Tag: Film
With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America’s ‘bunker...
David L. Pike, American University
At the end of the Academy Award-nominated film “Don’t Look Up,” with a meteor...
After Hollywood thwarted Anna May Wong, the actress took matters into...
Shirley J. Lim, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
The U.S. Mint will, over the next...
‘West Side Story’ may be timeless – but life in gangs...
David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder; James Densley, Metropolitan State University , and Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University
How Netflix affects what we watch and who we are –...
David Beer, University of York
Netflix’s dystopian Korean drama Squid Game has become the streaming platform’s biggest-ever series launch,...
The science of product placements – and why some work better...
Beth L. Fossen, Indiana University
In “The Variant,” an episode from the Disney+ hit streaming show “Loki,” it’s tough...
In 2020, TV and film still couldn’t get abortion right
Stephanie Herold, University of California, San Francisco and Gretchen Sisson, University of California, San Francisco
According to decades of research, abortion is an incredibly common...
Movie theaters are on life support – how will the film...
Matthew Jordan, Pennsylvania State University
Since the start of the pandemic, the film industry has been in free fall.
As deaths have continued to climb, so...
How popular culture hobbles protest movements
Chauncey Maher, Dickinson College
In response to the anti-racism protests that have erupted across the U.S., many Americans are saying they agree with the goals...