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The Giants of Shorts: Interview with Cindy Birch. By Lydia Plantamura
The development of the internet over the last couple of decades has created a world where information can be spread farther and farther, faster and faster. While the debate on shortening attention spans continues, one positive result is the rise … Continue reading
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Calling All Instructors: Cinema Guild Reviews
Film Matters is pleased to be working with Cinema Guild (http://www.cinemaguild.com/) to help promote their exciting lineup of films and DVDs. We currently have a few Cinema Guild titles needing to be reviewed. If you are a current instructor of film (graduate student, tenured/tenure-track professor, adjunct, … Continue reading
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Last Call: Deadline for CFP 8.3 Is September 1!
Final reminder that the deadline for call 8.3 (for issue 8.3, 2017) is September 1, 2016. For more information, please see the original post: Announcing Open Call for Papers 8.3 Questions and submissions should be directed to Liza: futurefilmscholars AT gmail.com We look … Continue reading
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Reminder: Open Call 8.3 Papers Due on September 1
Undergraduates, think about submitting those film-related research papers to open call 8.3 today — the deadline is upon us! For more information, please see the original announcement: Announcing Open Call for Papers 8.3 Email Liza Palmer (futurefilmscholars AT gmail.com) today, with questions or … Continue reading
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Announcing a New Film Matters Venture: Open Call for Undergraduate Videographic Film Scholarship
Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Jason Mittell and Christian Keathley, among others, of inTransition (http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/intransition/), Film Matters is excited to announce our first call for videographic film scholarship by undergraduate students — an initiative managed by Allison de Fren and Adam … Continue reading
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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). Reviewed by Harsh Mahaseth
Can a man face a plethora of hardships both personally and professionally to pursue a bit of happiness, especially when the only happiness he knows of is the word “happyness” written on a wall? The answer would be this movie, … Continue reading
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Announcing Call for Papers on Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema
Film Matters is pleased to announce a CFP for a dossier on Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema — guest edited by Fabrizio Cilento, Messiah College — slated for FM 8.3 (2017). A range of formats is welcome — reviews of recent … Continue reading
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Judging for the 2016 Masoud Yazdani Award Is Underway
Film Matters is pleased to announce that the judging for the 2016 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship has begun. Nineteen candidates – feature article authors from volume 6 issues – are automatically being considered for the … Continue reading
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2015 New York Film Festival: Introduction
It rained nonstop during our October trip to the 2015 New York Film Festival. Rather than seeming dreary, the weather heightened the coziness of Film Society of Lincoln Center’s series of theaters that hosted the festival. We hurried along the … Continue reading
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Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One (2015). Reviewed by Adam Reece
Miguel Gomes’s The Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One (Gomes 2015), like the collection it takes its name from, tells a shimmering frame tale of loosely interwoven stories. The heroine, Xerazade (Crista Alfaiate), who has been telling the King stories … Continue reading
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