The Holocaust has been the subject of an increasing number of recent films, most notably Schindler's List, Life Is Beautiful, and The Pianist, all of which were rewarded with many Academy Awards.
CAROLINE JOAN (KAY) PICART is Associate Professor of English and Courtesy Associate Professor of Law at Florida State University. She is the co-editor of
The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook (Greenwood, 2001) and author of
The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer, and Beyond (Praeger, 2001) and the memoir
Inside Notes from the Outside. She has published articles in film criticism, aesthetics, social, and political philosophy, law, and critical theory.