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The 2022 Film Matters Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship Winner
After an intensive judging process last fall, Film Matters is pleased to announce the winner of the eighth annual Masoud Yazdani Award: Maria Mutka for her FM 12.1 (2021) article, “‘To Begin on Again’: A Study of Early Cinema’s Unique Influence on … Continue reading
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Harriet Crisp, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “An attitude means a style. A style means an attitude: The Free Cinema Movement in 1950s Britain”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Harriet Crisp: “An attitude means a style. A style means an attitude: The Free Cinema Movement in 1950s Britain” considers the relation of Karel Reisz’s … Continue reading
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Randall Rodriguez, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “Otto the Barbarian: Patriarchy, Feminism, and Romanian New Wave Cinema”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Randall Rodriguez: This article aims at bringing to light some of the underlying themes in Ruxandra Ghițescu’s 2020 film Otto the Barbarian. One way to … Continue reading
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Genre Study: Spencer and the Horror Fairy Tale. By Costanza Chirdo
From director Pablo Larrain, Spencer (2021) was long awaited as the ultimate biopic on one of the most fascinating, yet cursed, personalities of modern history. The story of Lady Diana has been an object of attention since the very beginning … Continue reading
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Open Call for Papers 15.2/3
Film Matters is pleased to announce our open call for papers from current undergraduates, authors who have been invited to revise and resubmit previous submissions (including authors who did not make it past our prescreening for a previous call), and recently … Continue reading
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Leif Tystad, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “Cracks in the Ornament: Spectatorial Relationships and Labors of Looking in Gold Diggers of 1933”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Leif Tystad: My article, “Cracks in the Ornament,” uses Siegfried Kracauer’s text “The Mass Ornament” as a groundwork for defining a predominant visual structure of … Continue reading
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Focus on Citation Ethics
Citation ethics[i] – mindfulness about the voices we choose to amplify in an effort to center underrepresented and marginalized scholars – has become a key priority for Film Matters. To this end, we are happy to announce M. Sellers Johnson … Continue reading
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Introducing Our 2022 Masoud Yazdani Award Judges
We are happy to report that judging is underway for the 2022 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship. Articles under consideration are from the following fine institutions: Of course, this award wouldn’t be possible if not for … Continue reading
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Sophie Barbour, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “Into the Spider-Verse and a New Age of Comic Realism”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Sophie Barbour: My article looks at the film Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse and attempts to analyze it as a “realistic” film. The immediate challenge here … Continue reading
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Matthew Scipione, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “Transnational Filmmaking: The Intersubjective Gaze in Desierto”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Matthew Scipione: “Transnational Filmmaking: The Intersubjective Gaze in Desierto” is an analysis of Jonás Cuarón’s Desierto (2015). Set against the backdrop of a vast desert, … Continue reading
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