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I have taught Film Studies at UWE since 2002, specialising in Hollywood cinema, film genres and cultures of production and consumption. I am particularly interested in transnational genre forms, such as comedy, action movies and horror, and in the relationships between economic, creative and aesthetic choices within generic film production. I also teach creative writing and screenwriting. I'm currently joint-programme manager for Film.
Film genre is central to most of my research, including publishing a monograph on Hollywood Romantic Comedy (2006). This book explored the genre’s representation of marriage, equality and desire in key cycles produced between 1934-65, combining close analysis of films with cultural history and feminist theory. I am currently working on a project on Cary Grant and acting, which aims to enhance understanding of the relationships between economic and creative factors within the Hollywood studio system. I also have a strong interest in questions of film style and aesthetics, including publishing essays on colour, widescreen spectacle, and CGI. I am a member of the Editorial board for Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism and the Advisory Board of Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media.
My Publications
Film genre is central to most of my research, including publishing a monograph on Hollywood Romantic Comedy (2006). This book explored the genre’s representation of marriage, equality and desire in key cycles produced between 1934-65, combining close analysis of films with cultural history and feminist theory. I am currently working on a project on Cary Grant and acting, which aims to enhance understanding of the relationships between economic and creative factors within the Hollywood studio system. I also have a strong interest in questions of film style and aesthetics, including publishing essays on colour, widescreen spectacle, and CGI. I am a member of the Editorial board for Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism and the Advisory Board of Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media.
My Publications
- Glitre, K. (2012) Cary Grant: Acting style and genre in classical Hollywood cinema. In: Sternagel, J., Levitt, D. and Mersch, D., eds. (2012) Acting in Moving-Image Culture: Bodies, Screens, and Renderings. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag. ISBN 9783837616484
- Glitre, K. (2011) Nancy Meyers and 'popular feminism'. In: Waters, M., ed. (2011) Women on Screen: Feminism and Femininity in Visual Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 17-30. ISBN 9780230229655
- Glitre, K. (2010) Conspicuous consumption: The spectacle of widescreen comedy in the Populuxe era. In: Belton, J., Hall, S. and Neale, S., eds. (2010) Widescreen Worldwide. John Libbey Publishing, pp. 133-143. ISBN 978-0861966943
- Bould, M., Glitre, K. and Tuck, G. e. (2009) Neo-noir. London: Wallflower. ISBN 978-1906660178
- Bould, M., Glitre, K. and Tuck, G. (2009) Parallax views: An introduction. In: Bould, M., Glitre, K. and Tuck, G., eds. (2009) Neo-noir. London: Wallflower Press, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9781906660178
- Bould, M. and Vint, S. (2009) The thin men: anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. In: Bould, M., Glitre, K. and Tuck, G., eds. (2009) Neo-noir. Wallflower, pp. 221-239. ISBN 978-1-906660-17-8
- Glitre, K. (2009) Under the neon rainbow: Colour and neo-noir. In: Bould, M., Glitre, K. and Tuck, G., eds. (2009) Neo-noir. London: Wallflower, pp. 11-27. ISBN 9781906660178
- Glitre, K. (2007) Un/true love: Simulating authenticity in contemporary romantic comedy. In: McDonald, T. J. and Wells, E., eds. (2007) Realities and Remediations: The Limits of Representation. Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 76-88. ISBN 9781847181923
- Glitre, K. (2006) Hollywood romantic comedy: States of the Union, 1934-65. Manchester University Press, pp. 536-43. ISBN 9780719070792
- Glitre, K. (2001) The same, but different: The awful truth about marriage, remarriage and screwball comedy.CineAction, 54. pp. 2-11. ISSN 0826-9866