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Open Call for Papers 15.2/3
Film Matters is pleased to announce our open call for papers from current undergraduates, authors who have been invited to revise and resubmit previous submissions (including authors who did not make it past our prescreening for a previous call), and recently … Continue reading
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Leif Tystad, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “Cracks in the Ornament: Spectatorial Relationships and Labors of Looking in Gold Diggers of 1933”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Leif Tystad: My article, “Cracks in the Ornament,” uses Siegfried Kracauer’s text “The Mass Ornament” as a groundwork for defining a predominant visual structure of … Continue reading
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Focus on Citation Ethics
Citation ethics[i] – mindfulness about the voices we choose to amplify in an effort to center underrepresented and marginalized scholars – has become a key priority for Film Matters. To this end, we are happy to announce M. Sellers Johnson … Continue reading
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Introducing Our 2022 Masoud Yazdani Award Judges
We are happy to report that judging is underway for the 2022 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship. Articles under consideration are from the following fine institutions: Of course, this award wouldn’t be possible if not for … Continue reading
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Sophie Barbour, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “Into the Spider-Verse and a New Age of Comic Realism”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Sophie Barbour: My article looks at the film Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse and attempts to analyze it as a “realistic” film. The immediate challenge here … Continue reading
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Matthew Scipione, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Article “Transnational Filmmaking: The Intersubjective Gaze in Desierto”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Matthew Scipione: “Transnational Filmmaking: The Intersubjective Gaze in Desierto” is an analysis of Jonás Cuarón’s Desierto (2015). Set against the backdrop of a vast desert, … Continue reading
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Mason Leaver, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Featurette “Authority Figures in Post-Revolutionary Society: Examining Romanian Attitudes Toward the Police in Pororoca and Police, Adjective”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Mason Leaver: My article analyzes the Romanian New Wave, and Romanian attitudes toward the police by examining two films: Police, Adjective, and Pororoca. Specifically, it … Continue reading
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FM 12.3 (2021) Officially Out!
Film Matters is pleased to announce officially the release of the final 2021 issue, FM 12.3, edited by the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and featuring a dossier guest edited by Fabrizio Cilento (Messiah University), Otilia Baraboi (University of Washington, Seattle), and Ileana Marin (University … Continue reading
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Ghosts of Past/Graves of Future. By Ben Dowd
This video essay explores Tarkovsky’s 1979 sci-fi classic, Stalker, through the lens of the philosophical concept of hauntology. Hauntology refers to the potential for dead or dying ideals to return and haunt the cultural ethos of subsequent generations. This essay … Continue reading
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Samantha Van Zandt, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “The Triumph of Trauma: Tarantino Style”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Samantha Van Zandt: “The Triumph of Trauma: Tarantino Style” illuminates Tarantino’s genius and artistic ability to demonstrate the journey of overcoming debilitating trauma. He provides … Continue reading
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