Category Archives: News

Film Matters is excited to launch volume three with issue 3.1, which was recently released.  In this issue, you’ll find the following peer-reviewed feature articles: Focus Features: A New Safe Haven for Queer and Gay Cinema by Kimberly Behzadi  Understanding … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce that Kathleen Bracke has won the prestigious Princess Grace Award for her undergraduate film scholarship: http://www.pgfusa.org/award-winners/view/Kathleen-Bracke/ Bracke’s article, “Understanding Defeat by Means of Jan Patocka: A Close Examination of Věra Chytilová’s Daisies” is forthcoming in issue … Continue reading →

For our next Film Bytes column in issue 4.1 (2013), our editorial board has selected Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le fou (1965). Film Bytes is a perfect opportunity to contribute to Film Matters in a meaningful yet casual way — particularly … Continue reading →

While we are always on the lookout at Film Matters for book and DVD/film reviews for our print issues, we are currently and actively soliciting similar pieces for our website. So if you are interested in getting publishing and reviewing … Continue reading →

We are actively seeking well-crafted comments (anywhere from one sentence onwards) on Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust (1991) for our “Film Bytes” column in issue 3.2 (2012).  This is a quick and easy way to get published! Better still, … Continue reading →

Working with Theresa L. Geller and her students at Grinnell College on their issue of Film Matters (2.4) on the theme of genre was such a positive experience, that we are looking forward to doing it again (three more times)! … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of FM 2.4, guest edited by Grinnell College.  In this issue, you will find: The “Eastern Western”: Cross-Cultural Hybridity and Violent Coexistence by Paul Dampier  The Underside of Desire: Cannibalizing Genre in … Continue reading →

We at Film Matters are pleased to announce that issue 2.3 is out!  In this issue, you will find the following feature articles: Willy Versus Charlie: The Culture-Bending Oompa-Loompa by Kimberly A. Behzadi Globalization and the Modern Vampire by Lauren … Continue reading →

The team of guest editors for issue 2.4 of Film Matters from Grinnell College, led by Theresa L. Geller, celebrated their accomplishment with a launch party: http://www.grinnell.edu/news/features/film-matters It’s a great issue and will be announced here soon!  In the meantime, … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Vision Frame Analysis Contest 2011: Paul Tortolo, Wilfrid Laurier University Hearty congratulations to Paul, whose winning analysis will feature in issue 3.2 of Film Matters due out later this year! So … Continue reading →