Tag: Movies
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...
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the...
Jessica Pressman, San Diego State University
Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have...
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...
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and...
Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the...
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...
Cell towers have come to symbolize our deep collective anxieties
Steven Jones, University of South Florida
The new movie “Fall” is a survival-thriller about two young women, Becky and...
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...
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...