Pop Culture Presidents @VanityFair
Jeffrey Engel on popular culture Presidents (from Vanity Fair, October 29, 2020).
Law and Film
The Origins of the Film “12 Angry Men” @ABAJournal @Lee_Rawles @IMD_Bschool @philrosenzweig
ABA web producer Lee Rawles discusses the real life inspiration for the iconic film 12 Angry Men with Phil Rosenzweig, author of Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men (Empire State Editions,...
Amar Khoday on Legal Issues in The Mauritarian @amarkhoday @Jurisculture1
At Jurisculture, Amar Khoday on legal issues in the film The Mauritarian, here and here.
How To Get Away With Murder? @ProfBrianKalt @MSULaw @atlasobscura
Atlas Obscura discusses the fifty-mile-square area in Yellowstone National Park, which is essentially a legal free-for-all. Brian Kalt, a professor of law at Michigan State University, pointed out in a 2005 law review essay...
Treuthart on Marriage Story: A Tale of Divorce, Love…and the Law @GonzagaLaw
Mary Pat Treuthart, Gonzaga University School of Law, has published Marriage Story: A Tale of Divorce, Love…and the Law at 45 J. Legal Pro. 65 (2020). Here is the abstract. Noah Baumbach’s 2019 narrative...
Dramatization of “The Staircase” Will Star Colin Firth
From The Hollywood Reporter: HBO Max’s docudrama The Staircase, based on the true crime series of the same name, will star Colin Firth. The eight episode series has been planned since 2019 and Harrison Ford...
Newly Published: Terence McSweeney, The Contemporary Superhero Film: Projections of Power and Identity (2020) @FilmTVSolent
New from Columbia University Press: Terence McSweeney, The Contemporary Superhero Film: Projections of Power and Identity (Wallflower Press, 2020). Professor McSweeney teaches at Solent University.
A New Essay on Women Lawyers on Television and Film @UTexasLaw @LSULawCenter
A piece by my former student, Danielle Maddox Kinchen: Only the Best and the Brightest: No Room for the Average Female Lawyer in the 21st-Century Cinematic Legal Profession, 21 Tex. Rev. Ent. & Sports...
Position Open: FRONTLINE Fellow, Documentary Film Legal Clinic @UCLA_Law
The UCLA School of Law is accepting applications for a FRONTLINE Fellow for the Documentary Film Legal Clinic. The Fellow will support the Clinic’s activities and supervise the work of the student-clinicians. This is...
A Crime On the Bayou: A Film About the Right To Trial By Jury @NancyBuirski @CrimeOnTheBayou
New from director Nancy Buirski: A Crime on the Bayou (Augusta Films). A Crime on the Bayou presents the story of Gary Duncan, a young African American man in Louisiana convicted of assault and...