Category: Blogs
AN OTHER[ED] PLACE: NHK’S SOMEWHERE STREET by Melissa Beattie
I have something of an ambivalent relationship with travel documentaries. While I often enjoy...
Read MoreMOVING WITH THE TIMES: AN UPDATE FROM CSTONLINE by Toby Steiner, Sarah Lahm, and Kim Akass
First of all, a happy New Year – we at CSTonline hope you have all had a good winter break. And...
Read MoreSUB-CULTURE CLUB by Andrew Pixley
Santa has been very kind to me again this year. You may recall that in recent years she’s been...
Read MoreACTING LIKE KIDS: CHILD ACTORS PERFORMING COMEDY IN THE BRADY BUNCH by Ellie McFarlane
In the 1960s and 70s, US TV networks were broadcasting a plethora of situation comedies, many of...
Read MoreLOADED DICE: FUTURAMA’S (PSEUDO-)INDIGENOUS MARTIANS by Melissa Beattie
Science fiction and comedy are often used for social commentary and animated sf/fantasy sitcom...
Read More“LIVE” FROM NEW YORK, IT’S (POSTMODERN) SATURDAY NIGHT! by Douglas L. Howard
In the final act of Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, Matt Woods’s John Belushi ice skates in his...
Read MorePHILIPPA BREWSTER – 29 DECEMBER 1949 – 15 OCTOBER 2024 by Kim Akass, with comments by Janet McCabe
I have been sitting here staring at a blank screen for nearly an hour. That isn’t counting the 2...
Read MoreFROM KAISERPANORAMA TO VIRTUAL WATCH PARTIES: REDEFINING COMMUNAL VIEWING EXPERIENCE(S) by Enes Akdag
Disclaimer: This blog post is derived from my master thesis titled “New Aspects of Communal...
Read More‘KEEP ON DRIVING’ – ON BEING AN OLDER ACADEMIC IN TV (AND FILM) STUDIES by Christopher Pullen
This blog considers the psychological conundrum of ageing within the academic workplace, offering...
Read MoreTRUMP, MALIGNANT NARCISSISM AND THE 2024 AMERICAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN by Kim Akass
I initially started writing this blog on Tuesday (we’ll certainly remember, remember, this 5th of...
Read MoreLAYERED SPECTATORSHIP: THE CROWN AS PALIMPSEST by Leona Heimfeld
This blog post first appeared on the WFTHN blog on Oct 25, 2024. Siegfried Kracauer in...
Read More‘THIS IS WHERE THE COWBOY RIDES AWAY’?: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AND SETTLER COLONIALISM by Melissa Beattie
‘The ghosts of the Confederacy will not die.’- Colonel Anderson (Kurt Smallwood); 1.1 One...
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- AN OTHER[ED] PLACE: NHK’S SOMEWHERE STREET by Melissa Beattie February 14, 2025
- MOVING WITH THE TIMES: AN UPDATE FROM CSTONLINE by Toby Steiner, Sarah Lahm, and Kim Akass February 7, 2025
- SUB-CULTURE CLUB by Andrew Pixley February 7, 2025
- ACTING LIKE KIDS: CHILD ACTORS PERFORMING COMEDY IN THE BRADY BUNCH by Ellie McFarlane January 31, 2025
- LOADED DICE: FUTURAMA’S (PSEUDO-)INDIGENOUS MARTIANS by Melissa Beattie January 31, 2025
- Call for Submissions – Special Dossier: Television January 16, 2025
- “LIVE” FROM NEW YORK, IT’S (POSTMODERN) SATURDAY NIGHT! by Douglas L. Howard December 13, 2024