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Gogglebox: A Crash Course on Personal Politics in the UK

June 2, 2014
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Gogglebox: A Crash Course on Personal Politics in the UK

For a foreigner in the UK, the most telling part of this observational documentary are British households’ responses to recent political events.
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Skins: A Primer

July 8, 2013
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Skins: A Primer

Despite Skins' Netflix instant streaming availability in the US, little has been written on the program for American audiences, and I hope this post can serve as a primer as the seventh and final chapter of the series premiered last week.
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Report From: Console-ing Passions at 21

June 27, 2013
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Report From: Console-ing Passions at 21

As part of an ongoing partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Antenna and SCMS's Cinema Journal, Stefania Marghitu gives a first-hand report straight from the 21st anniversary of Console-ing Passions at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK.
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