No Witness: "Warrior" and the Histories of Anti-Asian Violence
Min Hyoung Song considers the nineteenth-century world of Cinemax's martial arts series Warrior in light of contemporary Anti-Asian violence.
Min Hyoung Song considers the nineteenth-century world of Cinemax's martial arts series Warrior in light of contemporary Anti-Asian violence.
Min Hyoung SongMar 22, 2021
In the wake of their spectacular Grammy performance, Michelle Cho reads the ultra-mediated nostalgia of Korean pop group BTS on American TV.
Michelle ChoMar 16, 2021
Matt Seybold on what Dave Chappelle's return tells us about celebrity and corporate power.
Matt SeyboldFeb 19, 2021
Sasha Ann Panaram seeks out the easily skipped, potentially transgressive soundtrack playing at the edges of Netflix's The Crown.
Sasha Ann PanaramFeb 16, 2021
Anna Krauthamer explores the rigid oscillation between the stark content warnings and ambiguous aesthetics of FX on Hulu's A Teacher.
Anna KrauthamerFeb 9, 2021
Jorge Cotte explores the fraught speculations of HBO's series Industry alongside the recent GameStop stock trading frenzy.
Jorge CotteFeb 2, 2021
Philippa Snow writes in praise of Kaley Cuoco's stunning, elastic, fleet-footed performance in the HBO Max thriller The Flight Attendant.
Philippa SnowJan 26, 2021
Sara Black McCulloch considers the nature of the concert film — its scope, its liveness, and its political commitments.
Sara Black McCullochDec 30, 2020
Patricia A. Matthew examines the multicultural Regency era of Shonda Rhimes's new Netflix series Bridgerton.
Patricia A. MatthewDec 26, 2020
Tania Modleski watches new Netflix's adaptation of Rebecca and tracks the puzzling misreadings and misleadings of its source material.
Tania ModleskiDec 23, 2020
Sophia Stewart reviews “Laura’s Ghost,” a feminist-ethnographic collection revisiting the gender politics of “Twin Peaks,” the series and the film.
Sophia StewartNov 3, 2020
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon returns to the under-appreciated institutional melodrama of David Simon's The Deuce one year later.
Matthew Tchepikova-TreonOct 28, 2020
Erik Morse interviews Iranian American actress and performance artist Sheila Vand.
Erik MorseSep 25, 2020
Rebecca Wanzo describes how Michaela Coel's HBO series about trauma and recovery uses laughter to defiantly resist despair.
Rebecca WanzoSep 22, 2020
Sam Moore watches reruns of Friends and Couplings only to find two shows defined by their own rigid definitions of gender and sexuality.
Sam MooreSep 15, 2020
On the evolution of the figure of the public intellectual in the internet age.
Robert DaselerSep 13, 2020
Namrata Verghese asks why everybody on Netflix's mind-bending time travel series Dark is white and why whiteness structures even its alternate worlds.
Namrata VergheseSep 7, 2020
TV scholar Michael Z. Newman reflects on the similarity between the NBA bubble at Disney World and the classic form of the sitcom.
Michael Z. NewmanAug 18, 2020
ESPN’s documentary “The Last Dance” is an “untold story” we’ve all heard a million times.
Hal SundtAug 15, 2020
Philippa Snow binges the reckless hearts and alarmist boomerisms of Netflix's reality dating sensation Too Hot To Handle.
Philippa SnowAug 7, 2020
Rijuta Mehta considers the reality TV tropes, documentary pretense, and pervasive purity politics of Netflix's newest dating show.
Rijuta MehtaJul 31, 2020
The producers of “Asian Americans” reflect on the making of their groundbreaking documentary series.
Anouk YehJul 23, 2020
A group of TV scholars consider Apple TV+'s new docuseries, "Visible: Out on Television," and the narratives of history and visibility it tells.
Beck Banks, Mayra Bottaro, Hollis Griffin, Lauren Herold, Julia Himberg, Alfred L. Martin Jr., Maria San FilippoJun 23, 2020
Masha Tupitsyn considers the passage of time, Felicity, and stand-up comedy
Masha TupitsynJun 7, 2020