London photo: the rolling hills…
…of Croydon.
Year: 2015
Where Are the Women? We Are Your Friends
Oh, there are lots of women onscreen. They are silent, and gyrate slowly at poolside or stripper-pole-side…
We Are Your Friends movie review: straight outta the Valley
Not so much a movie as an advertisement for a soft drink or tampons or sneakers or a cell phone for fresh! active! fun! young! people.
London photo: so many greens
Every color here comes under the banner of “green,” yet they’re all so very different. And beautiful.
Where Are the Women? No Escape
The only girls and women present in this story are the daughters and wife of the male coprotagonist, who are defined solely via their relationship to him.
No Escape movie review: start the revolution without them
Enjoyably intense, if you can get past the cultural narcissism that Western corporate colonialism only matters when it impacts a nice white American family.
London photo: sad chair
Sitting by itself on the sidewalk (or, as they say here, “the pavement”).
Where Are the Women? Sinister 2
Like many horror films, this one features a woman as part of its ensemble. But it misses opportunities to bring in more women with significant roles.
Sinister 2 movie review: baloney Boogeyman
Disjointed, incohesive, and psychologically ridiculous. And actually repulsive on multiple levels in ways that the first film was not.
Where Are the Women? Vacation
The only scene in which women are not present to make men feel better about themselves is one in which they make a woman feel worse about herself.
