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FM 11.1 (2020) Digital Media Dossier: Video Essays
A companion video essay section to accompany the Digital Media dossier in FM 11.1 (2020) produced by Jennifer O’Meara and students, Trinity College Dublin. Another Cinema, Cinema of the OtherBy Giorgiomaria Cornelio and Lauren “Ren” O’Hare Artists’ Statement: Conceived as an … Continue reading
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FM 11.1 (2020) Released!
FM 11.1 (our first issue of 2020, this most unusual year) is now officially out electronically via Ingenta and EBSCO. (Due to the COVID-19 situation, print copies will follow once the Intellect offices are back open in early 2021.) In … Continue reading
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Parul Tiwari, Author of FM 10.3 (2019) Article “Exploring the Relationship of the Geography and People Through Composition in the Films of Abbas Kiarostami”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Parul Tiwari: This article aims to analyze landscape in the films of Abbas Kiarostami using the compositional frames of the films to speculate upon the … Continue reading
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What We’re Watching: Halloween Edition. By Sydney Boone, JaZmyn Shambley, and Sophia Stolkey
As the first edition of our soon-regular column, “What We’re Watching,” we’re blending our cinephilia with Halloween spirit to reflect on perhaps less obvious choices for holiday viewing. Take up our recommendations at your own risk, as these films are … Continue reading
Taste of Cherry (Criterion Blu-ray). Reviewed by Sydney Boone, JaZmyn Shambley, and Sophia Stolkey
Over 20 years after its initial release, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s film Taste of Cherry (1997), an essential piece of cinematic civil service, still stands as a vital contemplation on the wearying yet worthwhile act of living. It calls attention … Continue reading
Open Call for Papers 12.3
Film Matters is pleased to announce our open call for papers from undergraduates and recently graduated undergraduates for consideration in issue 12.3 (2021). The deadline is February 1, 2021. Film Matters has officially adopted MLA 8th edition style (and is moving away from 7th … Continue reading
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Our 2020 Masoud Yazdani Award Judges
Film Matters is pleased to announce that judging for the 2020 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship is underway. Articles under consideration are from the following fine institutions: Arizona State University Chapman University City University of New … Continue reading
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Alyson E. Picard, Author of FM 10.3 (2019) Article “‘Utter the flood of feeling’: Melodrama and Musical Score in Douglas Sirk’s Written on the Wind (1956)”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Alyson E. Picard: My article analyzes the connection of Frank Skinner’s musical score to the melodramatic tropes within Douglas Sirk’s film, Written on the Wind … Continue reading
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Madi Margolis, Author of FM 10.3 (2019) Article “Cyborg Feminism: Ambiguity and Hybridity of the Female Cyborg in Metropolis”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Madi Margolis: A posthuman figure like the female cyborg challenges traditional humanist feminism in ways that make room for theorizing new subjectivities and feminist epistemologies. … Continue reading
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Reviewed by Jason Husak
Warning: Review contains mild spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker based only on trailers and promotional materials. Ever since the original Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977) first released in the early summer of 1977, movies have never been … Continue reading
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