A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Janani Subramanian examines stylistic distinctions in film remakes, noting the cultural, narrative and stylistic contrasts between contexts of production.
The final season of Friday Night Lights has concluded on DirecTV but will be resurrected in April, 2011, on NBC. This column is equal parts clear eyes and full heart in delivering the show’s eulogy.
When “nothing is happening” in Paranormal Activity 1 and 2, the empty room scenes as captured by static cameras in the Paranormal Activity franchise become suspenseful moments of audience reflexivity.
Oprah’s flair for creating consumable emotions is situated as a domesticating force underscoring the anthropomorphic narrative in the Discovery Channel series, “Life.”
A compelling exploration of revisionist storytelling methods at work in The Vampire Diaries.
An exploration of Showtime’s Nurse Jackie as another entrant into the growing group of older female protagonists across both network and cable programming.
