Month: January 2015

How They Funded It: ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’

Surpassing its $55,000 goal on Indiegogo

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Ghost in the Shell Movie: Why Casting Scarlett Johansson is Wrong

White People Talk Awkwardly About Diversity in Casting!

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Watch New Promo for “The Walking Dead” Return

New episodes arrive on February 8.

@twitter is STILL not effectively addressing harassment

Some of the worst harassment on the web is on Twitter

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Angela Bassett’s Supernova on Blu-Ray Jan 13

But There’s a Sad Tale Behind It…

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First Look at Gemma Chan in AMC’s “Humans”

Really looking forward to this one!

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Actress Gemma Chan

Rewatch Rec: Cowboy Bebop On Hulu

Watch for Free!

The Japanese Women Who Love Gay Anime

Read at The Daily Beast.

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From “Junjou Romantica”

Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies

Read Kurosawa’s fascinating selections at Open Culture.

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Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa

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From left, Rod Steiger, Jester Hairston, and Sidney Poitier in “The Heat of the Night” (1967)

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From left, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, and Lil Dagover in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”(“Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari”) (1920)

Ghost in the Shell Casting Shows We Need More Than White Feminism

Hollywood has a bad problem with casting women who aren’t white

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