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Displaying all articles tagged:
Film
climate change
Jan. 5, 2022
Don’t Look Up
Doesn’t Get the Climate Crisis
If stopping climate change just required cooperative billionaires and conscious voters, we’d already be saved.
By
Eric Levitz
film
June 26, 2019
Revisiting Brazil’s Dizzying Fall Into Far-Right Rule
Netflix’s
The Edge of Democracy
offers an intimate look at living through profound political changes that once seemed ridiculously impossible.
By
Vincent Bevins
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May 11, 2018
‘Our House Is Having a Nervous Breakdown!’: A Survey of Smart Homes in Film
It can be thought-provoking and enlightening to examine how that technology is portrayed in works of fiction. It can also be silly and weird.
By
Luke Burns
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Mar. 6, 2018
‘Liberal Internet Companies’ Are the New Liberal Media
Because of free speech.
By
Brian Feldman
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Jan. 4, 2017
Why Is Everyone Posting Mislabeled Film Stills?
A long-running meme format helps film nerds establish their credentials.
By
Brian Feldman
June 20, 2016
This Is What Happens When an AI Robot Writes a Sci-Fi Movie
It’s pretty weird.
By
Kenny Wassus
and
Cait Munro
June 1, 2016
Watch the World’s Brightest Laser Blow Up Water
A cinematic and scientific triumph.
By
Eva Hill
and
Cait Munro
wrongful convictions
Feb. 20, 2013
Ken Burns Won’t Have to Turn Over
Central Park Five
Footage to the City
The judge finds that independent journalists can still express opinions.
By
Margaret Hartmann
international affairs
Dec. 11, 2012
John McAfee Has Already Sold the Rights to His Biopic
To his publicist.
By
Margaret Hartmann
chat room
June 4, 2010
Filmmaker Gets Into
The Pit
Thrown into a pit and brutalized by commodities traders, Johanna Lee emerged with a documentary.
By
Andrew Tavani