Tag: Film
Are movies a good way to learn history?
Scott Alan Metzger, Pennsylvania State University
Hollywood loves history. At this year’s Academy Awards, three nominees for Best Picture (“Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge” and...
‘Moonlight’ schooled Hollywood on race. Can it take on school discipline,...
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
This year’s Academy Award winner for best picture tackles a difficult topic in the education world today:...
In a New York City neighborhood, the challenges….
In a New York City neighborhood, the challenges – and potential – for America's urban future
Robert Snyder, Rutgers University Newark
When you exit the...
2015, the year that was: arts and culture
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
With the New Year approaching, we highlight the top arts and culture stories from 2015.
Over the past year, there was no...
A force awakened: why so many find meaning in Star Wars
Patti McCarthy, University of the Pacific
After witnessing the overwhelming popularity of Star Wars, director Francis Ford Coppola told George Lucas he should start his...
Sinatra’s films shattered the postwar myth of the white American male
Karen McNally, London Metropolitan University
Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday on December 12 is being celebrated with all the requisite fanfare: Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary Sinatra:...
Sam Smith’s ambitious attempt to reshape the Bond song lands with...
Adrian Daub, Stanford University and Charles Kronengold, Stanford University
Like most James Bond fans, we couldn’t wait to hear the theme song for Spectre, the...
Surviving street prostitution: two new films on harrowing realities for women...
By Karen Boyle, University of Stirling
Fresh from its success at Sundance, where the British filmmaker Kim Longinotto picked up the World Cinema Documentary Directing...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
