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Mason Leaver, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Featurette “Authority Figures in Post-Revolutionary Society: Examining Romanian Attitudes Toward the Police in Pororoca and Police, Adjective”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Mason Leaver: My article analyzes the Romanian New Wave, and Romanian attitudes toward the police by examining two films: Police, Adjective, and Pororoca. Specifically, it … Continue reading
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FM 12.3 (2021) Officially Out!
Film Matters is pleased to announce officially the release of the final 2021 issue, FM 12.3, edited by the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and featuring a dossier guest edited by Fabrizio Cilento (Messiah University), Otilia Baraboi (University of Washington, Seattle), and Ileana Marin (University … Continue reading
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Ghosts of Past/Graves of Future. By Ben Dowd
This video essay explores Tarkovsky’s 1979 sci-fi classic, Stalker, through the lens of the philosophical concept of hauntology. Hauntology refers to the potential for dead or dying ideals to return and haunt the cultural ethos of subsequent generations. This essay … Continue reading
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Samantha Van Zandt, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “The Triumph of Trauma: Tarantino Style”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Samantha Van Zandt: “The Triumph of Trauma: Tarantino Style” illuminates Tarantino’s genius and artistic ability to demonstrate the journey of overcoming debilitating trauma. He provides … Continue reading
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CFP 14.2: “Retrospective 1974: Fifty Years Later”
Film Matters is pleased to announce Chapman University’s CFP 14.2 for their third special issue, “Retrospective 1974: Fifty Years Later.” This themed call is inviting submissions from undergraduates and recent graduates for consideration in issue 14.2 (2023). The deadline for submissions is February 1, … Continue reading
Jonathan Monovich, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “The ‘Eagle Scout Film’: David Lynch as Auteur and Genre Filmmaker”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Jonathan Monovich: Knowing David Lynch’s background as an Eagle Scout, my article, “The ‘Eagle Scout Film’: David Lynch as Auteur and Genre Filmmaker” explores how … Continue reading
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Clare Matthews, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “Seeing Triple: Identification and Gamic Vision in Film and FPS Games”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Clare Matthews: My article “Seeing Triple: Identification and Gamic Vision in Film and FPS Games” investigates the subjective shot as used in film and first-person … Continue reading
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Michael Stringer, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “Over and Over, and Over Again: Tension, Repetition, and Catharsis in the Films of Wes Anderson”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Michael Stringer: My article looks at the films of Wes Anderson, and it tries to use parts of his very recognizable style to problematize elements … Continue reading
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Open Call for Statements of Interest for an Undergraduate-Authored Open Access Textbook
Film Matters, published by Intellect, is seeking statements of interest from undergraduate authors who are interested in writing a chapter for a forthcoming open access textbook that centers on producing the undergraduate film magazine. Individual chapter topics will fall within … Continue reading
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Memory as a Little Thing
This is the illusion of cinema: just as things appear, as we are about grasp them, they disappear. — Lesley Stern, DEAD AND ALIVE This piece is inspired by Peter Wollen’s “An Alphabet of Cinema.” The alphabet is a form … Continue reading
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