Film International Explained

Film International
Cover:Film International Cover.jpg
Discipline:Film studies
Abbreviation:Film Int.
Editor:Matthew Sorrento
Publisher:Intellect Ltd.
Frequency:Quarterly
History:1973–present
Oclc:803316091
Issn:1651-6826
Eissn:2040-3801

Film International is a quarterly academic journal focused on filmmaking, with a companion website, FilmInt, which covers film studies. The journal includes critical, historical, and theoretical essays on film, television, and moving image studies, as well as interviews, film reviews, and other topics.

History

Film International was established in 1973 in Swedish.[1] In 2003, it became an English-language journal.

Description

Film International is an academic journal with a companion site, FilmInt, that covers film studies.[2]

It is published by Intellect Ltd.[3] and presents critical, historical, and theoretical essays on film, television, and moving image studies,[4] including book reviews, interviews, and coverage of film festivals around the world. It regularly features film reviews, interviews with directors, actors, and cinematographers, as well as covering national cinemas on a country-by-country basis. The content ranges throughout topics of the moving image, from art cinema, foreign films, genre works. and music videos, like Beyonce's Lemonade.[5]

People

editor-in-chief is Matthew Sorrento.[6] The image editor is Jonathan Monovich, and contributing editors have included Jessica Baxter, Jacob Mertens, Liza Palmer, Yun-hua Chen, Christopher Sharrett,[7] Jeremy Carr, Robert K. Lightning, George Toles,[8] [9] and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas.[10]

Recognition and assessment

Andre Gregory has described the journal as "of enormous interest to anyone who is passionate about film," while Robert Pulcini has commented that FilmInt offers "a level of writing about film that is unfortunately all too rare these days."[11]

Works from the journal have been adapted in longer studies by top scholars and authors, including Toles,[12] Carl Freedman,[13] Carol Vernallis,[14] and Murray Pomerance.[15] [16] [17]

David Hudson of The Criterion Collection regards the journal as a standout in book reviewing.[18] Critic Robin Wood was a longtime contributor.[19] [20] [21]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resources . 2022-08-03 . Cineaste Magazine . en-US . 2021-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211008231903/https://www.cineaste.com/resources . live .
  2. Web site: FilmInt.nu - Thinking Film Since 1973 . 2022-08-07 . FilmInt.nu . en-US . 2022-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803225850/https://filmint.nu/ . live .
  3. Web site: Film International - Journal of World Cinema . 2022-08-03 . Intellect Books . en-GB . 2022-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220513124030/https://www.intellectbooks.com/film-international-journal-of-world-cinema . live .
  4. Web site: University of California Irvine Libraries . June 1, 2022 . Film and Media Studies . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803144738/https://guides.lib.uci.edu/film/journals . August 3, 2022 . June 1, 2022 . guides.lib.uci.edu/film/journals .
  5. Book: Baade . Christina . Beyoncé in the World: Making Meaning with Queen Bey in Troubled Times . McGee . Kristin A. . 2021-05-18 . Wesleyan University Press . 978-0-8195-7993-5 . en . 2022-08-08 . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808205918/https://books.google.com/books?id=0u4kEAAAQBAJ&dq=beyonce+%22film+international%22+carol&pg=PA32 . live .
  6. Web site: People – Department of English and Communication . 2022-07-14 . english.camden.rutgers.edu . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715000906/https://english.camden.rutgers.edu/people/ . live .
  7. Web site: University . Seton Hall . 2015-09-25 . Profile Christopher Sharrett . 2022-08-05 . Seton Hall University . en . 2022-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220805105350/https://www.shu.edu/profiles/christophersharrett.cfm . live .
  8. Web site: Contact . 2022-07-14 . FilmInt.nu . 20 January 2021 . en-US . 2022-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710195511/http://filmint.nu/contact/ . live .
  9. Web site: Tony Williams English SIU . 2022-08-03 . cola.siu.edu . 2019-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207031957/http://cola.siu.edu/english/faculty-staff/faculty/williams.php . live .
  10. Web site: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas . 2022-07-15 . www.thebluelenses.com . 2020-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200728101241/https://www.thebluelenses.com/?og=1 . live .
  11. Web site: Film International - Journal of World Cinema . 2022-07-14 . Intellect Books . en-GB . 2022-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220513124030/https://www.intellectbooks.com/film-international-journal-of-world-cinema . live .
  12. Book: Toles, George . Curtains of Light: Theatrical Space in Film . 2021-07-01 . SUNY Press . 978-1-4384-8423-5 . en . 2022-08-08 . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808205915/https://books.google.com/books?id=0aP-DwAAQBAJ&q=curtains+of+lights . live .
  13. Book: Freedman, Carl Howard . Versions of Hollywood Crime Cinema: Studies in Ford, Wilder, Coppola, Scorsese, and Others . 2013 . Intellect . 978-1-84150-724-8 . en . 2022-08-08 . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808205919/https://books.google.com/books?id=7gazMQEACAAJ . live .
  14. Web site: Vernallis . Carol . August 7, 2022 . The Media Swirl: Politics, Audiovisuality, and Aesthetics . August 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808205720/https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-media-swirl . live .
  15. Book: Armstrong, Stephen B. . John Frankenheimer: Interviews, Essays, and Profiles . 2013 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-8108-9056-5 . en . 2022-08-08 . 2022-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807215012/https://books.google.com/books?id=K6kBGbuVCsgC&pg=PR2&lpg=PR2&dq=google+books+John+Frankenheimer:+Interviews,+Essays,+and+Profiles,+Lanham+Md.:+Scarecrow+Press,+google+books&source=bl&ots=dZcKiWjxXr&sig=ACfU3U1fp81N58NbsGUkvF5l6Hj697ISBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjonfvC2rX5AhUXGVkFHUceDyAQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=google%20books%20John%20Frankenheimer:%20Interviews,%20Essays,%20and%20Profiles,%20Lanham%20Md.:%20Scarecrow%20Press,%20google%20books&f=false . live .
  16. Book: Bradley, Peri . Food, Media and Contemporary Culture: The Edible Image . 2016-01-26 . Springer . 978-1-137-46323-4 . en . 2022-08-08 . 2022-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807214958/https://books.google.com/books/about/Food_Media_and_Contemporary_Culture.html?id=smb-CgAAQBAJ . live .
  17. Book: Pomerance, Murray . A Dream of Hitchcock . 2018-12-27 . SUNY Press . 978-1-4384-7207-2 . en . 2022-08-08 . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808205926/https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Dream_of_Hitchcock.html?id=sbiBDwAAQBAJ . live .
  18. Web site: Hudson . David . January Books . 2022-07-14 . The Criterion Collection . en . 2022-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220714231628/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7249-january-books . live .
  19. Web site: Grant . Catherine . 2009-12-19 . Film Studies For Free: Crossing the Wild River: R.I.P. Robin Wood (1931-2009) . 2022-07-14 . Film Studies For Free . 2022-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220714234004/https://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/2009/12/crossing-wild-river-robin-wood-1931.html . live .
  20. Web site: 2011-01-28 . In Memoriam: Robin Wood . 2022-07-14 . FilmInt.nu . en-US . 2022-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220714230127/http://filmint.nu/in-memoriam-robin-wood/ . live .
  21. Web site: Svadjian . Armen . 2011-08-10 . "A Life in Film Criticism: Robin Wood at 75", Your Flesh Magazine, 2006, reprinted in Friends of Robin Wood,10 August 2011 . 2022-07-15 . Friends of Robin Wood . 2022-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220407070008/https://friendsofrobinwood.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-robin-wood-2006.html . live .

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