The Global Media Festival was a one-night screening of international shorts organized and presented by the students enrolled in my Global Media Cultures course during fall 2019. For the last four weeks of the course, students worked in groups to watch and analyze the shorts; write critical introductions and film reviews; and plan a promotionalContinue reading “The 2019 Global Media Festival”
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A Chat with David Bordwell, Part Three: Genre Film Festivals Rock!
Today is my last day working at the offices of the Fantasia Film Festival, so it seems fitting I post the last clip from my chat with David Bordwell. Here are parts one and two in case you missed them. I chose to post this question last because it both fits nicely as a bookendContinue reading “A Chat with David Bordwell, Part Three: Genre Film Festivals Rock!”
A Chat with David Bordwell, Part Two: Master Classes and Film Festival Audiences
As I mentioned in my previous post, I had the opportunity to chat with David Bordwell for a few minutes while he was attending the Fantasia Film Festival. Once all the required questions were out of the way, I managed to sneak in a few that related to my own interests. In the following clip,Continue reading “A Chat with David Bordwell, Part Two: Master Classes and Film Festival Audiences”
A Chat with David Bordwell, Part One: On Fantasia, Academics (Not) Getting Awards, and Chris Marker
Working at Fantasia this summer, I had the chance to meet international directors, TV stars, and – briefly but memorably – celebrity academic David Bordwell. As part of the festival, Fantasia’s YouTube channel is dedicated to two-minute capsules of conversations with all the invited guests. I volunteered to be the interviewer for the David BordwellContinue reading “A Chat with David Bordwell, Part One: On Fantasia, Academics (Not) Getting Awards, and Chris Marker”
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