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The ABCs of Connection
C is for Cinema, but that is admittedly too broad of a subject, so I will narrow it down to the time in which, for most, cinephilia begins: childhood. I am around five years old. I am with my sister, … Continue reading
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E, F, G: Eyes, Furniture, and Ghosts
E is for encounter, and exchange, which are one and the same. E is also for “eyes,” those objects through which our encounters and exchanges take place: eyes through screens, eyes glancing toward cameras, eyes deliberately not glancing toward cameras, … Continue reading
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A Manifesto on the Film Essay: Preface to Dossier Submitted to Film Matters
Collectively Composed by Victor Bowman-Rivera, Linh Ngoc Bui, Andrenae Jones, Annie Martin, Quillan Qian, Anniyah Rawlins, and Kailyn Shepherd With thanks to Professor Amelie Hastie for organizing our contributions to this Preface Let us assume, to begin with, that films … Continue reading
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A Conversation with Robert Redhead. By Lillianne Hogsten
Three (short) years ago, I arrived in Wilmington, North Carolina, for the first time. I knew next to nothing about the town, what it could offer me or what my future held within it. As a young filmmaker, I was … Continue reading
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FM 12.2 (2021) Now Out!
Film Matters is pleased to announce officially the release of FM 12.2 (2021), jointly edited by Chapman University and the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). Chapman’s themed section, “The Monstrous,” is introduced by Amber Power: The Monstrous: Preface And comprises … Continue reading
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Call for Undergraduate Reviewers
Film Matters is seeking current undergraduate students to review a few Criterion Blu-rays for us. The available items are listed below: Criterions (if a title has TAKEN by it, it has already been claimed): Drive My Car (Hamaguchi, 2021) — TAKEN … Continue reading
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Anushree Joshi & Saman Waheed, Authors of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “Romanticist Philosophy in Hindi Cinema: A Comparative Study of Keats, Shelley, and October”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Anushree Joshi & Saman Waheed: Our article explores the concerns of human mortality in a rapidly disconnecting society, owing to modern capitalism in Indian metropolitans, … Continue reading
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The Black Dahlia: A Misunderstood Ode to Film Noir. Reviewed by Yaakov “Jacob” Smith
When director Brian De Palma is brought up in film discussions, much is made of his work prior to 2000, and anything past that year is completely ignored, if not disparaged. Indeed, many seem to believe that De Palma lost … Continue reading
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Peter Horan, Author of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “From Lotte Reiniger to Nguyễn Trinh Thi: Examining the Evolution of Non-Western Representation in Artists’ Film and Video”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Peter Horan: My article highlights how artists’ film and video have evolved in the past century when it comes to the representation of non-Western communities … Continue reading
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Cameron Detig, Author of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “Slow Motion in the Age of Intensified Continuity”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Cameron Detig: My article, “Slow Motion in the Age of Intensified Continuity,” is about the ways in which slow motion has been implemented in film, … Continue reading
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