Where Are the Women? The Salt of the Earth
Though the narration describes the male protagonist photographer’s wife as his essential collaborator, we see absolutely no evidence of this.
Year: 2015
The Salt of the Earth documentary review: photographing the human condition
“Everyone should see these images to see how terrible our species is.” Yet there is hope in this portrait of photographer Sebastião Salgado, too.
London photo: stripey
I wonder if they planned this…
Where Are the Women? Self/less
This is a movie in which a woman is instructed to “wait in the car” while the male protagonist goes inside to continue driving the story. And she does.
Self/less movie review: mind/less, brain/less, point/less
Glances at fundamental questions of identity and humanity and decides that they are best resolved via fistfights, gun battles, and car chases.
London photos: Beverly Brook
A little treat for fellow fans of Ben Aaronovitch’s urban fantasy series Rivers of London…
London photo: Barnes pond
Peaceful respite in southwest London.
Where Are the Women? Ant-Man
Runs right up to the notion that a woman could plausibly play the central heroic role but then backs off to engage in male-centered business as usual.
Ant-Man movie review: superhero reduction
Marvel’s tiniest hero stars in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s smallest movie so far, one that loses Paul Rudd’s charm among familiar comic-book action.
London photo: the whole city is tennis-mad
This entire city goes insane for tennis during Wimbledon fortnight.
