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American online streamer Darren Jason Watkins Jr., also known as IShowSpeed, experiences a traditional Chinese musical instrument on April 5, 2025, in Shenzhen, in Guangdong Province in China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images

Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture...

Shaoyu Yuan, Rutgers University - Newark IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of...
Directors Basel Adra, left, and Yuval Abraham on stage at the 62nd New York Film Festival on Sept. 29, 2024. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

A Palestinian film is an Oscars favorite − so why is...

Drew Paul, University of Tennessee For many low-budget, independent films, an Oscar nomination is a golden ticket.

Making emotional films: The enticing contradictions of Norman Jewison’s movies

Lisa Coulthard, University of British Columbia How should we think about the late Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison’s legacy?

Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil...

Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the...

After Disney closed one of its major studios, animation is under...

Christopher Holliday, King's College London Last year’s computer-animated feature Trolls World Tour served as an early test case...

Regal Cinemas’ decision to close its theaters is the latest blow...

Matthew Jordan, Penn State A film industry in free fall just suffered its latest blow. Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, announced that it would...

Hollywood is creating a void like the one that permanently stunted...

Gianluca Sergi, University of Nottingham When Christopher Nolan’s latest sci-fi film Tenet opened in late summer, the hope was that audiences would return to the...

Regal Cinemas’ decision to close its theaters is the latest blow...

Matthew Jordan, Pennsylvania State University A film industry in free fall just suffered its latest blow. Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, announced that it...

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