Tag: Ellen Page
Juno and Promising Young Woman: What the Most Recent Female Wins for Best Screenplay Have in Common
A woman winning any Academy Award is relatively uncommon. And among the least common is the coveted writing award. For yes, as Joe Gillis cynically [Read More…]
The Suppression of Vanya Hargreeves’ Power As Allegory for Men Fearing Female Strength
In one of the many cruel ironies presented throughout The Umbrella Academy, the cruelest of all is the manner in which Number Seven a.k.a. Vanya [Read More…]
The Umbrella Academy: A Hodgepodge of Dark and Watchmen
Time travel and the notion of being perpetually stuck in the Gordian knot of a temporal loop seems to have only risen in popularity in [Read More…]
To Rome With Love’s Use of the Fellini Blueprint
As one of the most maligned of Woody Allen’s past ten years of back to back films (a feat he has sustained since he began [Read More…]
How Jennifer Garner’s Divorce Mirrors That of Her Character in Juno
The tragic celebrity news of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck divorcing after the the ten year mark (a curse established by Tom Cruise and Nicole [Read More…]
Not So Subtle PSA: Movies in Which the Woman Doesn’t Get the Abortion
While abortion is becoming less stigmatized, sort of (see: the woman who filmed her abortion for YouTube), it remains a polarizing issue in the United [Read More…]
