Category Archives: Interviews
Matthew Cohen, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Gorehounds: Reconsidering the Study of Splatter Narrativity”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Matthew Cohen: “Gorehounds: Reconsidering the Study of Splatter Narrativity” attempts to activate a field of splatter studies through the application of narratology to gore films. … Continue reading
Interview with Eli Hershko. By Miranda Sprouse
Sexual assault is an incredibly dark topic that many tend to avoid as much as possible. Others, however, want to bring more awareness. Fairytale (Hershko, 2019) follows the story of Verity (played by Verity East), a young girl who finds … Continue reading
Lauren Ekene Nwenwu, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Mixed-Race Identity, Ambiguity, and Displacement in The Girl with Brains in Her Feet: The Complex Underrepresented Nature of Mixed-Race Identity in Nineties British Cinema”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Lauren Ekene Nwenwu: My article is on how (black/white) mixed-race identity is represented in contemporary British films as existing outside the limiting, socially constructed paradigms of … Continue reading
Interview with Leigh Smith and Jesse Everett. By Miranda Sprouse
Sacrifice (Maguire, 2018) captures the love story between James (Leigh Smith) and Blake (Jesse Everett) as Blake prepares for his next military assignment. When the story takes an unexpected turn, it becomes clear how even in the darkest times, we … Continue reading
Shaye Guillory, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Budget Sex: The Neglected Perspective of Youth in Contemporary Cinema”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Shaye Guillory: “Budget Sex: The Neglected Perspective of Youth in Contemporary Cinema” assesses the representation of youth sexual relations in films released between the 2000s … Continue reading
Katelyn Terry, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Contorted Bodies: Women’s Representation in Japanese Horror Films”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Katelyn Terry: My article “Contorted Bodies: Women’s Representation in Japanese Horror Films” focuses on the representation of the female form in Japanese’s horror films through … Continue reading
Stephen N. Borunda, Author of FM 9.2 (2018) Article “Political Revelations in Detail: The Close-up in Patricio Guzmán’s The Battle of Chile”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Stephen N. Borunda: I have been working on this piece for the past year or so. The essay synthesizes my studies of Chilean cinema with … Continue reading
Jake Martin Graves, Author of FM 9.1 (2018) Article “‘We’re Just Cinema Thugs’: A Documentary Critique on Cultural Exploitation”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Jake Martin Graves: The paper, “‘We’re Just Cinema Thugs,’” explores how the controversial documentary The Act of Killing portrayed the Indonesian Massacre of 1965-6, where … Continue reading
Kyle Stanley, Coauthor of FM 9.1 (2018) Article “What Makes HAL 9000 a Character in 2001: A Space Odyssey?”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Kyle Stanley: The article is titled “What Makes HAL 9000 a Character in 2001: A Space Odyssey” and was written for Dr. Todd Berliner’s Aesthetic … Continue reading
Linnea Warburton, Author of FM 9.1 (2018) Article “I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts: Positive Female Representation in the Ghostbusters (2016) Remake”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Linnea Warburton: My article looks at the new Ghostbusters (2016) movie and examines the positive ways in which the movie represents women. The action movie … Continue reading