Where Are the Women? Tangerines
Why the complete lack of women in a story about war impinging on civilian life? Does the presence of women “complicate” a “simple” story too much? [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Year: 2015
Tangerines movie review: caught in the crossfire
Slaps an honest emotional sincerity and a dry, almost humorous pragmatism in the face of macho posturing and identity tribalism.
Where Are the Women? Still Alice
Here we have a woman with a full, rich life and deeply troublesome problems that are uniquely her own. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
One man’s story is not an exclusively male venture with the inclusion of female expert commentators, and his wife a partner in coping with his illness. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me documentary review: music hath power
A harrowing yet also inspiring portrait of the American pop music icon as he copes with the rapid deterioration of Alzheimer’s.
London photo: why the dodo went extinct
At the Natural History Museum.
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine documentary review: portrait of the symbol as a young man
An almost unbearably heartbreaking documentary rehumanizes the LGBT icon… and makes him newly tragic all over again.
Where Are the Women? Begin Again
Busts clichés of the romantic drama and features a strong portrait of a woman artist with a complex inner and outer life. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? Boyhood
Did it occur to Linklater to make Girlhood, with his daughter starring instead of supporting? Still, the dynamic depiction of the mother’s life is fantastic. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
my first death threat
And it’s over my review of Fifty Shades of Grey! That’s a twist I did not see coming.
