Leading media studies journal New Review of Film and TelevisionStudies publishes peer-reviewed research on the theory, history, aesthetics, and politics of expressive screen culture. Committed to a broad definition of film and television studies, NRFTS welcomes articles on digital, sound, video, and web-based media. The journal particularly encourages contributions on and by media creators and scholars from underrepresented groups, and values work informed by intersectional approaches and diverse perspectives. We maintain rigorous intellectual standards while striving to be accessible to a broad readership. Each quarterly issue features substantive scholarship alongside reviews of important recent books in the study of international media.
Please note: We have recently converted to an Online First model to expedite the time to (online) publication for accepted articles. NRFTS is oriented toward humanistic, rather than social scientific, perspectives and methodologies.
For article related matters, you may contact NRFTSJournal@gmail.com. Submitted articles will be reviewed for quality and suitability to determine whether they merit receiving a double-blind peer review in consideration for publication.
Book reviews are typically solicited by the editors, but if you have a proposal, please contact Book Reviews Editor Matthew Connolly at matthew.connolly@mnsu.edu.
We strongly prefer reviews of books published within the last 12-18 months, and reviews should fall between 1,000-2,000 words.
Her Queer Film Classicsvolume on Desiree Akhavan’s Appropriate Behavior (2014) is forthcoming from McGill-Queen’s University Press. In spring 2022 she was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in the Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. She tweets at @cinemariasf and chronicles her cinematic ramblings at itinerant_cinephile.
Matt Connolly is an assistant professor of film studies in the Department of English at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He received both his MA and PhD in Communication Arts (with a focus in film studies) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
His scholarly work on LGBTQ cinematic history has been published in Cinema Journal (now Journal of Cinema and Media Studies) and Spectator. Matt also writes film criticism, which has recently been published in Film Comment and Reverse Shot (the publication for the Museum of the Moving Image), amongst other venues. He is currently revising his dissertation, which analyses the development of directorial branding in the early career of queer filmmaker John Waters.
