An Invention with a Future: Collective Viewing, Joint Deep Attention and the Ongoing Value of the Cinema.

In Oxford Handbook of Film Theory, edited von Kyle Stevens, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Since it is first and foremost the cinema that enables—or at least facilitates—concentrated and focused film experiences, this article makes a strong plea for the ongoing importance of the movie theater as a vital cultural practice and social institution. Although […]

Jenseits der Stille: F. W. Murnaus TABU zwischen Hollywood und Südsee, Moderne und Primitivismus und dem Ende des Stummfilm-Kinos.

In: Amerikastudien/American Studies. Vol. 47., Nr. 4, 2002. Link zum PDF-Dokument 

Anger framed: A field study on emotion, pleasure, and art. (Erstautor: Wagner, Valentin; weitere Autoren: Klein, Julian; Shah, Mira; Menninghaus, Winfried; Jacobsen, Thomas).

In: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Vol. 10, Nr. 2, Mai 2016. Authors: Wagner, Valentin; Klein, Julian; Hanich, Julian; Shah, Mira; Menninghaus, Winfried; Jacobsen, Thomas. In: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Vol 10, Nr. 2, 2016. S. 134-146. Link zum PDF-Dokument

Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers. The Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear.

Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers. The Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear. New York: Routledge, 2010(paperback version: 2012). Link zur Leseprobe Link zur Amazon-Seite Rezension von Jane Stadler in „Projections – The Journal for Movies and Mind“ Rezension von Rayd Khouloki in „Sehepunkte“ Rezension von Rolf Löchel in „Literaturkritik.de„ Rezension von Flavia Monceri in […]

The Structures of the Film Experience by Jean-Pierre Meunier: Historical Assessments and Phenomenological Expansions (Herausgegeben mit Daniel Fairfax)

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019.  Link to the open access version of the book For the first time this volume makes Jean-Pierre Meunier’s insightful thoughts on the film experience available for an English-speaking readership. Introduced and commented by specialists in film studies and philosophy, Meunier’s intricate phenomenological descriptions of the spectator’s engagement with fiction films, […]