Adaptations have played a significant role throughout the history of Nordic cinema, from Victor Sjöström’s reverential silent adaptations to Aki Kaurismäki’s quirky take on world literature. To this day, adaptations remain of utmost importance to Nordic film and television, as the multi-media phenomenon of Nordic noir conclusively establishes.
Editors: Páraic Kerrigan, Anne O’Brien, Florian Vanlee As the field of queer production studies continues to grow and develop, much of the European context remains relatively absent from research.
The Great Pottery Throwdown (More4, BBC2, 2015-) is, with its playful filth and flair, the very best of British television. It is unrelentlessly joyful, a triumph of quaint skill and beauty, and a simple celebration in the delight of hobbies. The show’s format derives straight from the giants of GBBO, but whereas the smells and taste of baked goods are trapped by television, pottery makes the perfect on screen subject.
“Excuse me, is it Andrew Pixley?” Yes. Hello. “I hope you don’t mind me coming over, but I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your books –” Viewing notes. “- sorry, viewing notes for the Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-1974) [i] blu-rays.
Can I be honest? Despite the fact that I’ve watched it for as long as I can remember, and have spent a considerable amount of cash on its various related merchandise over the years, I don’t really like to identify as a Doctor Who fan.
My last paper described the teaching and learning experiences of a new module I introduced to level 6 students on factual TV. It primarily dealt with the first half of this new module – Informational factual TV programming. Informational programming includes TV genres such as Current Affairs, History and Science TV, and Wildlife TV. As described in my last post, the module is built around two fundamental premises.
WARNING: This article contains offensive language from the outset. Had to throw out some humping salad from the fridge the other day. We could probably have got away with it, but it was a tad beyond its “best before” date and why take the chance? So, I had to make an extra trip to the shops… which probably put me in a humping bad mood for my days’ reading and triggered what follows.
Source: https://derroth.com/2019/08/28/cfp-moral-communication/ Call for papers to the Luhmann Conference 2020 on “Moral communication. Observed with social systems theory” Place: Inter-University Centre (IUC), Dubrovnik, Croatia Address: Don Frana Bulicá 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia Dates: 15-18 September 2020 The PDF version of this CFP
Edited by Christina Adamou and Sotiris Petridis Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2020 Notification of Acceptance: by 01 June 2020 Deadline for chapters: 01 October 2020 Τelevision content has expanded to different and new ways of distribution and screening enabled by the evolution of technology and the advent of new media.
Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy No. 5, 2020 Edited by: Matthew Hill Co-edited by: João Félix Messengers from the Stars is an international, peer-reviewed journal, offering academic articles, reviews, and providing an outlet for a wide range of creative work inspired by science fiction and fantasy.
‘Of course we don’t pay a licence fee’ says Barbara vehemently as we sit round the table for Jennifer’s graduation celebration dinner. My friend Barbara is doctor and her eldest daughter has just graduated in creative art. Everyone is there – aunts, uncles, cousins, Jenny’s brother and sister. Her Nana is especially proud as Jenny is the first grandchild to graduate.