Part 1 It has been a strange television season. The general trend continues from last year – trimming and cutting back as the streamers realize that streaming,... Continue reading
Dennid Broe concludes his analysis of reactionary reflexivity by focusing on TV news coverage Nowhere is the hardening of the once playful strategy of reflexivity discussed in... Continue reading
Part One of two articles on the modern media, by Dennis Broe. Image above: The New York Times: Is Any of Their News Fit to Print? There was... Continue reading
While the Doctor became Ncuti Gatwa way back in The Giggle, Ncuti Gatwa only became the Doctor with the Saturday-night debut of this episode. The actor’s abilities... Continue reading
HBO’s The Sympathizer, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, opens with a quote: “All wars are fought twice, once on the battlefield and the... Continue reading
Dennis Broe previews some upcoming TV series. Image above: Machine, now streaming on Arte What follows are a few global series worth watching in the coming months, along... Continue reading
Dennis Broe explains the decline in the quality as well as quantity of streamed series, and the exploitative use of Artifical Intelligence by the industry. Photo above: SORA’s... Continue reading
Brett Gregory interviews Giedre Kubiliute, principal author of Protests and the Media: A Critical Event Studies Exploration into the Future of Protest (Routledge, 2024) BG: Hi, my... Continue reading
Dr. Matt Alford writes about the media campaign against George Galloway In early March, the late night UK comedy show, ‘The Last Leg’, responded to Respect leader... Continue reading
Fran Lock gives the thumbs-down to This Town. Image above: Bardon Quinn (Ben Rose), Gregory Williams (Jordan Bolger), Dante Williams (Levi Brown) (Image: BBC/Banijay Rights/Kudos) So far there’s... Continue reading