Film Criticism as a Way of Understanding Contem- poraneity: Ecranomanie by Victor Morozov
Film Criticism as a Way of Understanding Contem- poraneity: Ecranomanie by Victor Morozov

Summary/Abstract: Ecranomanie, Victor Morozov’s debut volume (House of Arrows, 2025) consists of a collection of essays that expand film criticism into the vast domain of contemporary visual culture. With a foreword by filmmaker Radu Jude, the volume explores how the analytical tools of film critics can illuminate the political, aesthetic and social stakes of a contemporaneity saturated by images. Written between 2022 and 2025, in the context of global crises like the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, or the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, the essays discuss a wide range of phenomena like AI-generated imagery, televised sports, social media reels of politicians, drone footage and advertisements in a style of writing which resists both academic rigidity and the superficiality of online discourse, blending journalistic urgency with theoretical rigour. Despite its fragmentary composition, the volume remains a compelling contribution to our understanding of how images shape contemporary experience.

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