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
- “Dead in the Eye,” essay for The Criterion Collection edition of A History of Violence, 2025
- “Buried in the Mind: On ‘The Shrouds,’ David Cronenberg’s Grief-Stricken Techno-Thriller,” Mubi Notebook, April, 2025
- “Misery Loves Company,” Film Comment, March 25, 2025
- “The Animal Effect in David Cronenberg,” Journal of Environmental Media, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2024
- “Erogenous Zones,” essay for The Criterion Collection edition of Querelle, 2024
- “Everything is Terrible,” Film Comment, July 22, 2024
- “No Fucks Given,” essay for The Criterion Collection edition of The Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, 2024
- “Alone in the Dark,” The Broadcast, July 6, 2023
- “Plastic Fantastic,” Film Comment, July 31, 2023
- “This Charming Man,” Film Comment, November 20, 2023
- “Cinema at the End of the World,” Metrograph Journal, November 22, 2023
- “Insurrectional Evolution: The Cronenbergian Revisited,” Art Papers, Vol. 46, No. 1, Fall 2022
- Physician, Heal Thyself,” Film Comment, 2022
- “Talking to Myself: On The Image Book and the Legacy of Jean-Luc Godard,” Literary Hub, 2022
- “Inland Empire,” 4Columns, 2022