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David Milch's Depraved Saints

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David Thorburn MIT

April 27, 2012

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There is no room for nuance in this short provocation so I’m ignoring other distinctive elements of ...

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Re: What Role for Government TV in Community Life?

I'm actually encouraged by

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Doug Battema Western New England University

Friday, February 29, 2008 — 10:32 pm

I'm actually encouraged by the possibilities of this video, to be honest. Yes, the acting ... evidently bored (or, possibly, sleeping) cameraperson attending a town hall meeting or city council forum ... this in mind, it's possible that the primary role for government TV in community life is as a sort ...

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Five Notes on Time, Space, and the Frame

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Daniel Morgan University of Chicago

March 27, 2023

light from the other side of the wall shining onto his face. A cut takes us to a shot from the other ... side of the wall, showing his eyes framed through the hole, as if he were looking at something, and ... off-screen time is, a standing possibility of moving-image media rather than a necessary and fixed feature? ...

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When news and drama compete for time: The Handmaid’s Tale’s release

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Sarah Arnold Maynooth University

April 24, 2017

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will be possible to watch it in many different ways. Caution was made against binge-watching by The ...

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Indigenous Cinema and Visual Language(s): Why Should We Be Teaching These Films?

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Pam Wilson Reinhardt University

May 07, 2009

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visual stylings of photography and film as well as the shapes of narratives. The place where I’m best ...   So that has begun to change—and with wonderful responses by my undergraduate students. I’m realizing ...

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Soulful Cinema, an Instrument… A Weapon… and Probably a Hat

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Corey Coach PhD

March 27, 2026

room acquire the title, but not others that offer a better sense of familiarity and togetherness? I’m ... openness to all relations that would be possible within a Black world.[4] Such aliveness fundamentally ... possible by the affordances and limitations of the instrument used to depict it. Yet “more than ...

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Re: Flag as inappropriate: Confederate presence in subcultural contexts.