Jordan Schonig

Assistant Prof in Film Studies | The Shape of Motion

[R. Emmet Sweeney / robert-emmet.bsky.social @r_emmet]

Spent all week gathering remembrances of filmmaker Tomonari Nishikawa from artists, teachers, programmers, and critics - it has helped me grieve, and I hope it gives you a glimmer of the man he was. Link in reply.

[Damon Young @HowManyCooks]

Out today! Meme Aesthetics, co-edited w Stephen Best and @miaminjungyou. Available open access for a short time.

[Shane Denson @medieninitiativ]

ICYMI: Here's the keynote talk on "AI and the Future of (Media) History" that I gave at Berkeley a few months ago:

[Jordan Schonig @JNSchonig]

@Platolanie Thanks so much, Martin!

[NECSUS_Journal @NECSUS_ejms]

A taxonomy of 'forms':

Read Byron Davies' double #bookreview of "The Shape of Motion: Cinema and the Aesthetics of Movement" by @JNSchonig (@OxUniPress) and "Disformations: Affects, Media, Literature by Tomáš Jirsa (@BloomsburyBooks) here: https://t.co/5JvcnsIO3L

[Jordan Schonig @JNSchonig]

@rtfgrad It’s everything to me

[Jordan Schonig @JNSchonig]

@Geoffrey_Craig @rtfgrad I’m feeling this list!

[Sara @Sara37079334]

It was such an honor to assemble another issue of IMR, thanks to our wonderful contributors. Explore this week's theme on 'Cinema and Visual Arts' here:https://t.co/CvBsBpmKa6

[Jane Schoenbrun @sapphicspielbrg]

What do you read this license place as at first glance??

(this is a “what color is the dress” sorta optical allusion for cinephiles)

[Jordan Schonig @JNSchonig]

@willdigravio I feel like the step counter in Decision to Leave should be part of this lineage!

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

Academia would be healthier if more professors were empowered to focus on teaching, rather than producing work they don't care about for journals nobody reads. We are incentivized to prioritize the part of our jobs that matter least, cutting corners on the part that matters most.

[Irina Trocan @IrinaTrocan]

The Best video essays poll of 2023 is now on the Sight & Sound website & gathered 180+ nominated videos. Thanks to co-editors @kikikrazed and @Willwebbful for making this year's list the most balanced cross-section of what video essays can be.
https://t.co/ZaPh5MlP42

[Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff]

New! Pt 1 of an @inTransitionCMS double issue on pedagogy. This one focuses on student videographic responses to existing videographic works. Thanks to guest editor @ariel_avissar for his hard work! And to all contributors and @thecinemadoctor for theirs https://t.co/wlPaFzBg4B

[Jordan Schonig @JNSchonig]

@LesserFeat Loved this video essay! And this RT!!

[Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff]

NEW issue of FILM CRITICISM (co-edited by Jordan Schonig) that focuses on topics around camera movement. With amazing open access essays by Adam Hart, Ryan Pierson, Ariel Rogers, Scott Richmond, Patrick Keating, Kristen Whissel, and Eugenie Brinkema.
https://t.co/wUnHWQ8XRr

[Julie Turnock @JulieTurnock]

This is pretty great. With receipts!
https://t.co/tRE3LX1Ruv