After having sex for the first time, Sunny (Kuhoo Verma) realizes that she needs the morning-after pill.
Continue reading “ Plan B Is a Funny Film About the Patriarchal Horrors of the American Healthcare System”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”Monty Python and the Holy Grail Doesn’t Believe in the “Chosen One”
In most adventure stories, the protagonist has a certain, nebulous something that sets him or her apart.
Continue reading “ Monty Python and the Holy Grail Doesn’t Believe in the “Chosen One””What If Lizzie Bennet from Pride and Prejudice Were a Vlogger Trying to Make It in the Gig Economy?
Since I was a kid, I’ve been a fan of Jane Austen. In middle school, I determinedly worked my way through her body of work, quickly assessing my favorites: Pride and Prejudice (of course), Emma (yes), and Persuasion (it is critically underrated).
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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”Some Like It Hot Is a 1950s Classic That Subverts Gender Norms and That’s Hawt
One night, my mom pulled out an ancient VHS tape, the cover faded and worn, and popped it into the VCR.
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In film, historical narratives often receive scrutiny for their adherence to—or lack of—historical accuracy.
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Many years ago, my mother planned a trip to San Francisco with my grandfather, who was visiting from Brazil.
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In 1975, philosopher Michel Foucault compared the design of Jeremy Bentham’s penitentiary, the Panopticon, to Western society.
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