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Derek Nystrom

Derek Nystrom teaches film and cultural studies at McGill University, where he is associate professor of English. He is the author of Hard Hats, Rednecks, and Macho Men: Class in 1970s American Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Thirteen Ways of Looking at “High Flying Bird”

"High Flying Bird’s" Lukácsian dramatization of class struggle remains trapped, visually and narratively, in a neoliberal perceptual apparatus....

DEREK NYSTROM

SPORTS

FILM

Callin’ from the Fun House: Jim Jarmusch’s “Gimme Danger”

Derek Nystrom on the The Stooges's relation to 1960s radicalism and their contribution to the queer genealogy of punk....

DEREK NYSTROM

FILM

MUSIC

Of Christians and Communists: Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!”

It's hard to watch the newest film by Joel and Ethan Coen, "Hail, Caesar!," without comparing it to 1991's "Barton Fink."...

DEREK NYSTROM

FILM

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