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  1. Scott Z. Burns – „The Report“ (2019)

    Folter ist ein System. Und das wird hier mit kühler Präzision seziert. Scott Z. Burns rekonstruiert die jahrelange Recherche des US-Senatsmitarbeiters Daniel J. Jones zur systematischen Anwendung sogenannter „Enhanced Interrogation Techniques“ durch die CIA nach 9/11. Und was dabei sichtbar wird, ist weniger das Monster im Verhörraum als die institutionelle Architektur seiner Legitimation. Mit Adam Driver, Annette Bening und Jon Hamm. (ARD, Free-TV-Premiere)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  2. The Beast in Me, this powerful series captivates

    The Beast in Me is the kind of story that will be talked about for many years. It's a tightly written suspense drama that deals with themes of blame, vengeance, rage, and violence that are part of human nature. It's a deep examination of those themes in ways that will merit visiting and revisiting by analysts and film scholars. […]

    oldaintdead.com/the-beast-in-m

  3. Just musing on the cavalcade of themes in this season of #PerryMason. In addition to the moody #noir pastiche aesthetic, we have a delightfully messy #lesbian romance, a pre-Zoot Suit uprising storyline about corrupt legal scapegoating of #MexicanAmericans, a complex plot about #BlackLA and its social dynamics of #class and #gender, and the #JohnGarfield-esque simmering righteous White guy and his rebellion against social pressure to be aspirational and upwardly mobile. Oh and at the heart of the crime might be #oil. Somebody should unpack all this and write about it....

    #television #tv #hbomax #noir #petroculture #MatthewRhys #AmWatching #TelevisionStudies #MediaStudies @television @mediastudies