On September 15 of this year, Rosie Perez took her seat as the first permanent Latina co-host of The View, ABC-TV’s long-running daytime chat show. The network confirmed its hiring of Perez (an Oscar-nominated actress also known for her work as an author, filmmaker and activist) only a week or so prior to the...
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The New York TV Festival's "Digital Day" makes one wonder just how independent the digital TV landscape is.
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It’s just this week that The Legend of Korra's setups have begun to pay off. In this post, I interrogate the character of Toph and her relationship to Korra.
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The sudden departure of Jian Ghomeshi from Q illustrates that the CBC's once innovative radio division needs to focus on developing new personalities and formats if it is to adapt to a rapidly evolving mediascape.
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"Binging" and "marathoning" don't cut it -- we need a word in addition to binging to describe emerging viewing behaviors.
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As we wait to fill the serial gaps between Serial episodes, let's explore the podcast's use of temporality.
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We have been to three girl-focused cons this summer and fall: LeakyCon, DashCon and GeekGirlCon. These cons are non-profit, largely run by volunteers, and provide alternative geeky spaces to male-dominated cons. These cons extend the work of social media such as Tumbr by providing safe public spaces where feminist, feminine, and queer young people can...
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Steven Soderbergh and Cinemax's new series, The Knick, has become a critical darling, called the best in a new era of director-centered television. Kristen Warner, Lisa Coulthard, R. Colin Tait, and Andrew deWaard weigh in on its critical accolades.
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This series on the NYFF52 concludes with consideration for Foxcatcher, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, and Clouds of Sils Maria.
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Dina Khdair analyzes the conflict between interior and exterior in Highway and Queen.
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Cynthia Meyers reports on the 2014 Time Warner Thought Leadership Faculty Seminar
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Amanda Ann Klein makes her case for the prosecution as to why Showtime should leave Twin Peaks alone; Dana Och and Jason Mittell argue for the defense by sharing why they are excited to return to the woods.
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In part three of the NYFF52 series, interesting masculinities are explored in Gabe Polsky's documentary Red Army, Mike Leigh’s biopic Mr. Turner, and Mathieu Amalric’s feature The Blue Room.
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The rhetoric of #gamergate co-opts concerns that women and minorities in the industry have raised for years. It has struck a chord now because the industry is changing.
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This year a number of the initial screenings have left me wondering whether they can conceivably get any better.
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