Bence Kránicz is an Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He writes and lectures on contemporary genre films, fantastical genres and studies in film criticism. He wrote his PhD thesis on dialogues of Hungarian film criticism from the period of early writings to 1944, and defended the thesis at the Film, Media and Culture Theory Doctoral Program of ELTE. As external lecturer, he also taught at Metropolitan University of Budapest, Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design and KREA Design School. His articles and essays have been published in Hungarian and English journals and books.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
- journalist of the news site 24.hu
- contributing editor of Filmvilág magazine
Areas of Teaching / Courses Taught
- genre film history
- contemporary genres
- genres and animation
- classical Hollywood film history
Areas of Supervision
- contemporary genre films in Hollywood and national film industries
- comic book history and adaptations to film
- studies in film criticism
Selected publications
- Láthatatlan emberek. Magyar filmkritikai párbeszédek a kezdetektől 1944-ig (Invisible Men. Discourses in Hungarian Film Criticism From the Beginnings Until 1944. Budapest: Napvilág, 2024.
- The Informant Falls Silent. World-Systems Analysis and Debates over the Socialist Past. Studies in Eastern European Cinema, January 2024
- Humans no more. Apocalypse and the post-socialist condition in Frozen May. Studies in Eastern European Cinema10 (2019/1), pp. 1–14.
- Superhero Genre and Graphic Storytelling in Contemporary Hungarian and Russian Cinema. In: Pethő Ágnes (szerk.): Caught In-Between. Intermediality in Contemporary Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. pp. 237–253.
- A korai magyar filmkritika kutatásának problémái (Research Problems of Early Hungarian Film Criticism). Apertúra 13 (2018/3).
- A kritikus tükörképe. Komor András filmkritikái a Tükör folyóiratban (1933–1939) (Critic in the Mirror. Film Reviews by András Komor in Mirror [1933–1939]). Metropolis23 (2019/3), pp. 32–45.
- Kalandos filmtörténet – Szerzők, műfajok és irányzatok (Film History as Adventure – Authors, Genres and Styles) (co-author: Lichter Péter). Budapest: Scolar, 2019.
Contact Details
Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies
Department of Film Studies
Eötvös Loránd University
Mail: Múzeum krt. 6-8.,
1088 Budapest, Hungary
Room 250, 2nd Floor
E-mail: kranicz.bence _at_ btk.elte.hu