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Leandra Djomo, Author of FM 14.3 (2023) Article “Daydreaming: An Exposé on VR Technology as a Form of Digital Escapism and Identity Design”

Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Leandra Djomo: My article “Daydreaming” focuses on the distortion of identity caused by VR technology in Satoshi Kon’s 2006 film Paprika and how that distortion … Continue reading

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FM 14.3 (2023) TOC Highlights

Film Matters is happy to announce the TOC of our final issue of 2023, FM 14.3, which includes the following peer-reviewed features: As well as this featurette: These book reviews: Film reviews: And this DVD/Blu-ray review: For more information about this … Continue reading

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Interview with Filmmaker Kim Carr. By Kim Carr and Sophia Fuller

Station MVP explores the behind-the-scenes world of a public radio station and the characters who work there. The protagonist Jamie is in over her head—she must navigate a demanding new job, her zany colleagues, and ongoing threats from her estranged … Continue reading

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A. G. Lawler, Author of FM 14.2 (2023) Article “‘Films for Humanity’: De-victimization of the Female in At Five in the Afternoon and The Milk of Sorrow”

Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. A. G. Lawler: “‘Films for Humanity:’ De-victimization of the Female in At Five in the Afternoon and The Milk of Sorrow” addresses the need for … Continue reading

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Johanna Carter, Author of FM 14.2 (2023) Article “Translating a Monster: Motherhood and Horror Criteria in Ringu and The Ring”

Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Johanna Carter: “Translating a Monster: Motherhood and Horror Criteria in Ringu and The Ring” analyzes the shifting tonalities inherent in the cross-cultural process of monster … Continue reading

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Showcasing FM 14.2 (2023)

Film Matters is happy to announce the TOC of FM 14.2 (2023), a jointly edited issue with our partners at Chapman University. It includes the following features, on the theme of “Retrospective 1974: Fifty Years Later,” peer reviewed by Chapman: As … Continue reading

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Interview with Filmmaker M. W. Daniels. By Sophia Fuller

Sophia Fuller: Tell us a little about yourself; how did you get started in filmmaking? M. W. Daniels: I got into filmmaking in 2011. I was a musician before that and a composer. Someone wanted to make a video for … Continue reading

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Ruby Ellen Hubbard, Author of FM 14.1 (2023) Article “How Does the Representation of Psychosis in Joker (2019) Provide Stereotypes That Affect Society’s Attitude Toward Mental Illness?”

Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Ruby Ellen Hubbard: Verification of who we are and where we come from in films can be useful. However, for people who cope daily with … Continue reading

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Gabrielle Lamb, Author of FM 14.1 (2023) Article “Camp Cinema and the Queer Experience”

Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Gabrielle Lamb: “Camp Cinema and the Queer Experience” talks about just that: the art form of camp and how it relates to the queer community. … Continue reading

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Interview with Stephen Lee Naish, Author of Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper. By Sophia Fuller

Sophia Fuller: Tell us a little about yourself; what got you into writing? Stephen Lee Naish: I studied film and media way back in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the city of Leicester, UK, where I grew up. … Continue reading

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