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Ms. Smith Goes to Bollywood
Film critique for the socially conscious. With film as the fulcrum, Corinne Goldenberg connects the dots between sociology, anthropology, international affairs, cultural studies, political theory, and various isms. Sick of bad or misleading reviews, she's reclaiming the film review in the name of social and political critique.
Woody Allen: Tall Dark Strangers, Dirty Old Men, and Other Fun Tropes
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
London River: A Look at 7/7 from an Unconventional Source
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
PEN 2010: Technology and the Future of Reading
Sunday, May 2, 2010
In an age of digital domination, where the future of the book is uncertain, a panel entitled "Blogs, Twitter, the Kindle: The Future of Reading" and PEN World Voices Festival confronted the impact of new technology on our current understanding of, as well as engagement with, both writer and their writing. For a panel of writers, such technology has the potential to intimidate. Yet, the panel of five was surprisingly mixed.
