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Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Birdman took home four awards, including Best Picture. Mike Blake/Reuters

February 23, 2015

Oscars 2015: expert reaction

Michael Green, Arizona State University; Catherine Liu, University of California, Irvine; Fabrizio Cilento, Messiah College; Kellie Carter Jackson, Hunter College; Marissa J. Moorman, Indiana University; Michele Schreiber, Emory University, and Stephen Benedict Dyson, University of Connecticut

Indies to the rescue, the quiet power of foreign language films, Gen-X’s crowning moment. All – and more – are covered by our experts, who weigh in on this year’s Oscars.

Hollywood films have long depicted Arabs in a negative light. Pictured is the movie poster from 1921’s The Sheik. Wikimedia Commons

February 4, 2015

American Sniper perpetuates Hollywood’s typical Arab stereotypes

Michael Green, Arizona State University

The first Iraqis to appear in Clint Eastwood’s Iraq War drama, American Sniper, are a young mother and boy of maybe 12. They are seen from the point of view of the man who will kill them: Chris Kyle, the…

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