New encyclopedia article on the Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

Kel Karpinski, Assistant Professor, Information Technology & Interlibrary Loan Librarian, recently published an encyclopedia article: Karpinski, K. R. (2022). Hail, Caesar! In E. J. Dymond & S. J. Murguía (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of LGBTQIA+ Portrayals in American Film (pp. 162–167). Rowman & Littlefield.

 

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This piece looks at queer characters in the Coen Brothers’ film Hail, Caesar! (2016). The film takes place during the heyday of the Hollywood film studio and draws on many films from that time period during the 1930s and 40s.