About the Author

Tim Palmer is associate professor of film studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the author of Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema, and has published widely in journals such as Cinema Journal, The French Review, and Studies in French Cinema. Charlie Michael recently completed a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he focused on contemporary French cinema. He has written for The Velvet Light Trap and French Politics, Culture & Society.