Entire libraries of criticism study good art. Who studies bad art?
Junk Film’s thirteen essays explore the failures of specific works created between the 1940s and the 2010s. Each demonstrates a different kind of failure, from mixing incompatible genres (Cop Rock) to stacking a screenplay with sociopaths (Staying Alive). The book uses a few basic theses about bad film and television to unpack these failures. Importantly, it shows what students of film can learn from bad movies: how to make art that works via watching art that doesn’t.
Junk Film bridges film scholarship and pop culture criticism with wit and warmth. Includes new work as well as essays published by Vague Visages, The Millions, Bright Lights Film Journal, and in monograph book form by PS Publishing.
“Bad movies have been very good to me – I’ve watched hundreds as a writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax, and even voluntarily. Katharine Coldiron’s examination of such movies names why I appreciate them so much – it’s smart, insightful, and entertaining, and it’s for film aficionados and snobs alike.” — Mary Jo Pehl of Rifftrax and MST3K
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Katharine Coldiron’s work as a film critic has appeared in Bitch, Bright Wall/Dark Room, ASAP/J, and elsewhere. She is the author of a novella, Ceremonials (
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