The Syndrome documentary review: baby with the bathwater
A smartly dispassionate and skeptical look at “shaken baby syndrome,” and an accidental portrait about how science fails us when it solidifies into dogma.
Eye in the Sky movie review: in the eyes of 21st-century warriors
As entertaining on an escapist level as it is irrefutably engaging on a level that is essential for citizens who are players in our political environment.
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) and The Absent One (Fasandraeberne) movies review: good clean nasty Nordic noir
Grim treats, mining suspense and urgency from intensely plotted dual timelines of brutal criminality. A must for fans of rumpled, cynical, bitter detectives.
London photo: my new favorite screening room
The most luxurious and comfortable place I’ve ever seen a movie… or three.
The Jungle Book movie review: welcome to the jungle
Goes right up to the bleeding edge of cinema to tell a story that is strapping yet simple, and hugely appealing. Disney found a good reason to redo an old film.
Where Are the Women?: movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions
In terms of both budget and profit, it costs nothing to treat women like people onscreen. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women?: mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
Hollywood would like to believe otherwise, for reasons known only to them. But here’s proof to the contrary. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women?: critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
Rotten Tomatoes critics are 22% more likely to give a good score to films that represent women well, and Metacritic critics are 28% more likely to do so. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women?: best and worst representations of women on film in 2015
The median WATW score and the average score agree: Hollywood movies are, overall, not very good at treating women like people. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women?: only 22% of 2015’s movies had female protagonists
This is not acceptable. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
