Tag: Women’s Issues
She Said Takes a Deep Dive on Systemic Abuse (Middleburg Film Festival)
The investigation into the behavior of legendary, and now infamous, Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein marked the beginning of a seismic shift in how the country addressed sexual harassment and misconduct. A new film sets to document the journey toward exposing…
Read More »Blonde is as Uninteresting as It is Weird and Offensive to the Legacy of Its Subject
Blonde is a fictional telling of the life of screen legend and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas) based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates. The film follows Monroe, born Norma Jeane, from her traumatic…
Read More »The Woman King: How to Balance Historical Accuracy and Filmmaking
Historically based films in Hollywood have never been lauded for their accuracy. Some of film’s most beloved cinematic masterpieces have been extremely dubious with the truth surrounding their stories, sometimes egregiously so. Despite this, these films are usually…
Read More »Don’t Worry Darling, Message Filmmaking Will Hopefully Course Correct Soon
In our increasingly polarized country, people are increasingly feeling as if they have to dig their heels into the political landscape and choose a side. At times, it feels as if political polarization has slowly seeped into every…
Read More »Resurrection Has Decent Psychological Thrills, but Rebecca Hall is the Clear Raison d’Etre (Sundance Film Festival)
Unresolved trauma can have an indelible effect on someone’s life even if they appear to have it all together on the surface. A new film starring Rebecca Hall uses the psychological thriller to examine just how extensively our…
Read More »Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack Charm in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Sundance Film Festival)
Self-discovery is usually something that we associate with young adulthood, a time for exploration and finding out what makes us tick and what we like. But certain cultural mores and life’s roadblocks bring some to this point later…
Read More »Men Has Something to Say Without Saying Anything New at All
Director Alex Garland has quickly established himself as a skillful writer/director of science fiction with films such as Ex Machina and Annihilation. He makes his anticipated return to the big screen, this time returning to the horror genre….
Read More »Fresh Feels Derivative and Heavy Handed but Still Entertains (Sundance Film Festival)
Horror films with heavy social commentary and themes have been all the rage over the past decade with some abhorring the so-called “elevated horror” tag these films have been slapped with. Fresh follows this era of horror’s styling,…
Read More »The Last Duel Powerfully Probes Main Character Syndrome and When Truth Gets Subjective
Everyone has their own version of how the events in their daily lives play out. This is a natural part of the human experience, but one that has become even more prevalent in the social media age with…
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Elizabeth Banks Shines in the Timely Film Call Jane (Sundance Film Festival)
The recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which found that the United States Constitution does not confer a right to abortion was a landmark case that gave American states the right to institute…
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