Jon Cavallero – Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies /rhetoric-film-screen-studies Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:05:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 /wp-content/themes/b/bates-framework/styles/images/bates-favicon.png Jon Cavallero – Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies /rhetoric-film-screen-studies 32 32 Going to the Movies /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2023/08/11/going-to-the-movies/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:47:00 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=1659 It’s the summer of Barbenheimer. With two blockbuster movies opening on the same day last month, people have surged back into theaters. We’ll discuss some of the most popular and intriguing recent films, and how movie-viewing has changed over the past few years.

Panelists:

Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, ֲý College. Founding director of the .

]]> Sampling India’s Popular Cinema — and Global Reach /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2023/08/03/sampling-indias-popular-cinema-and-global-reach/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:37:00 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=1654 Film clips from Bollywood will be starring in three talks in September and October, at various libraries in Maine.

This is the first event to be scheduled in the community events series leading up to the 2024 Camden Conference on India: Rising Ambitions, Challenges at Home on Feb. 16 – 18.

Long the world’s largest film industry, India’s commercial Hindi-language cinema largely based in Mumbai has long surpassed Hollywood in number of films produced and tickets sold.

Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies at ֲý College and Founding Director of the  will introduce Bollywood’s unique cinematic style, as well as its global power, particularly in the developing world where Hollywood’s sales have lagged.

Bollywood: An Introduction (Rockport Public Library)
September 30 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Bollywood: An Introduction (Portland Public Library)
October 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT

Bollywood: An Introduction (Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth)
October 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT

]]> Jon Cavallero Discusses Hollywood’s Italian American Filmmakers on Pittsburgh’s Italian Radio Hour /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2023/01/31/jon-cavallero-discusses-hollywoods-italian-american-filmmakers-on-pittsburghs-italian-radio-hour/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:23:00 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=1630 Jon Cavallero joined the Italian Radio Hour to discuss his 2011 book Hollywood’s Italian American Filmmakers: Capra, Scorsese, Savoca, Coppola, and Tarantino.

]]> Cavallero to Participate in Boothbay Harbor’s 1960s Film Series /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2022/09/14/cavallero-to-participate-in-boothbay-harbors-1960s-film-series/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:40:00 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=1620 We are delighted to also report that Dr. Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, ֲý College, worked with us on selecting this year’s films and, more importantly, will be joining us again this year with pre-film video or in-person commentaries. On the occasions when Jon is with us, he will stay for a Q&A session. And even though we will not be looking for Alfred Hitchcock’s cameos, we will again provide trivia fun-fact sheets. Finally, as you may have noticed in the dates above, we have added an additional showing on Saturday afternoon for those who work or prefer a weekend matinee.

]]> ‘Vertigo’: Final classic film with special guest Jon Cavallero /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2022/02/23/vertigo-final-classic-film-with-special-guest-jon-cavallero/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:25:43 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=1458 As a special treat for this last in the classic film series, we will have some assistance in making our own conclusions about the revered “film noir” with an in-person, pre-film talk by Dr. Jon Cavallero, associate professor of Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies at ֲý College. Cavallero has been delighting the audience with video commentary before each film in the series, and now we are pleased he will actually be with us for this last Hitchcock experience, guiding us masterfully through the film aspects that will pull us down and into Jimmy Stewart’s unraveling world.

]]> Cinema in Conversation: BIG NIGHT with Jon Cavallero /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2020/11/20/professor-jon-cavallero-gives-a-talk-to-the-maine-film-center-on-stanley-tuccis-and-campbell-scotts-big-night-maine-film-center/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:57:00 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=1365 Professor Jon Cavallero gives a talk to the Maine Film Center on Stanley Tucci’s and Campbell Scott’s Big Night.” Maine Film Center

]]> ֲý Film Professor Jon Cavallero’s top 30 films of the decade /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2020/01/09/bates-film-professor-jon-cavalleros-top-30-films-of-the-decade/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:20:00 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=943 In sharing his list of the top 30 films of the 2010s, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Jon Cavallero notes how such lists tend to “say at least as much about the critic as they do about the movies.”

]]> John Ford: Remembering Maine’s Native Son and Celebrated Director, Maine Calling Program with Guest Jon Cavallero /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2019/03/14/john-ford-remembering-maines-native-son-and-celebrated-director/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:24:18 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=792

]]> 125 Years of John Ford /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/2019/02/05/john-ford-film-festival/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:28:55 +0000 /rhetoric-film-screen-studies/?p=733 A Film Festival Across the State of Maine

The Grapes of Wrath 

Please join the Department in a showing of Ford’s classic film.
Tuesday, February 5th at 7:00 pm
Muskie Archives, room 201

Associate Professor of Rhetoric John Cavallero weighs in:

An
& a Q&A with ֲý’ Doug Hubley

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