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Mute (2021). Reviewed by Constantine Frangos
A traveling salesman, a hitchhiker, a cheating wife, a murder. Did the salesman kill his wife or not? These tropes are ingrained in the film noir genre. Much like Walter Neff giving his confession of insurance claim fraud and murder … Continue reading
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Kalel, 15 (2019). Reviewed by Vanessa Zarm
A young boy is waiting with his mother in a hospital room as muffled noises overshadow the doctor’s examination. The audience is deprived of any sense of sound or space. Only once the two leave the hospital do we hear … Continue reading
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The Anti-Rom-Com in Postmodern Cinema: How the Portrayal of Fleeting Love Can Empower a Generation of Young Women. My Film Festival by Katharine Chapin
“People change, feelings change, but that doesn’t mean that the love once shared wasn’t true and real. It simply means that sometimes when people grow, they grow apart” (We Broke Up). For the past twenty-thirty years, girls all over the … Continue reading
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Shredded Nerves: A Festival of Stressful Cinema. My Film Festival by Yaakov “Jacob” Smith
Stress is a universal thing. Everyone’s been overwhelmed by something at some point in their life, and the anxiety it produces can make it feel like the universe is conspiring against you. This is an unpleasant experience in everyday life, … Continue reading
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Maria Mutka, Author of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “’To Begin on Again’: A Study of Early Cinema’s Unique Influence on Modernist Literature”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Maria Mutka: My article is a brief study and overview of an emerging field of cinema-literature cross sectional studies. The article argues that famous modernist … Continue reading
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FM 12.1 (2021) Now Out!
Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of FM 12.1, the first issue of 2021. In this issue, you will find the following peer-reviewed feature articles: Slow Motion in the Age of Intensified Continuity by Cameron Detig From Lotte Reiniger … Continue reading
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Introducing Our 2021 Masoud Yazdani Award Judges
Judging has begun for the 2021 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship. Articles under consideration are from the following fine institutions: North Carolina State University Queen Mary University of London Rhode Island College Stanford University University of … Continue reading
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Sam Lawson, Author of FM 11.3 (2020) Article “‘Deviant’ Psychosis: An Exploration of the Production and Consumption of Queer and Transgender Women in the Films of Brian De Palma”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Sam Lawson: I have consistently found myself drawn to the analysis of LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media; as such, my article was a result of … Continue reading
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Stephen King – Dollar Baby: The Book (BearManor Media). Reviewed by Constantine Frangos
One evening after a full day of work, with four tables pushed together at a café in 2013, I first heard of the Stephen King Dollar Babies program during a precursory meeting which would lead to a film festival that … Continue reading
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Ron Ma, Author of FM 11.3 (2020) Article “In Defense of What? The Battle Between Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. RM: My article examines the controversy between Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, Cannes announced that it would ban films not released in … Continue reading
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