Tag: Women’s Issues

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Examines the Taboos that Have Always Been

“We are a fantasy but we have to live in reality. And in this world, in these lives, love does not matter.” Professor Marston and the Wonder Women introduces us to Harvard psychologist and inventor Dr. William Moulton…

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The Beguiled Hits All the Right Notes

The Beguiled finds Corporal John McBurney, Union soldier during the American Civil War, recovering in an all-girls seminary, after retreating into the Virginia forest during battle after suffering a severe leg injury. John is discovered by student Amy…

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Hounds of Love Shines While Tackling Tough Subject Matter

Hounds of Love takes place in 1987, following serial killer couple John and Evelyn White (Stephen Curry and Emma Booth) in Perth, Australia. While searching for their next victim, they happen upon Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings), a high…

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Wonder Woman is a Gamechanger

Wonder Woman follows the coming of age of Diana (Gal Gadot), Princess of the hidden island paradise Themiscyra. Yearning to become a warrior like the rest of the Amazons on the island, Diana meets Steve Trevor, an American…

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Colossal: The First Film Examining Millennial Life

Get Out, 2017’s first runaway hit, was a genre film serving as metaphors for larger social issues and with the release of Colossal, this trend has continued into the first 3rd of the year. Colossal uses a monster…

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The Neon Demon: The Cost of Beauty

The Neon Demon is directed by Nicholas Winding Refn and follows Jesse (Elle Fanning) who moves to Los Angeles as a 16 year old to pursue modeling. As she becomes successful, she faces the wrath of other aspiring…

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