Category Archives: Interviews

Interview with Craig Batty and Susan Kerrigan, Editors of Screen Production Research: Creative Practice as a Mode of Enquiry. By Ashley Spillane

Posted on October 15, 2018 by admin

Craig Batty and Susan Kerrigan’s book Screen Production Research: Creative Practice as a Mode of Enquiry explores screen production—filmmaking and screenwriting—as a research method. Made up of a collection of essays by international experts in field, the book defines and … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Vito Adriaensens, Coauthor of Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema. By Matthew Johnson

Posted on October 8, 2018 by admin

Film Matters had the immense pleasure of discussing Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema (Edinburgh UP, 2017) with its one of its coauthors, Vito Adriaensens, in summer 2018. Comprising a variety of topics central to the intermedial crossroads of sculpture and … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Vikkramm Chandirramani, Following the Release of His Short Film Destiny (2018). By Matthew Johnson

Posted on September 10, 2018 by admin

As a call and response to online dating and a prevalent reliance on social media, writer/filmmaker Vikkramm Chandirramani offers a comedy short Destiny, set in modern India, through which he explores and readdresses preconceptions of romance expectation, attitudes toward the … Continue reading →

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Found Family and Lost Film: Interviewing John Bredin About a Hollywood for the Greater Good. By Lily C. Frame

Posted on August 21, 2018 by admin

“Can we imagine a Hollywood for the greater good?”- John Bredin John Bredin is a writer, educator, visionary thinker, activist, TV show host, filmmaker, actor, and businessman. His prevailing project honors his ancestral connection to one of America’s first movie … Continue reading →

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Interview with Dr. Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong. By Catherine Colson

Posted on August 13, 2018 by admin

CCGL9001: Hong Kong Cinema Through a Global Lens is a MOOC – a massive open online course. It originates from the University of Hong Kong by Professor Gina Marchetti, Dr. Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, and Dr. Stacilee Ford. The course … Continue reading →

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Interview with Sherri Snyder, Author of Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood. By Lily C. Frame

Posted on May 25, 2018 by admin

Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood is a biography authored by the actress, writer, and model, Sherri Snyder. Snyder’s scholarly endeavors follow the overlooked and notorious American actress and screenwriter, Barbara La Marr, and encompass … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Jinkyu Ahn, Experimental Animator. By Emmett Williams

Posted on July 31, 2017 by admin

Jinkyu Ahn is an experimental animator whose work has been featured and won awards around the world, from the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards to Animaze Daze at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Ahn participated in this Film Matters interview … Continue reading →

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Exploring Film History: An Interview with Dr. Jon Cowans. By Emmett Williams

Posted on July 2, 2017 by admin

Jon Cowans is associate professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University–Newark and author of Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946–1959 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015). Dr. Cowans participated in this Film Matters interview via email in … Continue reading →

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Interview with As Good as You Star, Laura Heisler. By Kim Carr

Posted on June 26, 2017 by admin

Laura Heisler is a theater, film, and television actress. She has appeared in many Off-Broadway productions as well as television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, The Americans, and Madame Secretary. In 2015, she was cast as the lead in the … Continue reading →

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Interview with As Good as You Director, Heather de Michele. By Kim Carr

Posted on June 26, 2017 by admin

Heather de Michele, a former New Yorker, cofounded  Lesbian Pulp-o-rama, a sketch comedy troupe that performed live shows in New York.  She went on to produce and direct a variety of film genres including commercials, web series, and shorts before … Continue reading →

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