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<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We are delighted to share that issue 5:2 of the
<i>Journal of Continental Philosophy</i>—a special issue on <b>The Current State of Cinema</b>—is now live on the journal
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<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">This special issue on “The Current State of Cinema”
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">explores the profound transformations reshaping film today, from digital technologies and AI-driven platforms to evolving audience habits and industry shifts. Featuring essays
by leading scholars, it examines cinema’s ontological, aesthetic, and philosophical dimensions amid the rise of streaming, the decline of theatrical viewing, and new modes of storytelling. Contributors analyse topics such as digital realism, the impact of
identity politics, the potential of psychedelic cinema, and the enduring relevance of cinematic artistry. Together, they reflect on whether cinema is in decline or undergoing a radical evolution into new creative forms.</span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Issue 5:2
</b></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>½</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b> The Current State of Cinema</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Alex Ling, “On the Current State of Cinema”</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Denis Lévy, “</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The Current State of the Cinephile”</span></li><li style="font-family: Minion Pro, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Robert Sinnerbrink, “Film-Philosophy Futures: A Dialogue”</span></li><li style="font-family: Minion Pro, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Chiara Quaranta and Francesco Sticchi, “A Digital Reimagining of the Real: Indexical Loss and Creative Potentialities in the Cinema”</span></li><li style="font-family: Minion Pro, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Richard Rushton, “<i>Barbie
</i>and the Question of Subjectivity”</span></li><li style="font-family: Minion Pro, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dylan Shaul, “Hegel, Badiou, and Cinema: On the Absolute Art”</span></li><li style="font-family: Minion Pro, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Patricia Pisters, “Mind-Altering Cinematography: Psychedelic Re-Orientations of Film Theory”</span></li><li style="font-family: Minion Pro, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Alain Badiou and Denis Lévy, “Badiou and Lévy on the Art of Cinema”</span></li></ol>
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<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Read the full issue here:
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Journal of Continental Philosophy 5:2 (2024)</a></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Tm_UCGv0oyCALJLmWsKfpcBrNGK?domain=pdcnet.org/" target="_blank" id="OWA8dcad15d-3f5f-b1eb-cc0d-02ba63588105" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.pdcnet.org/collection-anonymous/browse?fp=jcp&fq=jcp/Volume/8995%7C5/8998%7CIssue:%202/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable">½</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Tm_UCGv0oyCALJLmWsKfpcBrNGK?domain=pdcnet.org/" target="_blank" id="OWAa6232cb0-3ee9-9268-a3bd-fbe6c5afdd46" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.pdcnet.org/collection-anonymous/browse?fp=jcp&fq=jcp/Volume/8995%7C5/8998%7CIssue:%202/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable"> The
Current State of Cinema</a></span></p>
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