WCamera Obscura is a journal of feminism, culture, and media studies published by Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina. Published three times per year, the journal focuses on "the conjunctions of gender, race, class, and sexuality with audiovisual culture; new histories and theories of film, television, video, and digital media; and politically engaged approaches to a range of media practices." It was founded in 1976 by four graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Janet Bergstrom, Sandy Flitterman, Elisabeth Lyon, and Constance Penley. The four co-founders had met while working on the magazine Women and Film.
WThe history of cinema in Eritrea dates back to the country's colonial rule under the Kingdom of Italy. In connection with the growth of Italian cinema in the 1930s, so too did the rise of cinema occur in Asmara, Eritrea. In 1937, Asmara's Opera was converted into a dual-use theatre and cinema. By the following year, Asmara had a total of nine movie theatres.
WFilm International is a quarterly academic journal covering film studies. Established in 1973, Film International became an English language journal in 2003. It is published by Intellect Ltd. and presents critical, historical, and theoretical essays on film, television, and moving image studies, 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 editor-in-chief is Daniel Lindvall and the co-editor is Matthew Sorrento. The image editor is Travis R. Merchant-Knudsen. The contributing editors are Jessica Baxter, Jacob Mertens, Liza Palmer, Christopher Sharrett, and Tony Williams.
WThe Films Act 1980 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act allowed the National Film Finance Corporation to exercise its powers in relation to financing the production of films for an extended period, gave further funding to the Corporation and amended the laws around the quotas of British films.
WAn independent movie theater or indie cinema is a movie theater which screens independent, art house, foreign, or other non-mainstream films. They can be contrasted with mainstream cinemas, which are more likely to screen blockbusters and other popular films.
WThe Mathäser is a location in Munich. It had a variety of buildings and uses over the centuries but was especially known for its beer. It now houses a large cinema.
WProjections: The Journal for Movies and Mind is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal that explores the way in which the mind experiences, understands, and interprets the audio-semantic and narrative structures of cinema and other visual media. It is published by Berghahn Books in association with The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image and it is edited by Ted Nannicelli. The journal was the recipient of the 2008 AAP/PSP Prose Award for Best New Journal in Social Sciences and Humanities.