American cinema of the 2010s : themes and variations / edited by Dennis Bingham.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.

Timeline : the 2010s -- Introduction: Movies and the 2010s / Dennis Bingham -- 2010 : movies and recessionary gender politics / Michele Schreiber -- 2011 : movies and masculinity at a crossroads / David Greven -- 2012 : movies and heroes, myths, and history / Raymond Haberski, Jr. -- 2013 : movies and personhood / Alexandra Keller -- 2014 : movies and the unexpected virtue of how the sausage gets made / Daniel Smith-Rowsey -- 2015 : movies and female agency / Lisa Bode -- 2016 : movies and the solace of progressive narratives / Cynthia Baron -- 2017 : movies and the right to be heard / Julie Levinson -- 2018 : movies and revolution / Mikal J. Gaines -- 2019 : movies and the limits of looking back / Dennis Bingham -- Select Academy Awards, 2010-2019.

"The 2010s were perhaps the most tumultuous decade since the 1960s. The effects of the Great Recession continued to be felt. The administration of Barack Obama, the first African-American president, encouraged many to think that America was now "post-racial," an illusion broken by the election of Donald Trump. Polarization reigned, communicated on social media. Netflix and Amazon jumped into production. By 2019, Netflix produced more feature films than the traditional studios combined. Cinema's move from film to digital, in production and in exhibition, was complete by mid-decade. #MeToo and #Oscarssowhite signaled a reckoning with gross gender and racial inequalities in the media, matched by that in the wider culture. The essays of American Cinema of the 2010s explore the blockbusters, low-budget sleepers, and films in between. A decade seemingly dominated by the superhero movies of Marvel and DC also saw small horror films and critically praised independent films draw audiences and win awards. Animation continued to produce popular and ground-breaking works, while auteurs such as Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, and George Miller intersected with new voices such as Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler, and Ari Aster to make the 2010s a memorable era for movies. Films discussed include Frozen, Guardians of the Galaxy, Zero Dark Thirty, The Force Awakens, Get Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, American Sniper, Hereditary, and Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood"-- Provided by publisher.