Tag: Lesley Manville
Disclaimer: Women Are Easily Painted as Villains and Jezebels
In the spirit of Strange Darling turning expectation on its ear, Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer slaps viewers in the face in a similar manner vis-à-vis exposing [Read More…]
Back to Black Makes Amy Winehouse’s Image Go Back to Shit
When Asif Kapadia’s Amy came out in 2015, the director’s monumental achievement of being able to make audiences truly understand Amy Winehouse’s life and art—the [Read More…]
Diana’s Ghost Might Actually Come Back to Punish Those Responsible for The Crown Season 6
Princess Diana’s life, of course, has always been the stuff that soap opera fodder is made of. But usually, that “fodder” has been given the [Read More…]
Diana Is Saintly No More After Some Pronounced Charles Ass-Licking in The Crown Season 5
The unspoken norm, especially when it involves the martyrdom that comes with being dead, is that no one should speak ill of Princess Diana. Who [Read More…]
The “Fashion Cunt” Canon Continues to Be Built Upon With Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
What is it about the fashion industry that makes the people working in it feel they have a right to act so self-superior? So gatekeeper-esque. [Read More…]
Always An Invisible Fairy Godmother, Never A Princess: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Before France surrendered to being decidedly Americanized in its quest to become part of the “globalization effort” that the U.S. rallied hard for after the [Read More…]
Dress You Up in My Mind Games: Phantom Thread
“You’ve got style, that’s what all the girls say.” And so they do of Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis)–not the finest last name for a man [Read More…]
