Steven Rybin is Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Creative Arts at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. He is the author of numerous books, including Playful Frames: Styles of Widescreen Cinema (2023), Shots to the Heart: For the Love of Film Performance (2022), Geraldine Chaplin: The Gift of Film Performance (2020), Gestures of Love: Romancing Performance in Classical Hollywood Cinema (2017), Michael Mann: Crime Auteur (2013), and Terrence Malick and the Thought of Film (2012).