Liberation, Love, and Time Travel
Christina N. Baker on the rare phenomenon of Black characters finding love on screen.
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Midsommar’s Nordic Nationalism and Neo-Confederate Nostalgia
Eugene “Joey” Albin and Julie A. Ward on the parallels between the imagined Viking past of “Midsommar” and the racist, nationalist myths held up by neo-Confederates in the USA.
On the Drive-in’s Return: as Artifact, Symbol, and Springboard
Marc Francis on the resurgence of drive-ins, and the possibilities they hold.
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.
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.