Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of FM 4.2 (2013), showcasing a wonderful guest-edited dossier on acting and performance from Donna Peberdy and her students at Southampton Solent University. That dossier includes the following feature articles:
- “Cut to the Rhythm of Performance”: Technology and Expressive Coherence in Inglourious Basterds by Adam Flood
- Stupid Is as Stupid Says: Vocal Performance and Southernness in Forrest Gump by Bernadette Neal
- Three Actors, One Lecter: Constructing Hannibal Through Performance by Alex Pitigoi
As well as reviews by: Caine Bird, Rebecca Cohen, Samuel Hall, Lloyd Hann, Jodie Kirkland, Jade Playle, Laurence Russell, Natasha Saxby, Yasmin Wall, Matty Watson, and Claire Williams
FM 4.2 also includes the following peer-reviewed feature articles:
- Hunger, Child Soldiers, and Rebels, Oh My: Hollywood’s Portrayal of Modern Africa by Jessie L. Hagen
- (Gender)Bending in the Animated Series Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Megan E. Jackson - License to Joke: Parody and Camp in and Around the James Bond Series by Craig Manning
- Harnessing the Power of the Stars: The Economics Behind the Classical Hollywood Star System by Zoë VanDerPloeg
- Kicking and Screaming: Fist of Fury and the Bruce Lee Legacy by Rona Mae Vaselaar
A “Take Two” film review by: Jenny Lyne and Alexandra Urosevic
And book reviews by: Duygu Eyrenci, Brooke Gibson, James Hardman-Cobb, Jaime Carlos Menjivar, Lawson Sitterding, and Taylor S. Woodell
For more information about this new issue, please visit: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2719/
And think about becoming a Film Matters author yourself — submit a paper to CFP 6.2 today!: https://www.filmmattersmagazine.com/2014/04/28/cfp-6-2-2015-national-cinema-auteurism-and-genre/
