Film International

Academic journal

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Discipline| Film studies
Language| English
Edited by| Matthew Sorrento
Publication details
History| 1973–present
Publisher|

Intellect Ltd.

Frequency| Quarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Film Int.
Indexing
CODEN (alt * alt2) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus * W&L
ISSN| 1651-6826 (print)
2040-3801 (web)

OCLC no.| 803316091
Links

* Journal homepage

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

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Film International was established in 1973 in Swedish.[1] In 2003, it became an English-language journal.[2]

## Description

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Film International is an academic journal with a companion site, FilmInt, that covers film studies.[3]

It is published by Intellect Ltd.[2] 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

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As of 2022[update] 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

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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

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

* MLA International Bibliography
* Current Abstracts
* FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives)
* Art & Architecture Complete
* Art Index
* Art Full Text
* British Humanities Index
* Scopus

## References

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1. ^ "Resources". Cineaste Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
2. ^ a b "Film International - Journal of World Cinema". Intellect Books. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
3. ^ "FilmInt.nu - Thinking Film Since 1973". FilmInt.nu. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
4. ^ University of California Irvine Libraries (1 June 2022). "Film and Media Studies". guides.lib.uci.edu/film/journals. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
5. ^ Baade, Christina; McGee, Kristin A. (18 May 2021). Beyoncé in the World: Making Meaning with Queen Bey in Troubled Times. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-7993-5. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
6. ^ "People – Department of English and Communication". english.camden.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
7. ^ University, Seton Hall (25 September 2015). "Profile Christopher Sharrett". Seton Hall University. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
8. ^ "Contact". FilmInt.nu. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
9. ^ "Tony Williams | English | SIU". cola.siu.edu. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
10. ^ "Alexandra Heller-Nicholas". www.thebluelenses.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
11. ^ "Film International - Journal of World Cinema". Intellect Books. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
12. ^ Toles, George (1 July 2021). Curtains of Light: Theatrical Space in Film. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-8423-5. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
13. ^ Freedman, Carl Howard (2013). Versions of Hollywood Crime Cinema: Studies in Ford, Wilder, Coppola, Scorsese, and Others. Intellect. ISBN 978-1-84150-724-8. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
14. ^ Vernallis, Carol. "The Media Swirl: Politics, Audiovisuality, and Aesthetics". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
15. ^ Armstrong, Stephen B. (2013). John Frankenheimer: Interviews, Essays, and Profiles. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-9056-5. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
16. ^ Bradley, Peri (26 January 2016). Food, Media and Contemporary Culture: The Edible Image. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-46323-4. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
17. ^ Pomerance, Murray (27 December 2018). A Dream of Hitchcock. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-7207-2. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
18. ^ Hudson, David. "January Books". The Criterion Collection. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
19. ^ Grant, Catherine (19 December 2009). "Film Studies For Free: Crossing the Wild River: R.I.P. Robin Wood (1931-2009)". Film Studies For Free. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
20. ^ "In Memoriam: Robin Wood". FilmInt.nu. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
21. ^ Svadjian, Armen (10 August 2011). ""A Life in Film Criticism: Robin Wood at 75", Your Flesh Magazine, 2006, reprinted in Friends of Robin Wood,10 August 2011". Friends of Robin Wood. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

## External links

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* Official website
* FilmInt (exclusive content)