David Lynch’s Los Angeles: Control and Liberation through the Cinematic Image by Jakob Jurisch

“…Lynch’s cinematic outings, such as the neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), the acclaimed Hollywood fantasy Mulholland Drive (2001), and the experimental nightmare Inland Empire (2006), are all set in the heart of the film industry, in Los Angeles, and reveal his most ambitious vision yet: to examine the hierarchies of images in American pop-culture, providing a space in which dreams and nightmares routinely, yet subtly, intersect. …”
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Houses of Horror or Magical Kingdoms? Past Times Revisited with Miguel Ángel Asturias, Carlos Fuentes and Julio Cortázar by Lois Marie Jaeck

“…In the three short stories to be examined, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Carlos Fuentes and Julio Cortázar incorporate Pre-Columbian beliefs and customs into colonial and post-colonial Latin American reality. …”
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Comment Hollywood figure l’intériorité dans les films « hollywoodiens » de David Lynch, Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Dr. (2001) et Inland Empire (2006) by David ROCHE

“…The article takes Zachary Baqué’s study of Los Angeles in the films of David Lynch as a starting point to explore David Lynch’s Hollywood movies. …”
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L’émergence d’une forme de nanopunk au Japon : Gunnm (Ganmu 銃夢) de Kishiro Yukito by Denis Taillandier

“…Focusing on the manga Battle Angel Alita (Ganmu) by Kishiro Yukito (1991-95), this paper examines how Japanese science fiction rapidly integrated the most representative elements of the nanotechnological imagination. …”
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Aestheticism and Decoration: At Home with Michael Field by Ana Parejo Vadillo

“…As they put it in their diary, Works and Days: “To-day’s dreams & desires—the tongs with wh. the angel makes living coals of our lips to-day—these are the things to be expressed in our walls, in our furniture, in our dress.” …”
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Ten et Tru sur Bourbon Street by Liliane KERJAN

“…The crescent city is their favorite haunt and haven, a place of first times, the harbor of dreams. The two friends know their nest by heart, its balconies and bars, each celebrating love, freedom and Mardi-Gras. …”
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