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Identifying (with) a Murderer: Six Steps Towards Sympathy. By Ciara Wardlow
Identifying (with) a Murderer: Six Steps Towards Sympathy from Ciara Wardlow on Vimeo. Identifying (with) a Murderer: Six Steps Towards Sympathy Ciara Wardlow, Wellesley College Making video essays, I usually follow a certain methodology. I select a film, usually having … Continue reading
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Reversing the Gaze: Empowering the Other in Wes Anderson Films. By Shannon Shikles
Reversing the Gaze: Empowering the “Other” in Wes Anderson Films from Shannon Shikles on Vimeo. Reversing the Gaze: Empowering the Other in Wes Anderson Films Shannon Shikles, Eckerd College This video essay argues for a reevaluation of Wes Anderson’s films … Continue reading
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The Eye Is the Heart: Metropolis and the Kino-Eye. By Sophia Kornitsky
The Eye is the Heart: Metropolis and the Kino-Eye from Sophia Kornitsky on Vimeo. The Eye Is the Heart: Metropolis and the Kino-Eye Sophia Kornitsky, Wellesley College In my audiovisual essay, I want to highlight the often-neglected theoretical significance Metropolis … Continue reading
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Open Call for Undergraduate Videographic Film Scholarship (Issue 2, 2018)
Film Matters is excited to announce the next call for videographic film scholarship by undergraduate students—an initiative managed by Allison de Fren, Adam Hart, Christina Petersen, and Maurizio Viano. For more information about this opportunity, including specific instructions for formatting submissions, please … Continue reading
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The Epistemology of Moonlight (2016). Reviewed by Sarah Foulkes
If mainstream cinema is upheld to the task of democratically representing its viewers then it often fails. So when a film comes out that depicts marginalized figures it’s passed under the kind of scrutiny that a lot of other films … Continue reading
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Capturing the Artist in Time: The Joyful Energy of Agnes Varda: Agnes Varda: From Here to There. Reviewed by Mina Radovic
The five-part documentary series Agnes Varda: From Here to There, directed by the resolute Agnes Varda and released by Cinema Guild, follows the filmmaker as she traverses the globe, meeting with friends, filmmakers (including Chris Marker and Manoel de Oliveira), … Continue reading
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Call for Undergraduate Reviewers
Film Matters is seeking current undergraduate students to review a few Criterion releases and recent academic titles for us. The available items are listed below: Criterions (if a title has TAKEN by it, it has already been claimed): TAKEN 45 … Continue reading
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CPH:DOX Announces Nominees for Festival Competitions
CPH:DOX, one of the world’s largest documentary film festivals, announces the nominees in the four festival competitions and introduces a fifth addition for the first time. NEXT:WAVE is the title of the new competition, launched by CPH:DOX together with their … Continue reading
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Interview with Jeremy Borum. By Ty Johnson
Jeremy Borum is a film composer and well-established artist in Hollywood. Not only has he composed for dozens of major projects, he teaches seminars, performs for enormous audiences, has built multiple studios, and even co-owns ZMX Music, a digital sheet … Continue reading
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Announcing Open Call for Papers 9.3
Film Matters is officially announcing our open call for papers for consideration in issue 9.3 (2018) — the deadline is September 1, 2017. Undergraduates and recent graduates, please submit your film-related research papers today! For more information, please download the official … Continue reading
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