Tag: Netflix
Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend...
Paolo Sigismondi, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
As a kid growing up in Italy, I remember watching...
5 ways parents can help children with the ‘new’ math
Clarissa A. Thompson, Kent State University ; Lauren K. Schiller, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Marta Mielicki, Kent State University
In ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and beyond, chess holds up a mirror...
Jenny Adams, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the closing sequence of “The Queen’s Gambit,” the chess-playing heroine, Beth Harmon, defeats her archrival Vasily Borgov at...
The chattering classes got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ book wrong – and...
Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis
Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Reviewers varyingly called...
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...
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...
Reflecting on the case of Cyntoia Brown – talking with the...
Dan Birman, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Cyntoia Brown walked out of prison in August 2019 after serving 15 years...
‘Tiger King’ masks true nature of America’s captive tiger problem
Allison Skidmore, University of California, Santa Cruz
Editor’s note: Netflix’s new docuseries “Tiger King” takes viewers into the strange world of big cat collectors. Featuring...