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The Pulitzer at 100
First Run Features is proud to announce the theatrical premiere of The Pulitzer at 100, the latest documentary by Oscar- and Emmy-winning director Kirk Simon. The film opens at the prestigious Lincoln Plaza Cinema on July 21, with other cities … Continue reading
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From “Looking-Into” to “Living-Into”: Theorizing Existentialism in Cinema. By Karan Tripathi
In the early scenes of L’avenir (Things to Come, 2016) we see a French artist resting in peace at a place where he wanted to submerge himself in the music of winds and sea till the eternity. Commenting on the same, Heinz … Continue reading
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Anna Kendrick: Acting Real in Tinseltown. By Luke Batten
Anna Kendrick: Acting Real in Tinseltown by Luke Batten from Liza Palmer Abstract This first academic piece on Anna Kendrick examines her constructed and individualistic off-screen and on-screen persona, with particular emphasis on the prevailing issues of patriarchy within … Continue reading
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Exploring Film History: An Interview with Dr. Jon Cowans. By Emmett Williams
Jon Cowans is associate professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University–Newark and author of Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946–1959 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015). Dr. Cowans participated in this Film Matters interview via email in … Continue reading
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Interview with As Good as You Star, Laura Heisler. By Kim Carr
Laura Heisler is a theater, film, and television actress. She has appeared in many Off-Broadway productions as well as television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, The Americans, and Madame Secretary. In 2015, she was cast as the lead in the … Continue reading
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Interview with As Good as You Director, Heather de Michele. By Kim Carr
Heather de Michele, a former New Yorker, cofounded Lesbian Pulp-o-rama, a sketch comedy troupe that performed live shows in New York. She went on to produce and direct a variety of film genres including commercials, web series, and shorts before … Continue reading
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As Good as You (2015). Reviewed by Kim Carr
In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare writes: “Everyone can master a grief but he who has it.” This summarizes the plot of Heather de Michelle’s film As Good as You (2015). The audience watches the protagonist Jo (Laura Heisler) attempt … Continue reading
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Interview with Blake Atwood, Author of Reform Cinema in Iran: Film and Political Change in the Islamic Republic (Colombia University Press, 2016). By Chamberlain Staub
Reform Cinema in Iran: Film and Political Change in the Islamic Republic by Blake Atwood (2016) is a book that shines a detailed light on Iranian sociopolitical constructs and the media that aided the shift of these ideals. Although the author … Continue reading
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The Boss Baby: A Surrealist Tour de Force That Reconciles Capitalism and Love. Reviewed by Daniel Spielberger
In a recent Fresh Air interview with Alec Baldwin, Terry Gross welcomed the fifty-nine-year-old star, “First things first, congrats on The Boss Baby.” I couldn’t help but laugh at this opening — a title like The Boss Baby (2017) solicits … Continue reading
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Hollywood Is Everywhere, Melis Behlil, (2016). Reviewed by Zulaika Popal
Melis Behlil, associate professor at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, takes it upon herself to interrogate the definition of Hollywood, with the perspective and focus on global directors in the twentieth century: “If it was difficult to define Hollywood in … Continue reading
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