Where Are the Women? Slow West
The only woman with any significant presence in this film is not a character: she’s a goal for the male protagonist. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Month: June 2015
Slow West movie review: dark horseplay
Michael Fassbender is never not worth watching, and his unique blend of cynical smarts and weary humor is perfectly suited to this bitterly funny road trip.
London photos: Arlington Square
Arlington Square in Islington has its own poet…
Where Are the Women? Minions
Maleness: the default for characters worth telling stories about as far as Hollywood is concerned, even if they are little yellow blobs. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Minions movie review: the curtain of yellow mystique falls
I love the Minions and I thought they totally deserved their own movie. But I was wrong. Or, at least, this movie is not the movie they deserve.
London photos: Camley Street Natural Park
Right on the Regent’s Canal in the shadow of King’s Cross and St. Pancras rail stations.
Everyone’s Going to Die movie review: black comedy among the blues
Strange and wonderful and unclassifiable in the best way, this is an unexpectedly touching and oddly funny platonic romance. Sort of.
London photos: inside Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
A public community space full of little alcoves of art and greenery…
Where Are the Women? The Sisterhood of Night
The female ensemble endure teen problems that have nothing to do with romance or fashion, and everything to do with the ways that girls interact. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
The Sisterhood of Night movie review: bitch hunt
There are no cartoon Mean Girls here; instead, we get striking portraits of girls in pain, desperately grasping for coping mechanisms.
