[SydPhil] Out Now! JCP Issue 5:2 on "The Current State of Cinema"

[Daniel Carey]

Dear colleagues,


We are delighted to share that issue 5:2 of the Journal of Continental Philosophy—a special issue on The Current State of Cinema—is now live on the journal website<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Tm_UCGv0oyCALJLmWsKfpcBrNGK?domain=pdcnet.org>.



This special issue on “The Current State of Cinema” 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.



Issue 5:2 • The Current State of Cinema



  1.  Alex Ling, “On the Current State of Cinema”
  2.  Denis Lévy, “The Current State of the Cinephile”
  3.  Robert Sinnerbrink, “Film-Philosophy Futures: A Dialogue”
  4.  Chiara Quaranta and Francesco Sticchi, “A Digital Reimagining of the Real: Indexical Loss and Creative Potentialities in the Cinema”
  5.  Richard Rushton, “Barbie and the Question of Subjectivity”
  6.  Dylan Shaul, “Hegel, Badiou, and Cinema: On the Absolute Art”
  7.  Patricia Pisters, “Mind-Altering Cinematography: Psychedelic Re-Orientations of Film Theory”
  8.  Alain Badiou and Denis Lévy, “Badiou and Lévy on the Art of Cinema”



Read the full issue here: Journal of Continental Philosophy 5:2 (2024)<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Tm_UCGv0oyCALJLmWsKfpcBrNGK?domain=pdcnet.org/>•<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Tm_UCGv0oyCALJLmWsKfpcBrNGK?domain=pdcnet.org/> The Current State of Cinema<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Tm_UCGv0oyCALJLmWsKfpcBrNGK?domain=pdcnet.org/>


Sent on behalf of

Associate Professor Alex Ling

School of Humanities and Communication Arts

Western Sydney University
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