Category Archives: Interviews
Mason Leaver, Author of FM 12.3 (2021) Featurette “Authority Figures in Post-Revolutionary Society: Examining Romanian Attitudes Toward the Police in Pororoca and Police, Adjective”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Mason Leaver: My article analyzes the Romanian New Wave, and Romanian attitudes toward the police by examining two films: Police, Adjective, and Pororoca. Specifically, it … Continue reading
Samantha Van Zandt, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “The Triumph of Trauma: Tarantino Style”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Samantha Van Zandt: “The Triumph of Trauma: Tarantino Style” illuminates Tarantino’s genius and artistic ability to demonstrate the journey of overcoming debilitating trauma. He provides … Continue reading
Jonathan Monovich, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “The ‘Eagle Scout Film’: David Lynch as Auteur and Genre Filmmaker”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Jonathan Monovich: Knowing David Lynch’s background as an Eagle Scout, my article, “The ‘Eagle Scout Film’: David Lynch as Auteur and Genre Filmmaker” explores how … Continue reading
Clare Matthews, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “Seeing Triple: Identification and Gamic Vision in Film and FPS Games”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Clare Matthews: My article “Seeing Triple: Identification and Gamic Vision in Film and FPS Games” investigates the subjective shot as used in film and first-person … Continue reading
Michael Stringer, Author of FM 12.2 (2021) Article “Over and Over, and Over Again: Tension, Repetition, and Catharsis in the Films of Wes Anderson”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Michael Stringer: My article looks at the films of Wes Anderson, and it tries to use parts of his very recognizable style to problematize elements … Continue reading
Anushree Joshi & Saman Waheed, Authors of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “Romanticist Philosophy in Hindi Cinema: A Comparative Study of Keats, Shelley, and October”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Anushree Joshi & Saman Waheed: Our article explores the concerns of human mortality in a rapidly disconnecting society, owing to modern capitalism in Indian metropolitans, … Continue reading
Peter Horan, Author of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “From Lotte Reiniger to Nguyễn Trinh Thi: Examining the Evolution of Non-Western Representation in Artists’ Film and Video”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Peter Horan: My article highlights how artists’ film and video have evolved in the past century when it comes to the representation of non-Western communities … Continue reading
Cameron Detig, Author of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “Slow Motion in the Age of Intensified Continuity”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Cameron Detig: My article, “Slow Motion in the Age of Intensified Continuity,” is about the ways in which slow motion has been implemented in film, … Continue reading
Abby Walkur, Author of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “Three Cheers for the Essay Film: How Chris Marker’s Vive la baleine Epitomizes Timothy Corrigan’s Model”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Abby Walkur: My article—“Three Cheers for the Essay Film”—utilizes esteemed scholar Timothy Corrigan’s essay film model to explain how famous French essayist Chris Marker’s Vive … Continue reading
Chuyi Zhang, Author of FM 12.1 (2021) Article “Deconstructing the Other’s Other: Analyzing the Chinese Female Image in the Film Saving Face”
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters. Chuyi Zhang: My article mainly focuses on the film Saving Face created in 2004 by Chinese American director Alice Wu, which carries a lot of … Continue reading