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In the final installment of this four-part series, love is the theme shared between Spike Jonze's HER, Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, and Ralph Fiennes' The Invisible Woman.
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NYFF51: Made for Each Other? [Part 4]
#WOTW75 — It’s Time for “War of the Worlds”!
A full rundown of all the information you'll need to know to participate in tonight's #WOTW75 collective listening experiment, commemorating the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles' and the Mercury Theatre's "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast.
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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: Clara Who?: Re-Imagining the Doctor-Companion Model
Analyzing the role of the Doctor's female companions, Keara Goin argues that despite her independence and brash image, Clara Oswald is little more than the Doctor's caretaker and a re-packaging of the traditional mother archetype.
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Making Television in the 21st Century Conference Report
The common thread at the Making Television in the 21st Century Conference was the pursuit to provide updated models and methods to make sense of the evolving medium.
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What Are You Missing? Oct 14 – Oct 27
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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The #WOTW75 Experiment
Prepare yourself for the #WOTW75 invasion. Find out details here about the "War of the Worlds" worldwide collective listening experiment that is taking place on Wednesday, October 30th.
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Check-in vs. See It: How Twitter’s Latest Moves Impact GetGlue
The Twitter-Comcast partnership and their See It feature could have interesting consequences for lesser social networks like GetGlue and Viggle.
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NYFF51: The Myth of the Individual [Part 3]
Steve McQueen's vision of the invention of slavery in 12 Years a Slave complements J.C. Chandor's image of the fantasy of a heroic white elite in All is Lost.
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The Aesthetic Turn: Cultural Studies and the Question of Aesthetic Experience
In this inaugural post in Antenna's new series on cultural studies and media aesthetics, "The Aesthetic Turn," Kyle Conway queries media's experiential dimensions.
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Is Orange the New Television?
The success of Netflix's original series Orange is the New Black says something about our culture’s readiness for complex, sexually diverse female characters.
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Report from the First International Conference of the European Sound Studies Association
David Suisman provides a report from Functional Sounds, the first international conference of the European Sound Studies Association (ESSA), which was held in Berlin from October 4-6, 2013.
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 2]
In A Touch of Sin, director Jia Zhang-ke continues to address the wounds inflicted by Mao's Cultural Revolution on historical continuity and individuals' self-worth in contemporary China.
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The Personal Stakes of Social Media: Showrunners [Off] Twitter V
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When a showrunner chooses to remove themselves from Twitter, they are removing themselves from not only professional opportunity but also a space for self-expression.
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ESPN, Frontline, and the Bottom Line
ESPN's decision to distance itself from League of Denial suggest conflict between priding itself for probing sport’s cultural meanings while keeping the world’s wealthiest sports organizations in business.
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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: What’s Special About Multiple Multi-Doctor Specials?
In this inaugural post in Antenna's new series The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who, Matt Hills discusses the show's regular anniversary celebrations and the phenomena of "multi-Doctor" stories.
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From Mercury to Mars: A Hard Act to Follow: War of the Worlds and the Challenges of Literary Adaptation
Understanding "War of the Worlds"’s neglected second act requires consideration of the contested status of character monologue and larger shifts in dominant production norms for Golden Age radio drama.
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