Category: Film
All Tears Flow From the Same Source: Beatriz At Dinner
The class divide between the poor and the rich isn’t a subject unexplored in American cinema, and yet, it takes on a new and darker [Read More…]
Yes, It’s Mildly Concerning That Sofia Coppola Doesn’t Know What the Bechdel Test Is
Maybe it has to do with growing up as the daughter of the director of one of the most machismo-driven films ever made, The Godfather, [Read More…]
What Cars 3 Displacing Wonder Woman After Such a Brief Period at the Top Indicates
It was pretty glorious there for those brief few weeks that Wonder Woman was at the top of the box office, proving that women aren’t [Read More…]
Rough Night Is the Female-centric Movie That’s Been Missing From the Buddy Comedy Genre
Yes, in the past there have been a fair amount of female-centric buddy comedies to sate the used-to-being forgotten about female audience. Who could forget [Read More…]
Tess Trueheart versus Breathless Mahoney: The Age Old War Between Virgin and Whore
Glenne Headly had many roles before her untimely demise on June 8th, but perhaps one of the most unwittingly political ones was her interpretation of [Read More…]
God Is A Man & Wonder Woman A God Killer
Some more militant feminist types, you know, the ones who want to be left alone among their own gender at women-only screenings, might feel Diana [Read More…]
Gaping Plot Points & Political Incorrectness Can’t Keep The Lady Is Willing Down
A lot of selfish women suddenly realize later on in life the mistake they’ve made in not having had children when they were able to. [Read More…]
Crazy–Like A Whore!–Fassbinder’s Lola & The Commodity of Love
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is arguably the authority on films about prostitutes, particularly in his later canon of work. Though even some of his mid-era filmography [Read More…]
Sofia Coppola’s Milestone Win At Cannes Would Feel A Shade Less Tainted If It Weren’t For Two Major Factors
Without question, Sofia Coppola is a talented director. Her vision and influence pervades every film she touches. Even when those films are as decidedly blasé [Read More…]
Acting, Too, Must Be Genderless
Because life wouldn’t be life without the constant discussion of gender and how it shouldn’t exist, and because the MTV Movie Awards desperately needed a [Read More…]