Tag: hollywood
The failures of ‘Oppenheimer’ and the ascent of the foreign film...
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
Because movies are so subjective, with views on the same performances and direction veering wildly...
Taylor Swift and the end of the Hollywood writers strike –...
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my students to share some...
Michael Oher, Mike Tyson and the question of whether you own...
Jorge L. Contreras, University of Utah and Dave Fagundes, University of Houston Law Center
What if you overcame a...
Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry...
What is involuntary manslaughter? A law professor explains the charge facing...
Peter A. Joy, Washington University in St Louis
A prosecutor in New Mexico intends to charge Alec Baldwin with...
Resounding success of ‘Black Panther’ franchise says little about the dubious...
Phillip Lamarr Cunningham, Wake Forest University
When Marvel Studios released “Black Panther” in February 2018, it marked the first...
Why is ‘Blonde’ – Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe biopic – rated NC-17...
Kevin Sandler, Arizona State University
The NC-17 rating has historically been a film certification that’s bad for business due...
5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
Peter Dreier, Occidental College
Unions are more popular now than at any time since 1965, and the U.S. is...
EXPLORING NATURE
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
Logan S. James, The University of Texas at Austin; Rachel Page, Smithsonian Institution, and Ximena Bernal, Purdue University
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