From Film Philosophy, a special issue on The Occluded Relation: Levinas and Cinema, including Simon Critchley (New School): To be or not to be is not the question: On Beckett’s Film; Reni Celeste on The Frozen Screen: Levinas and the Action Film; Colin Davis (London): Levinas, Nosferatu, and the Love as Strong as Death; Lisa Downing (Exeter): Re-viewing the Sexual Relation: Levinas and Film; and Sam B. Girgus (Vandebilt): Beyond Ontology: Levinas and the Ethical Frame in Film; and Kirk Boyle (Cincinnati): Reading the Dialectical Ontology of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Against the Ontological Monism of Adaptation; and John Orr (Edinburgh): Hitchcock and Hume Revisited: Fear, Confusion and Stage Fright. From n+1, here's the thinking man's guide to Slavoj Zizek's The Pervert's Guide to Cinema. A review of History on Film/Film on History by R. A. Rosenstone. A review of Movies and the Moral Adventure of Life by Alan A. Stone. A review of Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle and the American Action Movie by Eric Lichtenfeld. An interview with Brian De Palma on his new film, "Redacted," and rape as a metaphor for the Iraq war. Feel the sting of my foam sword: A must-see documentary about LARPing.