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Lauren Ekene Nwenwu, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Mixed-Race Identity, Ambiguity, and Displacement in The Girl with Brains in Her Feet: The Complex Underrepresented Nature of Mixed-Race Identity in Nineties British Cinema”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Lauren Ekene Nwenwu: My article is on how (black/white) mixed-race identity is represented in contemporary British films as existing outside the limiting, socially constructed paradigms of … Continue reading
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Call for Undergraduate Reviewers
Film Matters is seeking current undergraduate students to review a few Criterion releases for us. The available items are listed below: Criterions (if a title has TAKEN by it, it has already been claimed): 1984 Blu-ray (Radford, 1984) — TAKEN Japón … Continue reading
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Interview with Leigh Smith and Jesse Everett. By Miranda Sprouse
Sacrifice (Maguire, 2018) captures the love story between James (Leigh Smith) and Blake (Jesse Everett) as Blake prepares for his next military assignment. When the story takes an unexpected turn, it becomes clear how even in the darkest times, we … Continue reading
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Avengers: Endgame (2019). Reviewed by Jason Husak
Warning: Review contains mild spoilers for Avengers: Endgame based only on trailers and promotional materials. This review also contains full spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War. Well, we are finally here. After twenty-one films spanning eleven years, Avengers: Endgame (Joe and … Continue reading
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Shaye Guillory, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Budget Sex: The Neglected Perspective of Youth in Contemporary Cinema”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Shaye Guillory: “Budget Sex: The Neglected Perspective of Youth in Contemporary Cinema” assesses the representation of youth sexual relations in films released between the 2000s … Continue reading
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FM 9.3 (2018) Announcement
Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of issue 9.3, our final issue for the 2018 volume year. In this issue, you will find these peer-reviewed feature articles: “A Real Human Being and a Real Hero”: Masculinity, Liminality, and Design … Continue reading
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Brief Thoughts on Velvet Buzzsaw (2019). By Abhinav Tiku
Art kills. Simply put, that is the literal message of Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw (2019). Best known for writing and directing Nightcrawler (2014), which tackled the seedy and morally dubious practice of sensational reportage, Gilroy returns to Los Angeles, this … Continue reading
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Katelyn Terry, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Contorted Bodies: Women’s Representation in Japanese Horror Films”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Katelyn Terry: My article “Contorted Bodies: Women’s Representation in Japanese Horror Films” focuses on the representation of the female form in Japanese’s horror films through … Continue reading
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Captain Marvel (2019). Reviewed by Jason Husak
Warning: Review contains mild spoilers for Captain Marvel, based only on trailers and promotional materials. It’s odd to think that, after twenty Marvel Cinematic Universe Films (MCU), there has not been an MCU film with a female lead. Though there … Continue reading
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Effects of Neorealism On-Screen. My Film Festival by Olivia Outlaw
Seemingly unrelated, the three films at my festival are inspired by Megan Hess’s article in issue 8.1 of Film Matters titled: “Time Passes: How Neorealism Has Influenced Modern American Independent Filmmakers.” Connecting the films Night of the Living Dead (Romero, … Continue reading
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