The Work of Art in the Age of Flexible Inclusion Criteria
Maggie Hennefeld analyzes the Oscars’ new diversity criteria, and finds them to be largely a publicity stunt.
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All Together Now
Elizabeth Alsop on expressions of solidarity in recent TV.
Paris in July: A Visit
Emma Wilson’s experience of returning to recently reopened cinemas in Paris.
Cancelling COPS
Laurie Ouellette places the show COPS within a historical and cultural context of reality media that participates in racialized police violence.
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.