http://cinephile.ca Cinephile: The University of British Columbia's Film Journal Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:09:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The horror genre continues to regenerate itself ad nauseam. On one hand, the genre may be liberating itself from the weight of many formulaic straight-to-video films that have tainted its image over the past two decades, re-imagining itself through the quintessential films that defined horror cinema in the 1970s and ... http://cinephile.ca/2010/06/23/call-for-papers-issue-62/ ‘Far From Hollywood’ - Alternative World Cinema (Vol. 5, No 1: Spring 2009) ...in this, our 5th anniversay issue, we set out to navigate the murky and uncharted depths of ‘alternative cinema’. But carving out an epistemology of this amorphous cinema is no small endeavour-and what do we mean by ‘alternative ... http://cinephile.ca/2010/01/12/vol-5-no-1-and-vol-5-no-2-now-online/ We are moving ahead with another year at Cinephile: new editor (Jessica Hughes), new editorial board, and new theme.  For our first issue of 2010 we will be examining the oft-neglected question of sound in film studies, with 'Sound on Screen.' The Call For Papers is now available; submissions are due ... http://cinephile.ca/2009/12/09/cfp-vol-6-no-1-sound-on-screen/