In the wake of "chastened" debates on film theory, what would a reinvigorated theory of film look like? Marc Furstenau reviews the Oxford Handbook of Film Theory, edited by Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social. Link in bio!

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Sarah Matheson reviews " What Television Remembers: Artifacts and Footprints of TV in Toronto" by Jennifer Vanderburgh. Matheson calls the book "a compelling and multi-faceted exploration" of the connections between Toronto and Canadian television more broadly. Read more at the link in our bio!

As humans make films about animals, there are moments when animals seize the camera. Sara Swain examines videos documenting these moments. Dubbing them "multispecies achievements," Swain argues that videos like these "nudge" viewers "to expand the domain of politics." Link in bio!

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic marked the emergence of a particular type of cinema: the recorded Zoom conversation. In vol. 34, Alexandra Juhasz and Pato Hebert imagine the kinds of solidarity under COVID, "the most mediated pandemic" in history. Link in bio! @mediapraxis.bsky.social

From our 34th volume, Ryan Watson examines the hybrid filmmaking of the Karrabing Film Collective, a largely Indigenous group whose name translates to "tide out" in Emmeniyengal. Watson's essay argues the group's works toward building ecologies of solidarity. Read more at the link in our bio!

In issue 1 of CJFMS's 34th volume, Zaira Zarza approaches two works by Latinx-Canadian filmmakers: Mis dos voces (2022) and Roads in February (2018). She argues that her case studies take part in contesting the notion of "a singular Canadian national cinema." Visit the link in our bio to read more!

Clint Enns reviews "Establishing Shots: An Oral History of the Winnipeg Film Group" by Kevin Nikkel. Enns recommends the book "to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Canadian filmmaking traditions." Read more in vol. 34 at the link in our bio.

Matthew Croombs opens vol. 34's special issue on Cinema and More-Than-Human Solidarity with his introduction. The scholarship on offer in this issue, Croombs says, makes "new inroads for examining the relationship between cinema, environmental crises, and solidarity." Link in bio!

In vol. 34 @lingzhang.bsky.social examines Dr. Bethune, a biographical film about a Canadian surgeon, communist, and early advocate for socialized healthcare. Zhang writes that its “socialist aesthetics” can advance transnational, political possibilities.

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