Where Are the Women? The Walk
The only woman in the ensemble is the male protagonist’s girlfriend, who tells him how clever he is and reassures him that he must follow his dream.
The Walk movie review: head in the clouds
Puts CGI, IMAX, and 3D (and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to perfect use. Everything here comes with a vertiginous thrill and a delightful enchantment.
Where Are the Women? The Intern
While at first glance it looks as if this could be a film that represents women well, every potential positive comes with an accompanying negative.
The Intern movie review: so much nice, so little help
A nice movie about real problems people face in real life, and it deals with them in as sidelong a way as it possibly can, avoiding all strong emotion.
Paris photo: a quiet corner of Jardin du Luxembourg
This is the spectacular Medici Fountain…
Doctor Who blogging: “The Magician’s Apprentice”/“The Witch’s Familiar”
Doctor Who is now a meta representation of itself. The show has become its own T-shirt.
Paris photos: Rue Mouffetard
Rue Mouffetard, in the Latin Quarter, has been a market street since probably Roman times…
Where Are the Women? Life
There is no significant female presence here. Women make brief appearances as girlfriends, exes, and mother figures, but have little impact on the men.
Life movie review: how not to be famous
A smart, wistful exploration of art, ambition, and celebrity, with appealingly melancholic performances by Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan.
Paris photos: vandalized art in Versailles
A sculpture by Anish Kapoor on the grounds at Versailles was recently vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
