Category Archives: Interviews
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
Grant Brighter, Author of FM 9.1 (2018) Article “Warped Space-Time: Exploiting Schematic Assumptions in Ritual in Transfigured Time”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Grant Brighter: This project examines an underdeveloped area of inquiry pertaining to the American avant-garde during the 1940s: the dynamic between the avant-garde and the … Continue reading
A Legacy of Tolerance: An Interview with Serena Dykman, Director of Nana (2016). By Ashley Spillane
“Never again,” the phrase associated with the Holocaust, is a reminder of the value of memory. The Holocaust memory is increasingly important in society today as survivors pass away and intolerance continues to exist. Many dedicated their postwar lives to … Continue reading
Elizabeth Riggs, Author of FM 9.1 (2018) Article “Mental Illness and the Monstrous Mother: A Comparison of Representation in The Babadook and Lights Out”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Elizabeth Riggs: This article is an examination of the monstrous mother, as portrayed in the films The Babadook and Lights Out. Specifically, it looks at … Continue reading
Interview with Austen Sprake, Director of Murder Go Round (The Student Film That Never Was). By Lily C. Frame
Murder Go Round (The Student Film That Never Was) is a feature-length student film produced by the liberal arts institution, St. Lawrence University (SLU), and directed by their 2018 film graduate, Austen Sprake. Like many, Sprake sparked his adoration for … Continue reading
Interview with Dr. Candace Grissom on Her Recent Book, Fitzgerald and Hemingway on Film: A Critical Study of the Adaptations, 1924-2013. By Kenneth L. Freyer
Kenneth L. Freyer: Please introduce yourself. Candace Grissom: My name is Dr. Candace Grissom, and I was born and raised in Cullman, AL. In August, I finished a three-year contract as a full-time Instructor of English at Motlow State Community … Continue reading