Iluminace, 2012 (vol. 24), issue 3
Articles
"Black is In". Race and Genre in Early 1990s American Cinema
Peter Krämer
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):13-30 
The article analyses the factors that contributed to the 1990 boom in black cinema (films directed by African-American directors, cast with black actors and primarily intended for African-American audiences) and its rapid decline after 1991.
Family Resemblances. The Genericity of the Hollywood Sequel
Stuart Henderson
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):31-50
The author presents the poetics of Hollywood sequels and addresses the question of the relationship between the genre and the sequel.
Genre, Domestic Distribution, and Audiences, 1935-1945. The Case of the Western
Andrea Comiskey
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):51-67
An analysis of the domestic distribution of Hollywood westerns from the late 1930s to the early 1940s.
"Between Dreams and Reality". Genre Personae, Brand Elm Street, and Repackaging the American Teen Slasher Film
Richard Nowell
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):69-101
The article introduces the concept of "genre persona".
Carry On, Cowboy. Roast Beef Westerns
Sheldon Hall
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):103-125
A historical study of the various transformations of the western genre in an international context.
Interviews
Film Genre and the Industrial Mindset: More Work Needed. A Brief Exchange with Peter Hutchings
Richard Nowell
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):127-129
An interview with Professor Peter Hutchings about the study of genres.
Horizon
Let's move towards self-colonization, let's occupy the non-places (Jana Dudková, Slovenský film v ére transkulturality)
Jaromír Blažejovský
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):135-137
Review of the publication by Slovak theoretician Jana Dudkova: Slovak Film in the Era of Transculture.
"They've Seen the Impossible ... they've Lived the Incredible ...". Repackaging Czechoslovak Films for the US Market during the Cold War
Jindřiška Bláhová
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):138-143
About the historical understanding of the practices of film distributors, the use of movie posters to "repackage" films for different markets, different audiences in different time periods, and the search for and manipulation of films imported from "hostile Czechoslovakia" in the second half of the 20th century, specifically on two Czech fantasy-adventure films, Invention of Destruction and Ikaria XB-1, which premiered in the US in 1961 and 1964. Documented on the movie posters of both films in the Czech version and the version for American distribution.
Cycles and Continuities. Understanding Media Convergence through Media History (Janet Staiger and Sabine Hake /eds./, Convergence Media History)
Gareth James
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):144-147
Review of the publication Convergence Media History.
Ad Fontes
P.D.C.s.r.o. (1920-1955)
Jarmila Petrová
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):131-134
Information about the formation and activities of P.D.C.s.r.o. (Producers Distributing Corporation Ltd.) in 1920-1955. The company was involved in the rental of films.
Appendix
The problem with sexploitation movies
Eric Schaefer
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):148-152
An article dedicated to researching the history of sexploitation films and the problems the author had with this research.
Notes towards a theory of cyclical production and topicality in American film
Peter Stanfield
Iluminace 2012, 24(3):153-159
Notes on the author's research on cycle theory and actuality in American films.