). pp. 417-433. ISSN 1542-7331
Krutnik, Frank (2007) "A living part of the class struggle": Diego Rivera's the flower carrier and the Hollywood left. In: "Un-American" Hollywood: politics and film in the blacklist era. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, pp. 51-78. ISBN 978-0-8135-4198-3
Neale, Steve and Krutnik, Frank (2003) The Case of Silent Slapstick. In: Hollywood Comedians: The Film Reader. Routledge, pp. 57-73. ISBN 978-0-415-23551-8
Krutnik, Dr Frank and Krutnik, F, eds. (2002) Hollywood Comedians: the Film Reader. In Focus: Routledge Film Readers . Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23551-8
Krutnik, Frank (2002) Conforming passions: contemporary romantic comedy. In: Genre and contemporary Hollywood. British Film Institute, London, pp. 130-147. ISBN 9780851708874
Krutnik, Frank (2002) Sex and slapstick: the Martin and Lewis phenomenon. In: Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American film. New York University Press, New York, pp. 109-122. ISBN 9780814767061
Krutnik, Frank (2001) Jerry Lewis: the deformation of the comic. In: The film comedy reader. Limelight Editions, New York. ISBN 9780879102951
Krutnik, Frank (2001) Trop de pensionnaires dans la maison de l'amour. L'idylle revisitee dans 'The More the Merrier' (Plus on est de fous) et 'Walk, Don't Run' (Rien ne sert de courir). Les Cahiers du CIRCAV (Centre Interdisiplinaire de Recherche sur la Communication Audio Visuelle) (13). pp. 169-193. ISSN 1254-0196