Gary D. Rhodes

Gary D. Rhodes, Ph.D., is the author of over 20 books on the cinema, among them The Perils of Moviegoing in America, The Birth of the American Horror Film, and (with Robert Singer) Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial.  He is also the writer-director of various films, including Banned in Oklahoma and Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula. Rhodes serves as an associate professor of Film and Mass Media at the University of Central Florida.

Articles

  • "Nosferatu" at 100

    "Nosferatu" at 100

    F.W. Murnau’s haunting film Nosferatu (1922) and Count Orlock, its vampire, turn 100 years old this month. The title villain brought plague from one...

    • "Nosferatu" at 100

      "Nosferatu" at 100

      F.W. Murnau’s haunting film Nosferatu (1922) and Count Orlock, its vampire, turn 100 years old this month. The title villain brought plague from one...

      • America Needs Superheroes

        America Needs Superheroes

        In these dark times, with a pandemic raging and a president named Trump, America needs superheroes, desperately, and so thank goodness for the movies...

        • America Needs Superheroes

          America Needs Superheroes

          In these dark times, with a pandemic raging and a president named Trump, America needs superheroes, desperately, and so thank goodness for the movies...