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TV & Film
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Pamela Robertson Wojcik, "Gidget: Origins of a ...
An interview with Pamela Robertson Wojcik
64 min
552
The Two Russias
On White Nights (1985), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and The Russia House (1990)
50 min
553
Cinema’s First Nasty Women
A Discussion with Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi
73 min
554
Usha Iyer, "Dancing Women: Choreographing Corpo...
An interview with Usha Iyer
62 min
555
Jean-Thomas Tremblay, "Breathing Aesthetics" (D...
An interview with Jean-Thomas Tremblay
60 min
556
Samhita Sunya, "Sirens of Modernity: World Cine...
An interview with Samhita Sunya
54 min
557
Cold War Homefront
On The Deer Hunter (1978), Coming Home (1978), and Da Five Bloods (2020)
59 min
558
Catherine Lester, "Horror Films for Children: F...
An interview with Catherine Lester
59 min
559
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
560
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
561
Jon Krampner, "Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell o...
An interview with Jon Krampner
56 min
562
A MAD, MAD, World
On Dr. Strangelove (1964), and Failsafe (1964)
54 min
563
Danielle J. Lindemann, "True Story: What Realit...
An interview with Danielle J. Lindemann
32 min
564
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
565
88 Underwater Eye: Margaret Cohen explores the ...
An interview with Margaret Cohen
42 min
566
Anthony Downey, "Critique in Practice: Renzo Ma...
An interview with Anthony Downey
79 min
567
He May Be a Communist!
On Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and The Way We Were (1973)
57 min
568
Julie A. Turnock, "The Empire of Effects: Indus...
An interview with Julie A. Turnock
74 min
569
James Welker, "Queer Transfigurations: Boys Lov...
An interview with James Welker
67 min
570
Reality TV
A Discussion with Olivia Stowell
15 min
571
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
A Conversation with Film Director Mike Leigh
49 min
572
Rebecca Weeks, "History by HBO: Televising the ...
An interview with Rebecca Weeks
62 min
573
Nick Davis, "Competing with Idiots: Herman and ...
An interview with Nick Davis
52 min
574
Grant Wiedenfeld, "Hollywood Sports Movies and ...
An interview with Grant Wiedenfeld
69 min
575
86 Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton (JP EF)
An interview with Dana Stevens
41 min