Matthew Alford
Matthew Alford has written for the Guardian, New Statesman and BBC radio. He has also lectured at the Universities of Bath and Bristol.
Books by Matthew Alford
Reel Power
Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy
Matthew Alford
Hollywood is often characterized as a stronghold of left-liberal ideals. In Reel Power, Matthew Alford shows that it is in fact deeply complicit in serving the interests of the most regressive US corporate and political forces. Films like Transformers, Terminator: Salvation and Black Hawk Down are constructed with Defense Department assistance as explicit cheerleaders for the US military, but Matthew Alford also emphasizes how so-called ‘radical’ films like Three Kings, Hotel Rwanda… (more information)