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Americana Film Studies: Interview with Stephen Lee Naish. By Lydia Plantamura
Get your IMDb app ready, because Stephen Lee Naish loves to reference both mainstream and independent films in this interview with Film Matters intern, Lydia Plantamura. Writing on a range of subjects in American films from digital manipulation in film … Continue reading
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Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival Announces Opening Night Gala and 2017 Program Line-Up, March 23–26, 2017
The 13th annual Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival will open on Thursday, March 23 at 8pm at the Regal Cinemas at LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles with a Gala and Benefit Screening. The four-day festival continues through Sunday, February 26 with … Continue reading
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From Produce to Production: Interview with Paten Hughes. By Lydia Plantamura
When her acting career grew unsatisfying, Paten Hughes found escape in the tomato garden. But her hiatus from the industry produced more than delicious produce. Hughes’s experience inspired her to create the new hit web series, Heirloom (streaming now on … Continue reading
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Introducing NANG Magazine
NANG is an English-language print magazine that covers cinema and cinema cultures in the Asian world with passion and insight. Published twice a year over a period of five years, NANG’s ambition is to build a wonderfully rich and profound collection … Continue reading
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New HKU MOOC: Hong Kong Cinema Through a Global Lens Premieres on 7 February 2017
The University of Hong Kong announces the February 7 premiere of Hong Kong Cinema Through a Global Lens, the first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Hong Kong cinema to be produced anywhere in the world. This pioneering online experience … Continue reading
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Announcing the Winner of the 2016 Film Matters Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship
Film Matters is very pleased to announce the winner of the second annual Masoud Yazdani Award, Nace Zavrl, for his FM 6.3 (2015) article, “Spectatorship and Synchronous Sound Before the Transition: A Contextual Analysis of Chronophone, Phonofilm, and Movietone Shorts.” Nace will be … Continue reading
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CPH:DOX Unveils DOX:ACADEMY, a New Initiative Aimed at Film Studies Students
CPH:DOX, the documentary film festival based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the biggest festival of its kind in Scandinavia, and the third biggest in the world, with an annual programme that consists of more than 200 films, but also debates, seminars, … Continue reading
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The Accidental Philosopher: From Montaigne to Mekas. Movie Journal: The Rise of the New American Cinema, 1959-1971, second edition, Jonas Mekas, (2016). Reviewed by Chris Dymond
Through the rich collection that is Jonas Mekas’s Movie Journal: The Rise of the New American Cinema, 1959-1971 (2016), the reader is presented with the collected writings of Mekas as they were sketched upon the pages of his Village Voice … Continue reading
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Last Call: Deadline for CFP 9.1 Is February 1!
Final reminder that the deadline for call 9.1 (for issue 9.1, 2018) is February 1, 2017. For more information, please see the original post: Announcing Open Call for Papers 9.1 Questions and submissions should be directed to Liza: futurefilmscholars AT gmail.com We look forward … Continue reading
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Interview with Ewa Mazierska, Co-Editor of Marxism and Film Activism: Screening Alternative Worlds (Berghahn Books, 2015). By Brittany Lowe
Ewa Mazierska is a professor at the University of Central Lancashire. She was born in Poland and received an education at Warsaw University in philosophy, as well as a PhD in film studies. She has many publications covering a variety … Continue reading
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