Where Are the Women? Suffragette
It is wonderful to see women in roles with historical and cultural significance. This is splendid representation of women as fully human people.
Year: 2015
Suffragette movie review: then they fight you (LFF 2015)
The first feature film ever about the women who fought for their right to vote is glorious. It is angry and passionate and defiant. It is essential.
Paris photo: opera at Sacre Coeur
An opera singer performing on the side steps of Sacre Coeur, in Montmartre.
Paris photo: stairs de Triomphe
Heading down the spiraling staircase from the top of the Arc de Triomphe is a dizzying experience…
Where Are the Women? Sicario
The female protagonist is smart and competent, wields authority like a total badass, and is an intriguingly conflicted, wonderfully awful mess.
Sicario movie review: lies, injustice, and the American way
The “War on Drugs” has never felt more like an actual war in this brutal, scathing condemnation of the lawlessness of the battle… on the “good guys” side.
Doctor Who blogging: “Under the Lake”
I don’t recognize this show anymore.
Where Are the Women? The Walk
The only woman in the ensemble is the male protagonist’s girlfriend, who tells him how clever he is and reassures him that he must follow his dream.
The Walk movie review: head in the clouds
Puts CGI, IMAX, and 3D (and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to perfect use. Everything here comes with a vertiginous thrill and a delightful enchantment.
Where Are the Women? The Intern
While at first glance it looks as if this could be a film that represents women well, every potential positive comes with an accompanying negative.
