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Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal

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February 16, 2016

Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal realism Martial Arts Cinema aesthetics of film Curator's Note Famous for featuring uncompromisingly brutal violence, the fight scenes in the films of Steven Seagal are bound up with ...

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Aesthetic Issues

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Kyle Barrowman DePaul University

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 10:57 am

at least, in my estimation there are- when the long shot/long take aesthetic actually hurts rather ...

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The Greatness of Marked for Death

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Kyle Barrowman DePaul University

Friday, February 19, 2016 — 2:26 pm

Heart; the action and martial arts sequences are top-notch including a sequence that begins with a car ...

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Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again

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Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

February 22, 2016

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Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again speed slow cinema Nyan Cat animal memes acceleration Curator's Note The aim of the recent “In Focus” dossier on speed is to consider the value of “speed theory” for cinema and media scholars. As its contributo ...

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Feel-Bad Virality

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Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

Monday, February 22, 2016 — 2:59 pm

seem to be interested and intrigued by Nyan Cat, most find the video funny or at least mildly ... begin to ask questions about whether there is more to the video, or what the point of it might be. Past ... the 50 second or 1 minute mark, viewers become downright irritated and angry, and many begin to yell ...

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Suspending Suspense

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Caetlin Benson-Allott Georgetown University

February 23, 2016

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begins the inexorable process of lifting it. Spotting a window, Sarah hatches a (doomed) escape plan, ...

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Pausing

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Lisa Purse Department of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading

Thursday, February 25, 2016 — 8:42 am

'piecemeal, fragments, in clips on the Internet' (Nick Rombes, 2009: 24)- or at least, this is one ... that pausing (and clipping) begins to produce a different aesthetic in the texts themselves? ...

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My Two (and Three) Dads: Full House, Fuller House, and 1980s Sitcom Families

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Bridget Kies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

March 07, 2016

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My Two (and Three) Dads: Full House, Fuller House, and 1980s Sitcom Families Sitcoms queer My Two Dads Fuller House Full House 1980s Curator's Note On February 26, Netflix made available Fuller House, a thirteen-episode spinoff sequel of ABC’s 1987-1 ...

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