Dear Colleague, The articles in this issue of Projections range from an investigation of the concept of cinematic attractions through an analysis of current research on mirror neurons to an overview of the mental processes that complex narratives in (post)classical cinema elicit in viewers. This issue marks the first under the editorship of Ted Nannicelli and concludes with book reviews. Volume 12, Issue 1 Editorial Ted Nannicelli http://bit.ly/2K2Pggp Articles The Cine-Fist: Eisenstein's Attractions, Mirror Neurons, and Contemporary Action Cinema Maria Belodubrovskaya http://bit.ly/2HFBHFo Revisiting the Kuleshov Effect with First-Time Viewers Sermin Ildirar and Louise Ewing http://bit.ly/2K3A5E2 Rogue or Lover: Value-Maximizing Interpretations of Withnail and I Peter Alward http://bit.ly/2qP3zMR When the Future Is Hard to Recall: Episodic Memory and Mnemonic Aids in Denis Villeneuve's Arrival Hannah Chapelle Wojciehowski http://bit.ly/2HdFytU Disrupted PECMA Flows: A Cognitive Approach to the Experience of Narrative Complexity in Film Veerle Ros and Miklós Kiss http://bit.ly/2HfJuug Book Reviews Brenden Rooney, Hanna Kubicka, Carl Plantinga, James Kendrick and Johannes Riis http://bit.ly/2HO1mJQ Please visit the Berghahn website for more information about the journal: www.berghahnjournals.com/projections Recommend Projections: www.journals.berghahnbooks.com/projections/library-recommendations View a Sample Issue of Projections: www.journals.berghahnbooks.com/projections/sample Contact: [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org