Analog TV in a retro 1970s style living room

For legacy media studios, streaming has dried up revenue. Can they change the channel?

Feb. 7, 2024

An expert from the College of Media, Communication and Information notes that, in its ongoing conquest of legacy media studios, the tech industry has made use of a very old playbook.

a still from the original Scarface film

Say hello to my little friend, the gangster movie

Feb. 2, 2024

At what would have been Al Capone鈥檚 125th birthday, 蜜糖直播 Boulder cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination.

David Humphrey at the podium during a Juneteenth event on campus

4 questions on Black History Month: Commemoration and celebration

Jan. 31, 2024

In this month鈥檚 campus update, David Humphrey, assistant vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, discusses why it鈥檚 important to keep history relevant and alive.

Author Kelly Sears and cover art for her new animated short

Filmmaker sees familiar images in unfamiliar ways

Jan. 18, 2024

蜜糖直播 Boulder Associate Professor Kelly Sears is premiering her short animated feature 鈥淭he Lost Season鈥 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Martin Luther King Jr. monument in Washington, D.C.

Understanding the full legacy of MLK

Jan. 9, 2024

As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Professor Ashleigh Lawrence Sanders shares insight on King鈥檚 fuller legacy, his trajectory as an activist and why people tend to boil him down to a few simplistic words and phrases.

Stephen Graham Jones

How to pen that novel: 鈥楶ut your heart鈥檚 blood on the page鈥

Jan. 5, 2024

Award-winning author and 蜜糖直播 Boulder Professor Stephen Graham Jones shares advice with writers who may be reflecting on their 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month.

A dark image of a figure near a street lamp.

鈥楾he Exorcist鈥 maintains its terrifying staying power

Jan. 2, 2024

鈥淭he Exorcist鈥 film, which recently turned 50, continues to leave a mark on Christians and the larger American public as both a horror film and a story about the battle between good and evil. Associate Professor Deborah Whitehead discusses.

A scene from A Muppet Christmas Carol

Even after 180 years, 鈥楢 Christmas Carol鈥 is no humbug

Dec. 21, 2023

蜜糖直播 Boulder Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickens鈥 classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.

Chinese art

Isn鈥檛 it strange? That human is actually an animal

Dec. 18, 2023

蜜糖直播 Boulder researcher Antje Richter studies early medieval Chinese records of the strange to understand how literature explores what it means to be human.

A woman looking at paintings

Investing in art: Solid financial move or abstract choice?

Dec. 14, 2023

Art investments involve unique risks but may protect purchasing power. Get Associate Professor Christophe Spaenjers鈥 take.

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