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''Bright Lights Film Journal'' is an online popular-
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, United States. It is edited and published by Gary Morris. Originally a print publication established in 1974, it was discontinued in 1980 to be restarted and re-discontinued in 1993, and 1995 respectively. The magazine moved to online publishing exclusively in 1996 and has continued publication ever since. It is indexed in academic research databases such as MLA (
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and the Film and Television Literature Index.Film & Television Literature Index: Coverage list
In 2009, select interviews from the journal were compiled in a print anthology, ''Action!: Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood to Contemporary Iran'', published by Anthem Press as part of its "New Perspectives on World Cinema" series.Action!: Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood to Contemporary Iran (Anthem Film and Culture)
July 1, 2009. .


See also

* '' Senses of Cinema'' * '' The Moving Arts Film Journal'' *
List of film periodicals Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ...


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