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TV & Film
526
The Two Russias
On White Nights (1985), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and The Russia House (1990)
50 min
527
Cinema’s First Nasty Women
A Discussion with Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi
73 min
528
Usha Iyer, "Dancing Women: Choreographing Corpo...
An interview with Usha Iyer
62 min
529
Jean-Thomas Tremblay, "Breathing Aesthetics" (D...
An interview with Jean-Thomas Tremblay
60 min
530
Samhita Sunya, "Sirens of Modernity: World Cine...
An interview with Samhita Sunya
54 min
531
Cold War Homefront
On The Deer Hunter (1978), Coming Home (1978), and Da Five Bloods (2020)
59 min
532
Catherine Lester, "Horror Films for Children: F...
An interview with Catherine Lester
59 min
533
M. Hennefeld and N. Sammond, "Abjection Incorpo...
The authors move beyond simple critiques of abjection as a punitive form of social death, illustrating how it has become a contested mode of political and cultural capital—empowering for some but oppressive for others...
69 min
534
Jon Krampner, "Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell o...
An interview with Jon Krampner
56 min
535
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
On On the Beach (1959), The Day After (1983), and Threads (1984)
70 min
536
A MAD, MAD, World
On Dr. Strangelove (1964), and Failsafe (1964)
54 min
537
Danielle J. Lindemann, "True Story: What Realit...
An interview with Danielle J. Lindemann
32 min
538
Who Can You Trust?
On The Parallax View (1974), The Three Days of the Condor (1975), and All The President’s Men (1976)
53 min
539
88 Underwater Eye: Margaret Cohen explores the ...
An interview with Margaret Cohen
42 min
540
Anthony Downey, "Critique in Practice: Renzo Ma...
An interview with Anthony Downey
79 min
541
He May Be a Communist!
On Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and The Way We Were (1973)
57 min
542
Julie A. Turnock, "The Empire of Effects: Indus...
An interview with Julie A. Turnock
74 min
543
James Welker, "Queer Transfigurations: Boys Lov...
An interview with James Welker
67 min
544
Reality TV
A Discussion with Olivia Stowell
15 min
545
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
A Conversation with Film Director Mike Leigh
49 min
546
Rebecca Weeks, "History by HBO: Televising the ...
An interview with Rebecca Weeks
62 min
547
Nick Davis, "Competing with Idiots: Herman and ...
An interview with Nick Davis
52 min
548
Grant Wiedenfeld, "Hollywood Sports Movies and ...
An interview with Grant Wiedenfeld
69 min
549
86 Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton (JP EF)
An interview with Dana Stevens
41 min
550
Hanan Hammad, "Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the J...
An interview with Hanan Hammad
80 min