Prof. Joe McElhaney’s new book Luchino Visconti and the Fabric of Cinema was published on February 2nd by Wayne State University Press as part of their Queer Screens series.

An excerpt from the book is now appearing in the latest issue of Film International. His essay “Elaine May: Dispassionate” is in the latest issue of Screening the Past.

Prof. Mick Hurbis-Cherrier will be executive producer, along with partners Bill Collage and Sameh Zoabi (former F&M adjunct), on the Showtime television series Dinner at the Center of the Earth.  The deal recently made with Sony Pictures Television is for a ten part series based on the bestselling novel by Nathan Englander. Dinner at the Center of the Earth is a sprawling espionage drama rooted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and set in the Middle East and Europe. TV veteran’s Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon (Homeland, 24, X-Files) are the series show runners. Read more about it on Deadline.

IMA alum David Pavlosky’s film Stand Up, Stand Out: The making of a comedy movement was just selected for the Santa Fe Film Festival running  February 17th – 21st, 2021.