Category: Film
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…]
There Was Already A Gloriously Trashy TV Movie About Madonna’s Early Days So What Are We Doing With Blond Ambition From Universal?
Though it may have been low-budget and low-caliber acting, much of the frequently forgotten about 1994 TV movie, Madonna: Innocence Lost (which aired on Fox, [Read More…]
After the Storm: Grown-ups Can’t Live on Love Alone
“Why did my life turn out like this?” This is the question ruefully (yet acceptingly) posed by one of the subjects Ryôta Shinoda (Hiroshi Abe) corners [Read More…]
Are You Human or A Dud?: Ghost in the Shell
“We cling to our memories as though they define us. But it’s our actions that define us.” So regurgitates Mira Killian a.k.a. Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett [Read More…]
Emma Watson Calls Bullshit On Men’s Inability to See Women as Heroic Protagonists
As cinema studies persists in becoming a viable college major (though we all know there’s nothing more viable than “business” or “marketing” in this post-collegiate [Read More…]
Mary Pickford, Canadian Glamor Girl, Producer & Screen Legend Turns 125
Born the demurely named Gladys Louise Smith, Mary Pickford transcended from “America’s sweetheart” and “the girl with the curls” to one of the foremost producers [Read More…]
Colossal Might Just Be the Only Movie to Philosophically Address Both Alcoholism and Power
There have been movies about alcoholism in the past, sure. Granted, it’s really only ever been The Lost Weekend that has addressed the matter in [Read More…]
