“Materialism,” “materials,” “materiality,” “matter”: for scholars in screen and media studies, is there anything these terms can’t do? They shape our common critical vernacular, from references to “source material” to discussion of “subject matter.” They also sustain a range of approaches to screen media—from cultural materialist frameworks (Garnham; Williams) to theories of the cinematic apparatus (Baudry; Hanich; Pedulla; Straw;