The Woodmans (2010)

Watched this documentary this weekend. See it on YouTube here. This was the first work of Francesca’s I saw…

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High-rise

“The ones who are the real danger, are the self-contained types, like you.” Trailer here. Out 18th March! Ever wanted something more?

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Film Criticism – more film theory for free

Film Criticism celebrates its 40th anniversary issue with a move to an open access format, under the new editorship of Joseph Tompkins, who, to mark this welcome shift, has commissioned lots of scholars to meditate on the ever-mutating space of film criticism. Still hungry for knowledge?

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Film-Philosophy

Film-Philosophy, long-standing, always fully open access academic journal dedicated to the engagement between film studies and philosophy, is now published by Edinburgh University Press and remains completely open access – grow your filmbrain for free…

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Film Studies for Free

Brokeback Mountain Studies: Through the Queer Longing Glass, 2011, Catherine Grant

Take a look at Dr. Catherine Grant’s Film Studies for Free site here. A fantastic online resource of film-related texts, lectures and of course short film essays.

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GSSF Symposium 2015: Short Film (and) Criticism

Transformers: The Premake, Kevin B Lee

Spent Saturday at the Glasgow Short Film Festival Symposium at the CCA. Excellent contributions from Isla Leaver-Yap (on curation as criticism) and Catherine Grant & Kevin B Lee (on the video essay). Here’s the full programme: Glasgow Short Film Festival and University of Glasgow School of Culture & Creative Arts in association with University of Edinburgh:…

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The Stuart Hall Project

This week I’m trying to watch as much John Akomfrah as is possible. Here’s a link to a Frieze video about him. And here’s a link to a version of The Stuart Hall Project, 2013.

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