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Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend...

Staff Writer - April 8, 2021

Paolo Sigismondi, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism As a kid growing up in Italy, I remember watching...

Education

5 ways parents can help children with the ‘new’ math

Staff Writer - April 2, 2021

Clarissa A. Thompson, Kent State University ; Lauren K. Schiller, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Marta Mielicki, Kent State University

Art

In ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and beyond, chess holds up a mirror...

Staff Writer - December 8, 2020

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...

Art

The chattering classes got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ book wrong – and...

Staff Writer - December 4, 2020

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...

Art

Regal Cinemas’ decision to close its theaters is the latest blow...

Staff Writer - October 20, 2020

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...

Entertainment

Regal Cinemas’ decision to close its theaters is the latest blow...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2020

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...

Art

Reflecting on the case of Cyntoia Brown – talking with the...

Staff Writer - May 30, 2020

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...

Nature

‘Tiger King’ masks true nature of America’s captive tiger problem

Staff Writer - April 5, 2020

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...