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Nathan Lee

Nathan Lee

Assistant Professor of Film

Nathan Lee Nathan Lee

Nathan Lee is a scholar, critic, and curator specializing in contemporary global cinema. In addition to his academic work, he has published extensive film criticism in The New York Times, Film Comment, The Criterion Collection, The Village Voice, and NPR among other outlets. Before coming to Hollins, he taught at Emory University, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Bard College. He is Affiliate Faculty in the departments of Art History and Gender and Women’s Studies.

Areas of Expertise

  • Film Studies
  • Film Theory
  • Film Criticism
  • Queer Cinema
  • David Cronenberg

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Film
  • Cinema and Modernity
  • Criticism and Critique
  • Queer Cinema
  • Feminist Cinema
  • American Cinema
  • Animation Studies
  • Thematizing Artificial Intelligence
  • David Cronenberg

Education

  • Ph.D., Brown University
  • M.A., Bard College

Publications & Articles

  • 鈥淒ead in the Eye,鈥 essay for The Criterion Collection edition of A History of Violence, 2025
  • 鈥淏uried in the Mind: On 鈥楾he Shrouds,鈥 David Cronenberg鈥檚 Grief-Stricken Techno-Thriller,鈥澛Mubi Notebook, April, 2025
  • “Misery Loves Company,” Film Comment, March 25, 2025
  • 鈥淭he Animal Effect in David Cronenberg,鈥 Journal of Environmental Media, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2024
  • 鈥淓rogenous Zones,鈥 essay for The Criterion Collection edition of Querelle, 2024
  • “Everything is Terrible,” Film Comment, July 22, 2024
  • 鈥淣o Fucks Given,鈥 essay for The Criterion Collection edition of The Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, 2024
  • 鈥淎lone in the Dark,鈥 The Broadcast, July 6, 2023
  • 鈥淧lastic Fantastic,鈥 Film Comment, July 31, 2023
  • 鈥淭his Charming Man,鈥 Film Comment, November 20, 2023
  • 鈥淐inema at the End of the World,鈥 Metrograph Journal, November 22, 2023
  • 鈥淚nsurrectional Evolution: The Cronenbergian Revisited,鈥澛Art Papers,聽Vol. 46, No. 1, Fall 2022
  • Physician, Heal Thyself,鈥 Film Comment, 2022
  • 鈥淭alking to Myself: On The Image Book and the Legacy of Jean-Luc Godard,鈥 Literary Hub, 2022
  • 鈥淚nland Empire,” 4Columns, 2022