Ernest Mathijs

Canadian professor and author (born 1968/69)

Ernest Mathijs (born 1968 or 1969)^[1] is a professor at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches film. He has published several books on cult films.

Career

According to CTV News, his "specialties include movie audiences, the reception of alternative cinema and cult film."^[2] Mathijs is primarily known for his books on cult films, such as The Cult Film Reader^[3][4][5] and 100 Cult Films,^[6][7][8] which he co-edited and co-wrote, respectively, with Xavier Mendik; Cult Cinema,^[9][10] which he co-wrote with Jamie Sexton; The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero^[11][12][13] and John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps.^[14][15] With Sexton, he is the co-editor of the Cultographies series, which examines individual cult films in the form of short books.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Personal life

Mathijs is married to Canadian actress Emily Perkins. He was born in Belgium.^[1]

Bibliography

• Mathijs, Ernest (2002). "Big Brother and Critical Discourse: the Reception of Big Brother Belgium". Television & New Media. 3 (3): 311–322. doi:10.1177/152747640200300306. ISSN 1527-4764. S2CID 145165823.
• Mathijs, Ernest (2003). "AIDS References in the Critical Reception of David Cronenberg: It May Not Be Such a Bad Disease after All". Cinema Journal. 42 (4): 29–45. doi:10.1353/cj.2003.0019. JSTOR 1566526. S2CID 192144392.
• Mathijs, Ernest, ed. (2004). The Cinema of the Low Countries. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-904764-01-4.
• Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier, eds. (2004). Alternative Europe; European Exploitation and Underground Cinema Since 1945. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-903364-93-2.
• Mathijs, Ernest; Jones, Janet, eds. (2004). Big Brother International: Format, Critics and Publics. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-904764-19-9.
• Mathijs, Ernest (2005). "Bad Reputations: the Reception of Trash Cinema". Screen. 46 (4): 451–472. doi:10.1093/screen/hjh083. ISSN 0036-9543.
• Barker, Martin; Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier Mendik (2006). "Menstrual Monsters: The Reception of the Ginger Snaps Cult Horror Franchise". Film International. 21 (3, 4): 68–77. doi:10.1386/fiin.4.3.68. ISSN 1651-6826.
• Mathijs, Ernest; Pomerance, Murray, eds. (2006). From Hobbits to Hollywood: Essays on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. New York and Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-1682-8.
• Mathijs, Ernest, ed. (2006). The Lord of the Rings: Popular Culture in Global Context. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-904764-83-0.
• Barker, Martin; Mathijs, Ernest (2007). Watching The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's World Audiences. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-6397-1.
• Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier, eds. (2008). The Cult Film Reader. London and New York: Open University Press. ISBN 978-0-335-21924-7.
• Mathijs, Ernest (2008). The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-905674-66-4.
• Mathijs, Ernest; Sexton, Jamie Sexton (2011). Cult Cinema. Oxford and Boston: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-7374-2.
• Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier (2011). 100 Cult Films. London: British Film Institute and Palgrave-Macmillan. ISBN 9781844574087.
• Mathijs, Ernest (2011). "Referential Acting and the Ensemble Cast". Screen. 52 (1): 89–96. doi:10.1093/screen/hjq063. ISSN 0036-9543.
• Mathijs, Ernest (2013). John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442615670.

References

1. Shaefer, Glen (2012-01-04). "UBC Prof Wrote the Book on Cult Films, the Arguments Start Here". The Province. Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
2. Heatherington, Reyhana (2013-10-27). "UBC professor launches frightful film app". CTV News. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
3. Abbott, Stacey (Autumn 2010). "The Cult Film Reader (review)". Science Fiction Film and Television. 3 (2): 316–319.
4. Church, David (Spring 2009). "The Cult Film Reader". Film Quarterly. 62 (3): 86–88. doi:10.1525/fq.2009.62.3.86. JSTOR 10.1525/fq.2009.62.3.86.
5. Walker, Greg (2008-03-06). "The Cult Film Reader". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
6. Liederman, Marsha (2012-09-06). "Want to Make People Mad? Pick the Top 100 Cult Films of All Time". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
7. "'100 Cult Films': Some You'd Expect, But 'Star Wars'?". NPR. 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
8. Mack, Adrian (2012-01-04). "Ernest Mathijs' 100 Cult Films dives into the movies some of us can't stop watching". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
9. Sheppard, Bret (2014). "Cult Cinema by Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton. Walden, MA and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 31 (1): 93–97. doi:10.1080/10509208.2011.646214. S2CID 191577273.
10. "Cult cinema; an introduction. (Book review)". Reference & Research Book News. Portland, OR. 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2023-11-06 – via TheFreeLibrary.
11. Ognjanovic, Dejan (2009-02-01). "Book Review: The Cinema of David Cronenberg". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
12. Fradley, Martin (Spring 2011). "Review: The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero; David Cronenberg: Author or Filmmaker?". Film Quarterly. 64 (3): 73–75. doi:10.1525/FQ.2011.64.3.73. JSTOR 10.1525/FQ.2011.64.3.73.
13. Latham, Rob (Autumn 2010). "David Cronenberg: Author or Film-Maker?, and: Videodrome. Studies in the Horror Film, and: The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero (review)". Science Fiction Film and Television. 3 (2): 301–307. doi:10.1353/sff.2010.0010 (inactive 2024-09-19).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024 (link)
14. "Sinister Seven: UBC Film Professor Ernest Mathijs". Rue Morgue. 2014-06-04. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
15. Lederman, Marsha (2013-10-29). "Horror Flick Ginger Snaps Gets Academic Love in New Book". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
16. Ayoub, Nina (2008-02-08). "Coming Attractions". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
17. Ognjanovic, Dejan (2008-02-09). "Book Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (by Jeffrey Weinstock)". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
18. Lord, Julie (November 2009). "Review:Weinstock, Jeffrey: The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (PDF). Participations. 6 (2). Retrieved 2014-06-28.
19. Tinkcom, Matthew (Autumn 2009). "The Rocky Horror Picture Show (review)". Science Fiction Film and Television. 2 (2): 311–314. doi:10.1353/sff.0.0084. S2CID 192238803.

External links

• Ernest Mathijs at the University of British Columbia