“The future, Mr. Gittes. The future.”: Next Wave Filmmaking and Beyond, Part 1 *
Robert Sickels / Whitman College
A discussion of the mumblecore film movement.
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On Retrospective Reception: Watching LVN Pictures at the Cinemalaya Film Festival
Bliss Cua Lim / University of California, Irvine
A reconsideration of the films of LVN Pictures through the lens of a contemporary festival audience.
Read moreFiercely Real? Tyra Banks’ Body Politics and Post-Feminist Branding
Jessalynn Keller / Flow Special Features Editor
Jessalynn Keller looks at the postfeminist branding of supermodel-turned-media-mogul, Tyra Banks.
Read more“We Think INSIDE the Box”: CD Box Sets in the Download Era
Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University
A look at how the DVD industry’s use of packaging mirrors and contrasts that of deluxe vinyl and CD sets.
Read moreThat’s not blood, that’s music: Dexter’s musical seriality
Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia
Coulthard examines the importance of the musical score in relation to television programming, using the series “Dexter” as a compelling case study of colorful aural storytelling.
Read more“This Must Be a Bad Movie”: Genre and Self-Reflexivity in Alan Wake
Racquel M. Gonzales / FLOW Staff
An exploration of the game’s unique play experience and the unexpected pleasures in guided interactive storytelling.
Read moreTying Narrative Threads by Opening Closet Doors: Coming Out on Ugly Betty
Melanie Kohnen / Georgia Institute of Technology
Narrative cohesion in the coming-out story of Ugly Betty.
Read moreKitchen Monoliths: Memories of Domestic Minimalism
Paul Gansky / FLOW Staff
On the unholy marriage of Woody Harrelson, home freezers and minimalist art.
Read moreModern Family’s Indictment of Modern Families
Esteban del Rio and Kasey Mitchell / University of San Diego
A close look at Modern Family’s look at modern families.
Read morePower in Parody: Femininity 101 at RuPaul’s Drag U
Daren C. Brabham / UNC at Chapel Hill
Daren Brabham examines RuPaul teaching women how to be glamorous on his new Logo TV program, RuPaul’s DragU.
Read more“They Have the Oscars”: Oppositional Telebranding and the Cult of the Horror Auteur
Joe Tompkins / University of Minnesota
Joe Tompkins examines the place of the horror auteur within convergent media culture.
Read moreShow Musical Good, Paired Segments Better: Glee’s Unevenness Explained
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo
A thoughtful consideration of why the musical numbers on Glee can sometimes feel generically incoherent.
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