The Art and Politics of Desire: On "Shtisel"
Libby Lenkinski explores the progressive political potential of a TV series about Israel's ultra-Orthodox community....
Fans with Feels: Game of Thrones as Soap Opera
Kristen Warner is here to tell you that Game of Thrones is a soap opera, that you are soap opera fans, and that it's okay....
A Season Underground: "Russian Doll" and Mental Illness
Peli Grietzer considers the rallying murmur of Russian Doll's revolutionary representation of mental illness....
Love App-tually: Grindr and Queer Cinema
Kyle Turner on how queer dating and hookup app Grindr has changed LGBTQ cinema....
The Confessional Peep Show: Pleasure, Pornography, and “The Deuce”
Reading HBO’s “The Deuce” through the lens of academic porn studies....
Becoming Alien: The Pioneering Vision of “Star Trek”
Erin Zimmerman thinks Star Trek can teach us a thing or two about life on Earth....
A Comprehensive Guide to the Entertainment Industry
Michael Donaldson evaluates Corey Field's "Entertainment Law: Fundamentals and Practice."...
After the Plague of Discourse
Ronnie Scott speaks to Dion Kagan about “Positive Images,” a new work that looks at how representation of HIV/AIDS has changed in the “post-crisis” culture....
“Disasters at the Origin of the Sense of Disaster”: Ferrante on Fascism
Tessa Brown considers the politics of “My Brilliant Friend,” an adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels....
Too Close, Too Compromised: Killing Eve and the Promise of Sandra Oh
Summer Kim Lee on representation, attachment, and being too close to Sandra Oh, from Grey's Anatomy to Killing Eve....
The Incitements of Pop Culture: A Conversation with Peter Biskind
A top media historian explains our culture’s fascination with zombies, caped crusaders, and other vigilantes....
Radical Acts of Flyness
Jorge Cotte attends to the dialogues of feeling underneath Terence Nance's unconventional HBO series....
