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What Does ‘Network’ Have To Tell Us About Outrage, 50 Years On

July 24, 2026July 20, 2026 Matt Hanson 0 Comments 1976 films, Arthur Jensen, Beatrice Straight, broadcast journalism, capitalism, classic cinema, corporate media, Criterion Collection, Diana Christensen, Faye Dunaway, film criticism, globalization, Howard Beale, Jamelle Bouie, JD Vance, Journalism, Max Schumacher, media criticism, Ned Beatty, neoliberalism, Network, news media, Oscar winners, Paddy Chayefsky, PBS NewsHour, Peter Finch, ratings, Richard Nixon, Robert Duvall, sensationalism, Sidney Lumet, Television, The Guardian, UBS, Watergate, William Holden

We’re still ‘mad as hell’ but now everyone is yelling into the ether

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The Pixel Curtain Descends on Broadway

July 18, 2025May 13, 2026 Rebecca Kurson 1 Comment Billy Wilder, George Clooney, Marshall McLuhan, Maybe Happy Ending, Network, Norma Desmond, Paddy Chayefsky, Sarah Snook, Sidney Lumet, Sunset Blvd., the Picture of Dorian Gray

What does it mean that so many theatrical shows feature screens on stage?

Ned Beatty

The Best of Ned Beatty

June 16, 2021June 17, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Back to School, Burt Reynolds, Deliverance, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Network, Paddy Chayefsky, Rango, Superman, White Lightning

Remembering one of the great character actors, who died Sunday at age 83

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The Kurtzman Era of Star Trek Boldly Goes Into the Trashcan

July 23, 2026July 28, 2026 William Schwartz 2

How to understand the demise of NuTrek

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Is Maggie O’Farrell’s New Novel ‘Land’ Just Grief Porn?

July 19, 2026July 24, 2026 Katie Smith 0

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‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!

July 11, 2026July 14, 2026 Laura Pruden 3

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Traumatized Young Woman?

July 10, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 1

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