Category Archives: News

Film Matters is pleased to officially announce our new contest format — the caption contest.  Roughly each month, we will post a new frame to our Facebook page and invite our readers, fans, and friends alike to caption the frame.  … Continue reading →

It is with great sadness that Film Matters announces the death of Masoud Yazdani, chairman of Intellect – our publisher and dear friend.  It’s never easy to begin referring to someone in the past tense – particularly someone so full … Continue reading →

Film Matters is always on the lookout for guest editors — film instructors, bring the Film Matters experience to your undergraduates!  The editors-in-chief will mentor you through the process, sharing syllabi and assignments as needed.  And the end result is … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of issue 4.1, which includes the following peer-reviewed feature articles: Sub-Cultural Ethnography and the Case for Dogtown and Z-Boys by Christopher G. da Canha “Hearing” War Crimes: Affective Evocation of Violence and Political … Continue reading →

Film Matters is pleased to announce the release of FM 3.4, which includes the following peer-reviewed feature articles: Sergei Eisenstein and Montage: When Cultures Collide in Once Upon a Time in China II by Robyn Burley Man with a Movie … Continue reading →

Katrina Hargrave asks: “A simplified definition of a world view is a collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Since films are made by individuals and/or groups, for individuals and/or groups and are … Continue reading →

J. Frank Allman asks: “What is your favorite holiday movie growing up and do you still watch it when that holiday comes around?” Curator Biography J. Frank Allman is a UNCW film student currently interning at Quiver Distribution in LA, … Continue reading →

Jason Zim asks: “What would we like to see from found footage in the future? Where will it go? Would we like something other than a horror film?” Curator Biography Jason Zim is a film studies major at University of … Continue reading →

Christian Podgaysky asks: “In lieu of Mother’s Day, what film or films stand out to you as having particularly strong mother figures or interesting mother/child relationships?” Curator Biography Christian Podgaysky is an aspiring screenwriter majoring in film studies at the … Continue reading →

Laura Casteel asks: “What is the first movie you remember seeing as a child, and what impressions did it leave on you?” Curator Biography Laura Casteel is a freelance writer and filmmaker, as well as a poetry editor for Treehouse, … Continue reading →