London photo: a swim on a sunny day
Dog doesn’t want to get out of a pond on Hampstead Heath.
Year: 2015
Where Are the Women? Mistress America
Two major female characters, both flawed and complicated people, on a journey of self-discovery that has nothing to do with romance or having babies.
Where Are the Women? Paper Towns
Wants to tell a story about how young women are people… which it does by removing the main female character from the narrative for half of the film.
Paper Towns and Mistress America movies review: girls’ stories are their own (and not yours, boys)
Want to debunk the myth and the mystery of the manic pixie dream girl? There’s a wrong way to do that… and an oh-so marvelously right way.
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet isn’t a very good Hamlet
Of course it’s fun in the “oh my god that’s Benedict Cumberbatch!” sense, but it’s a bit Hamlet for Dummies, or Hamlet’s Greatest Hits.
London photo: painted everything in the Painted Hall
One last look at the U.K.’s “Sistine Chapel.”
Where Are the Women? The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
A female villain who isn’t defined by her sexuality helps balance out the underused female sidekick to the good guys (who are, of course, guys).
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie review: Cold War, lukewarm
Guy Ritchie’s spy-themed GQ fashion shoot. Pure popcorn nonsense, sleek and chic and vaguely funny, but instantly forgettable.
London photo: the Painted Hall is very tall
Yet another view of the U.K.’s “Sistine Chapel.”
Precinct Seven Five (aka The Seven Five) documentary review: badfellas
A Scorsese-esque look, fascinating and horrifying, at the 1990s NYPD scandal that saw cops become the biggest, baddest gang on the city streets.
