Category Archives: Interviews
Tillie Quattrone, Author of FM 14.1 (2023) Article “‘You know how the game goes, Baby’: Exploring Intersections of Power in Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Tillie Quattrone: My article investigates overlapping manifestations of power and masculinity in one of the pioneering Blaxploitation films, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, … Continue reading
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Interview with David Fantle and Tom Johnson, Authors of C’mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock. By Sophia Stolkey
Sophia Stolkey: In the beginning of the book, you set out to shed light on the underrated film musical that is Summer Stock and “elevate” it to a higher standard of renown. Could you tell readers a little bit about … Continue reading
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Sloane Dzhitenov, Author of FM 13.3 (2022) Article “In the Infinite Pool: The Cinematic Spectatorship of Sleep Has Her House (2017)”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Sloane Dzhitenov: “In the Infinite Pool: The Cinematic Spectatorship of Sleep Has Her House (2017)” is an exploration of the slow and landscape cinema values … Continue reading
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Emily Moore, Author of FM 13.3 (2022) Article “Trains and Constrains: Re-Examining the Griersonian Documentary Influence upon David Lean’s Brief Encounter (1945)”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Emily Moore: My article explores the documentary-genre influence on Brief Encounter, with specific focus on Griersonian-influenced short films. In a way, the paper is split … Continue reading
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Monica Foster, Author of FM 13.3 (2022) Article “Flâneuserie Reimagined: Ida and Purposeful Wandering”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Monica Foster: Much has been said about Charles Baudelaire’s nineteenth-century figure, the flâneur, and its relation to a variety of different disciplines. The flâneur was … Continue reading
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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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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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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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Vanessa Zarm, Author of FM 13.2 (2022) Article “How Ordinary People Breaks the Stigma of Manila’s Street Children”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Vanessa Zarm: My article centers around Eduardo W. Roy Jr’s 2016 Filipino film Ordinary People, which explores the central issue of street children and baby-snatching … Continue reading
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