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CFP: Based on Actual Events (Film & Television)
Special Dossier for Film Matters 10.3 (2019) This call is to solicit essays for a Film Matters dossier on movies based on actual events. Ideally papers should explore the intersection between fictional aesthetics and the documentary form, media interactivity, questions … Continue reading
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Interview with Dr. Candace Grissom on Her Recent Book, Fitzgerald and Hemingway on Film: A Critical Study of the Adaptations, 1924-2013. By Kenneth L. Freyer
Kenneth L. Freyer: Please introduce yourself. Candace Grissom: My name is Dr. Candace Grissom, and I was born and raised in Cullman, AL. In August, I finished a three-year contract as a full-time Instructor of English at Motlow State Community … Continue reading
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Scars of the Soul in Ole Bornedal’s 1864. By Matthew Johnson
Apart from charting the deep, psychological trials of war, granted with such humanistic sensitivity, Ole Bornedal’s ambitious portrayal of the Second Schleswig War of 1864 between Denmark and Prussia is truly an exhortation for both historical reverence and remembrance. As … Continue reading
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Interview with Craig Batty and Susan Kerrigan, Editors of Screen Production Research: Creative Practice as a Mode of Enquiry. By Ashley Spillane
Craig Batty and Susan Kerrigan’s book Screen Production Research: Creative Practice as a Mode of Enquiry explores screen production—filmmaking and screenwriting—as a research method. Made up of a collection of essays by international experts in field, the book defines and … Continue reading
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An Interview with Vito Adriaensens, Coauthor of Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema. By Matthew Johnson
Film Matters had the immense pleasure of discussing Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema (Edinburgh UP, 2017) with its one of its coauthors, Vito Adriaensens, in summer 2018. Comprising a variety of topics central to the intermedial crossroads of sculpture and … Continue reading
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Spidarlings (2016). Reviewed by Ashley Spillane
It is difficult to classify Salem Kapsaski’s Spidarlings (2016) as any one genre—or even two. Falling into the categories of punk rock, queer, comedy, horror, and musical, it is reminiscent of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and other cult … Continue reading
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An Interview with Vikkramm Chandirramani, Following the Release of His Short Film Destiny (2018). By Matthew Johnson
As a call and response to online dating and a prevalent reliance on social media, writer/filmmaker Vikkramm Chandirramani offers a comedy short Destiny, set in modern India, through which he explores and readdresses preconceptions of romance expectation, attitudes toward the … Continue reading
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American Socialist (2017). Reviewed by Ashley Spillane
A timely documentary in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs (2017) brings to light the inspiration for Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign. As the name of the film suggests, American … Continue reading
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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Reviewed by Jason Husak
Warning: Review contains mild spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story based only on trailers and promotional materials. Ever since Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, Star Wars films have been brought back into the mainstream. For nearly ten years, Star … Continue reading
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Cocote (2017). Reviewed by Evan Amaral
The national cinemas of Latin America have obtained considerable acclaim in the western world, particularly over the past few decades. Most of this attention has been paid to films from Mexico and South America, which have earned their rightful places … Continue reading
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