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12th Annual Chelsea Film Festival Announces Its 2024 Narrative Feature Lineup

The 12th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) is releasing the list of narrative and documentary features: 16 Narrative Features have been selected in the 2024 Official Lineup. 7 countries are represented this year: India, Iran, Israel, Lithuania, Switzerland, … Continue reading

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Paige Hartenburg, Author of FM 14.3 (2023) Article “See No Evil: Audio Identification with the Monstrous in Under the Skin”

Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Paige Hartenburg: My article, “See No Evil: Audio Identification with the Monstrous in Under the Skin,” focuses on the relationship between identity and body as … Continue reading

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Mary Beth Bauermann, Author of FM 14.3 (2023) Article “‘Wake Up!’ with Narrative Film Music: Optimizing Narrative Power Through Spike Lee’s Compilation Soundtracks of Popular Music”

Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Mary Beth Bauermann: This article takes a deep dive into three of Spike Lee’s films that feature significant compilation soundtracks of American popular music: Malcolm … Continue reading

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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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