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Beyond the Screen: Empathy, Memory, and Film-Souvenir. By Gillian Fast and Kai Paschall
Since Jean Pierre-Meunier’s coining of the term film-souvenir in 1969, the concept has undergone several redefinitions by subsequent film theorists. Past its initial purpose of classifying modes of filmic identification, film-souvenir has become a tool for self-evaluation in film experiences. We recount personal experiences with film during our childhoods, highlighting the confusion and fascination inherent in witnessing storytelling beyond our present understandings. Using the empathetic lens of film-souvenir, we reevaluate these experiences as growing pains of a developing consciousness. Continue reading
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020). Reviewed By Jonathan Monovich
Released just two months after Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel, Antkind, a surrealist exploration of the world of film criticism, his latest film is an adaptation of Iain Reid’s novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Much like the rest of his … Continue reading
Aligarh (2015) – Redefining Notions of Queerness in an Orwellian State. By Mustafa Rajkotwala
Set in the locality of Uttar Pradesh, written by Apurva Asrani and directed by Hansal Mehta, Aligarh is a depiction of the real life accounts of Srinivas Ramchandra Siras (played by Manoj Bajpayee), a 64-year old Marathi professor and the … Continue reading
Black Representation Matters: Reflections on Hendrix Windgate Museum of Art’s Inaugural Film Series. By JaZmyn Shambley and Sophia Stolkey
The summer of 2020 unfolded as one of the most tragic and exhausting in American history. The murder of George Floyd sparked outrage across the country as many protested against the corrupt police force and their brutality against Black Americans. … Continue reading
A Girlfriends Guide to Loving Loneliness. Reviewed by Sophia Stolkey
Just as director Claudia Weill states in her 2019 Criterion interview (included in the new Blu-ray edition of her 1978 debut feature film), Girlfriends turns the popular convention of most young adult coming-of-age stories on its head. By crafting a … Continue reading
Film Matters Online CFP: “Cinema 2021”
As 2021 promises new beginnings, we leave behind one of the most tumultuous years in recent history; between political upheavals, natural disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has proven destructive, demoralizing, and utterly unpredictable. During these turbulent times, we at … Continue reading
Moonstruck: A Spellbinding Message About Love. Reviewed by JaZmyn Shambley
Curses, bad luck, and the special powers of the moon all emerge at one point or another in Norman Jewison’s magical Moonstruck (1987), almost providing audience members with the same viewing experience they would have with a fantasy film. Yet, … Continue reading
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
Film Matters Online: Vision Statement and Guiding Principles. By Sydney Boone, JaZmyn Shambley, and Sophia Stolkey
If you’re reading this statement, you likely agree that film, indeed, matters. As we assume our new responsibilities as Film Matters online editorial board during these months of global pandemic and political unrest, we have reflected deeply on how, why, … Continue reading
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