James Bond Will Return: Critical Perspectives on the 007 Film Franchise

Bronze Medal, 2025 Eiffel Award - Retrospective, Eiffel Foundation

For over six decades, James Bond has been a fixture of global culture, universally recognizable by the films’ combination of action set pieces, sex, political intrigue, and outrageous gadgetry. But as the British Empire entered the final stages of collapse, as the Cold War wound down and the “War on Terror” began, and as the visions of masculinity and femininity the series presented began to strike many viewers as outdated, t...