About Frank Krutnik
Publications
Publications
Publications
I am the author, editor, and co-editor of several influential film-related books as well as writing many articles in international screen studies journals.
Teaching
Publications
Publications
I taught film, television, and literature topics at various universities in England, Scotland, the USA, and Spain. My main specializations include American cinema history, film noir, narrative theory, and screen comedy.
Music
Publications
Music
I was a vocalist in various bands from the early 1980s on, focusing more recently on music and video production
Welcome to my website & blog.
I was born in Tower Hamlets, London, one of five children in a working-class immigrant family (my father was a Polish refugee and Siberian gulag survivor, my mother the daughter of a dockworker).
For the past four decades I've pursued a career in the middle-class protectorate of university culture. Having left that world, I am now free to explore my personal and professional interests.
This site is devoted to topics in film and other popular media, as well as to my ongoing side-hustle as a musician.
The blog will feature information about previous and forthcoming publications, along with thoughts about anything else that strikes my fancy.
Photo: the Krutnik siblings. L-R: Conrad, Vanda, Frank, Alex, Olga