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Emma Fergusson, Author of FM 13.3 (2022) Article “‘A Ritz Among Laundrettes’: Identities and New Waves in My Beautiful Laundrette”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Emma Fergusson: My article, “’A Ritz Among Laundrettes’: Identities and New Waves in My Beautiful Laundrette,” analyzes the 1985 Stephen Frears-directed film, My Beautiful Laundrette, … Continue reading
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Officially Announcing FM 13.3 (2022)!
We are shining a light on the TOC of FM 13.3, now out, which includes the following peer-reviewed features: A Contemporary Horror Cinema Dossier, edited and curated by Georgia Gwinnett College: And this featurette: For more information about this issue, … Continue reading
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Emily Heiser, Author of FM 13.2 (2022) Article “Empathizing with James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Emily Heiser: My article examines the critical reception of Raoul Peck’s film I Am Not Your Negro (2017) and how the film’s unique ability to … Continue reading
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Daisies (1966). Reviewed by Josie Banner
Daisies (1966) is a very interesting experimental film. Throughout, it uses many cinematic techniques and mise-en-scene elements to weave a complex web of emotion and discovery as two women both named Marie (played by Ivana Karbanová and Jitka Cerhová) navigate … Continue reading
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Interview with Will Kitchen, Author of Romanticism and Film and Film, Negation and Freedom. By Brittany Utley
Brittany Utley: What sparked your interest in wanting to investigate Romanticism and its connection to film? Will Kitchen: Pretty much all the work I’ve done since I started my film studies back in 2011 has been driven by … Continue reading
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The Butterfly Queen: Interview with the Filmmakers. By Alexis Johnson
Alexis Johnson: Please tell us about The Butterfly Queen in your own words. Liam O’Connor-Genereaux (director): I wanted to tell a love story about friendship. Lots of movies focus on true “romantic” love (it’s one of the most celebrated forms … Continue reading
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) in Three Frames. Reviewed by Ruby Schweitzer
Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) has just come to an unsettling realization, one she does not want to accept as truth: her father (Ray Wise) may be the real person behind Bob (Frank Silva), a mysterious figure who has been haunting … Continue reading
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Introducing Our 2023 Masoud Yazdani Award Judges
Judging has begun for the 2023 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship. Articles under consideration are from the following notable institutions of higher education: And, of course, none of this would be possible without the tireless efforts … Continue reading
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One with the Whale. Reviewed by Dason Fuller
“We live in a modern world, in a remote area.” This quote from the film drives the overall message of One with the Whale. This documentary, directed by Peter Chelkowski and Jim Wickens, follows the life of a family in … Continue reading
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Playland (2023, dir. Georden West). Reviewed by K. A. Vale
Georden West’s Playland is a visually stunning blend of performance art and documentary that asks the audience to be witnesses of Boston’s oldest queer bar as it transcends time to tell the stories of its patrons, performers, and personnel through … Continue reading
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