Prof. Desiree Garcia's (LALACS and F&MS) video essay "Intimate Thresholds" made the "best video essays of 2022" list!...

The article "What's Happened to Chorus Girls?": Domesticity and the Postwar Backstage Musical, examines an unidentified cycle of popular films in the postwar era: the domestic-themed backstage musical.

Chicago Tribune writer Michael Phillips highlights Professor Desirée Garcia's new book "The Movie Musical", a "tightly packed and deeply researched study examining the genre's illumination of more than just our collective daydreams and escape impulses."

If ever people were longing for entertainment, now is the time. With Valentine's Day approaching, we asked faculty about their favorite romantic films which range from sweet to tragic, and span the globe, several genres, and eight decades.

Professor Desirée Garcia has published her latest book: "The Movie Musical", exploring "how the movie musical mediates between nostalgia and technical innovation, while foregrounding the experiences of women, immigrants and people of color."