male protagonist bingo
This was created (not by me) as a commentary on videogames, but almost without any alteration, it also applies to movies. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Month: March 2015
Where Are the Women? Suite Française
A wonderful example of the fact that war is not the exclusive domain of men (as it often seems to be in fiction) and that women have war stories, too. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Run All Night
Women do not figure into this testosterone fest, except as the object of sexual jokes or as familial property that can be threatened to motivate a man. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
London photo: classic pickup
A classic American pickup truck, with California plates (which I suspect might be fake).
Suite Française movie review: enemy mine to love
An immediate and intimate tale of forbidden romance and other complex emotions and contradictory obligations. This ain’t history but a very human now.
London photo: American car wash
What makes a carwash American, I wonder…?
X+Y (aka A Brilliant Young Mind) movie review: emotional equations
An honest, heartfelt film, full of lovely performances, yet one that ends up rather unexpectedly conventional.
Run All Night movie review: bloody bromance breakup
Too long and too same-old, and even Liam Neeson’s effortless tough-guy charm can only carry this familiar-feeling film so far.
London photo: the “Paleys on Pilers”
Art installation in Aldgate that commemorates one of the original city gates and the location of the 14th-century home of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Where Are the Women? The Grand Budapest Hotel
If the work of any filmmaker would seem a natural fit for women in nontraditional roles, it’s Wes Anderson’s, so the lack here is extra disappointing. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
