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Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of issue 9.3, our final issue for the 2018 volume year. In this issue, you will find these peer-reviewed feature articles: “A Real Human Being and a Real Hero”: Masculinity, Liminality, and Design … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce the winner of the fourth annual Masoud Yazdani Award, Nicole Veneto, for her FM 8.3 (2017) article, “’That lightsaber. It belongs to me.’: Patriarchal Anxiety and the Fragility of White Men’s Masculinity in The Force Awakens.” Nicole is … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of issue 9.2 (2018), a guest-edited issue on neglected cinemas & post-global politics by Kelli Fuery and students, Chapman University. In this issue, you will find: Neglected Cinema and Post-Global Politics Preface … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce that judging for the 2018 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship is well underway thanks to the hard work of our volunteer judges: Michael Benton, Humanities Professor at Bluegrass Community & Technical … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to report that our first issue of 2018 is finally out — and with a completely new look, new size, etc.  Our spirit is still the same, though:  celebrating the undergraduate voice in film and media … Continue reading →

Film Matters is searching for three judges to determine the winner of the 2018 Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship. For more information about this award, please see the initial announcement (https://www.filmmattersmagazine.com/2014/09/02/announcing-the-masoud-yazdani-award-for-excellence-in-undergraduate-film-scholarship/). If you are a current instructor … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce that its last issue of the 2017 volume year is now out.  In this issue, you will find the following peer-reviewed feature articles: A Forced Silence: The Hidden Homonormativity Surrounding Carol by Isabella Luizzi The Revival of … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of FM 8.2 (2017) — guest edited by Matthew Sorrento and undergraduate students from Rutgers University-Camden. In this issue, you’ll find the following features/featurettes: Beyond Morricone: The Other Italian Film Composers by George Kristian Kubrick Becoming: An Interview … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to usher in our volume 8 year with FM 8.1 (2017) — and with a fabulous cover! In this issue, you’ll find the following peer-reviewed feature articles: Rethinking Racialized Cinema: A Critical Examination of Representations of Afro-Brazilians in … Continue reading →

Film Matters is very pleased to announce the winner of the third annual Masoud Yazdani Award, Ouma Amadou, for her FM 7.3 (2016) article, “Constructing (Black) Girlhood: Americanization, Assimilation, and Ambivalence.” Ouma is a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she studies film. Her … Continue reading →