A Magazine of Global Arts & Politics
Bodies & Nature
Arts & Culture Politics Bodies & Nature Lives Fiction Poetry Specials More…
Resurrecting the Mosque of Banja Luka
By Maud Doyle
Thinking About Toilets
By Nandita Dinesh
When You Land at Ben-Gurion Airport
By Issam Zineh
The End of the Empress
By Alizeh Kohari
James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter (The Ice Storm) and producer (Brokeback Mountain), and is CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Pianist, Coraline, and The Kids Are All Right. He is also Professor of Professional Practice in Columbia University's School of the Arts, where he teaches film history and theory. He is the author of Carl Theodor Dreyer's Gertrud: The Moving Word. He earned his BA, MA, and Ph.D. in English from U.C. Berkeley.
Lives Arts & CultureConflict
How I Spent My Summer Vacation, or Adorno in Ramallah
By James Schamus July 14, 2011
Screenwriter and professor James Schamus was invited to the West Bank to teach a class for Israelis and Palestinians on the role of film and art in times of crisis. Here is his report.
Get the latest from Guernica
Donate About Contact Shop Submissions Events Advertise Press Release
Guernica is a non-profit magazine dedicated to global art and politics, published online since 2004. With contributors from every continent and at every stage of their careers, we are a home for singular voices, incisive ideas, and critical questions.
© 2004-2022 Guernica. All Rights Reserved.