This review explores the procedural and rhetorical rules involved in videogames as well as narrative and database aesthetic techniques utilized in the 2017 adventure videogame Tacoma.
This review explores the procedural and rhetorical rules involved in videogames as well as narrative and database aesthetic techniques utilized in the 2017 adventure videogame Tacoma.
Can artificial intelligence make medicine more humane? (Eric Topol)
Review
Jenny Slatman
22/11/2021
7 minutes to read
Eric Topol, the author of Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again (2019), argues in this book that articificial intelligence can make healthcare more humane.
California scheming: Miranda July's Kajillionaire (Miranda July)
Review
Bettie Cörvers
04/06/2021
7 minutes to read
In Miranda July's 2020 film Kajillionaire, Old Dolio's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them in their scamming practices. She feels the need to detach from her hustling parents.
The new series 'Emily in Paris' has already received a lot of attention, but not without the critique. Parisians are routinely portrayed with a very essentialized and stereotypical national identity, which shapes our idea of 'Frenchness'.
'Westworld' - The Contemporary Jurassic Park You Cannot Miss Watching (Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy)
Review
Kristiana Naydenova
04/03/2021
5 minutes to read
The new HBO series 'Westworld' is intelligent and full of mysteries for the patient viewer to uncover. Everyone interested in exploring the humand mind and behavior will love it.
Hindi Medium: Everyone has a different starting line from birth (Saket Chaudhary)
Review
Yan Shen
08/02/2021
6 minutes to read
The Indian film "Hindi Medium" is a typical realist film in which topics such as education issues, social class issues, rich and poor issues in India are discussed. If you want to get a glimpse of these, this film would be a good starting point.
Glee ( Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan)
Review
Luna-Anastasia Riedel
29/01/2021
7 minutes to read
Glee is an American musical-comedy television drama with a typical American high school setting and deals with a group of diverse teenagers who all connect through being in the school’s show choir.
Doctor Who: Is there a female Doctor just to lure in young fans? (Chris Chibnall)
Review
Ananya Sen
20/01/2021
10 minutes to read
This review of the Thirteenth Doctor in Doctor Who discusses gender representation and its relation to fandom, and whether the move to cast a female Doctor was indeed a step in the right direction.
Human Minds and Animal Stories, or How Narratives Shape Attitudes (Malecki, Sorokowski, Pawlowski, Cienski)
Review
Luiza Dubicka
07/12/2020
12 minutes to read
Human Minds and Animal Stories takes a look at how stories can change human attitudes towards other species. A change in attitudes can lead to change in our current practices involving animals. Can an academic publication reach a broader audience?
Going dark: The secret social lives of extremists (Julia Ebner)
Review
Ico Maly
29/10/2020
6 minutes to read
Going Dark:The secret social lives of extremists is a well structured introduction to the global far right, and succeeds in bringing academic research to a broad audience.
Lady Bird and the Celebration of Womanhood (Greta Gerwig)
Review
Lola Vos
28/10/2020
7 minutes to read
Greta Gerwig's 2017 film Lady Bird is a celebration of femininity and its strongest point is the message it sends. The film signifies an important breakthrough in male-dominated Hollywood.
We Are Chaos: A world too chaotic for Marilyn Manson (Marilyn Manson)
Review
Vinicio Ntouvlis
15/09/2020
12 minutes to read
Marilyn Manson's 11th album shows signs of maturity as it reflects on how the shock rocker figure has become irrelevant. Mixing varying musical influences, the album makes for a solid rock listen with some inspired lyrical content.
Why Voices from Chernobyl is a must-read you will never forget (Svetlana Alexievich)
Review
Nataliia Vdovychenko
28/04/2020
14 minutes to read
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster is one of the most tragic events in European history. Nobel prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich covers the event in her book Voices from Chernobyl giving voice to multiple victims' perspectives through interviews.
