Cancelling COPS
Laurie Ouellette places the show COPS within a historical and cultural context of reality media that participates in racialized police violence.
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Coronavirus Drone Genres: Spectacles of Distance and Melancholia
Patricia R. Zimmermann and Caren Kaplan explore the “coronavirus drone” genre.
Rethinking Film Evaluation
Girish Shambu on how film culture might rethink film evaluation to raise the visibility and value of films made by women.
Can Documentary Make Space?
Jason Fox reflects on documentary, inspired by Eileen Myles’ analogy between poems and parties.
The Critic Lady
Erika Balsom on the shifting landscape of women’s film criticism and the battles that remain ahead.
Kanopy: Not Just Like Netflix, and Not Free
Chris Cagle on Kanopy and the uneven nature of the streaming landscape today.
Lust Stories: A Dossier
Meheli Sen, Nilanjana Bhattacharjya, Monika Mehta, and Anupama Kapse on the Netflix Bollywood anthology film Lust Stories.
Who is America? On Truth, Lies and Laughter
Maggie Hennefeld on Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary series, and political satire in the age of post-truth politics.
Time’s Up for the Male Canon
Girish Shambu asks: “What will it take to break the stranglehold of male domination in filmmaking?”
Wakanda Forever: The Pleasures, The Politics, and The Problems
Racquel Gates and Kristen J. Warner are colleagues and soul twins who enjoy applying their expertise in race and media to popular culture debates. One such conversation arose —inevitably—around the release of Marvel’s Black Panther directed by Ryan Coogler.
