A bonus poetry chapbook companion that can be downloaded with the album CAP!TOL!ZM by Cities in Snow

CAP!TOLiZM

Across his directorial films, American filmmaker Dennis Hopper used music and sound to propel the narrative of his films. 

Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper

A critical analysis of the career of the Manic Street Preachers and their 2001 record Know Your Enemy.

Riffs & Meaning Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy

The film is a union of history, politics, sixties and eighties culture, era-defining music, class, gender, and race.

Deconstructing Dirty Dancing

The first major work to take in Hopper as a creative artist in all his fields. 

Create or Die: Essays on the Artistry of Dennis Hopper

Interview conducted by Lydia Plantamura (2017)

Americana Film Studies: Interview with Stephen Lee Naish. By Lydia Plantamura

Crying at robots: emotional responses to artificial intelligence

A look at Wade Shepard's economic, social and — most importantly — human examination of China's pre-abandoned megacities

Big Trouble In Big China: Ghost Cities Of China Reviewed

The Congress and the Slow Dissolve of Reality

This is an edited excerpt from Create or Die: Essays on the Artistry of Dennis Hopper, 

Hip Hopp: Dennis Hopper, Protest, and Popular Music

Happy 30th Anniversary to Nirvana’s debut album Bleach, originally released June 15, 1989. 

No Recess: Nirvana’s Debut Album ‘Bleach’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective

Manic Street Preachers’ ‘The Holy Bible’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective

Works on Paper

Four Paintings and a Poem by Stephen Lee Naish

"What might be perceived as a desolate period in Hopper’s career has always greatly intrigued me. The films might be hard to find, and in varying degrees of quality, but one can never doubt the dedication that Hopper brought to these roles." 

Stephen Lee Naish

Books

Selected work

Projects