In horror, the female body is the fulcrum upon which the greater plot pivots.
Continue reading “Why Offred Is the “Final Girl” of The Handmaid’s Tale “Yes, God, Yes Is a Bizarre Fever Dream for Those Of Us Who Went to Catholic School
In Karen Maine’s Yes, God, Yes (2019), the protagonist, Alice (Natalia Dyer), receives a searing indictment from her best friend: “I am sick of being best friends with a pervy psycho.”
Continue reading “ Yes, God, Yes Is a Bizarre Fever Dream for Those Of Us Who Went to Catholic School”Miranda July’s Kajillionaire Is a Love Song for Weirdos Like You and Me
In Kajillionaire (2020), a family of petty con artists wriggle through life with simple scams, swiping mail from PO boxes at the post office or trying to collect reward money for returning a lost watch.
Continue reading “Miranda July’s Kajillionaire Is a Love Song for Weirdos Like You and Me”Letter to the Reader – March
March 2021: The Art of Looking At the Stars
Continue reading “Letter to the Reader – March”An Ode to Dr. Cristina Yang, The Patron Saint of Boss-Ass Bitches
Grey’s Anatomy, the medical show that produces wildly unpredictable plotlines at breakneck speed, has endured for almost 20 years. It wouldn’t have lasted the first decade without the ambitious Dr. Cristina Yang, played flawlessly by Sandra Oh.
Continue reading “An Ode to Dr. Cristina Yang, The Patron Saint of Boss-Ass Bitches”The 40-Year-Old Version Talks About the Difficult, Unsexy, Racist Side of Art
It’s only been a month, but I’m already calling Radha Blank’s The 40-Year-Old Version (2020) my favorite film of 2021.
Continue reading “ The 40-Year-Old Version Talks About the Difficult, Unsexy, Racist Side of Art”Promising Young Woman Made Me Ugly-Cry and Not in That Cool, Cathartic Way
TW: This essay contains discussions of violence and rape.
Also, spoilers.
Continue reading “ Promising Young Woman Made Me Ugly-Cry and Not in That Cool, Cathartic Way”Roland Joffé’s The Mission and the Emptiness of Good Intentions
In film, historical narratives often receive scrutiny for their adherence to—or lack of—historical accuracy.
Continue reading “Roland Joffé’s The Mission and the Emptiness of Good Intentions”Sexual Assault in Documentary Film Before and After #MeToo
TW: This essay contains discussions of violence and rape.
Continue reading “Sexual Assault in Documentary Film Before and After #MeToo”Columbus Is the Cinematic Masterpiece No One Talks About
There are two types of gifted actors.
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