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Two BBC Crime Dramas – Broadchurch and River
One of the pleasures of my research topic is that I get to watch Crime Dramas. A lot. While many of them can be quite predictable and poorly written, some shows have the capacity to stun you in their...
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Borgen – Great TV
We live in a time of great political pessimism. Across party, state and regional lines, there is a growing anger with the quality of leadership and a skepticism about whether they have the best...
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Masterclass in Human Relationships – Bong Joon Ho’s Films
If you happen to be on the internet, chances are you have just survived the marketing blitz for Netflix’s recent project Okja. Directed by acclaimed Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho and featuring a...
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War for the Planet of the Apes and Post-Human Cinema?
Many films have used non-human characters as their protagonists. Pixar films have famously animated various things from toys, cars, bugs to even emotions with narrative agency and made us love every...
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Dunkirk – Uncomfortable watching of Rewritten History
Christopher Nolan’s much awaited Dunkirk hit the screens last month marking the critically acclaimed director’s first foray into historical fiction. Three years after his space exploration film,...
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Recommended TV: Speechless on ABC
This post begins with a non sequitur. Instead of directly arguing for the merits of the show that I am trying to get you to watch, I am going to explain the obvious reasons why you should watch a good...
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Looking Back at News
Since there were no posts for a while, here are a few thoughts looking back at the way some news items were portrayed in the media. Of course, considering how many big news items are rapidly cycled...
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Comedy about the Worst of Us
In this series, we have been looking at the audience identification with Comedy shows and the kind of affective response that we have towards such shows. The first post focused on why we cry while...
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TV as it should be – Bron|Broen
Welcome back to Screen Ethics after another unexpected hiatus. I could attribute the absence to the sluggish months of pop-culture news, to new challenges that needed more immediate attention or to the...
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On Distractions and Pie
An hour into Men in Black III, agent J, frustrated after losing yet another lead into his case, turns to his partner K who suggests that they have some pie. Resigned, J follows K to a diner in which...
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