Where Are the Women? Max
A boy and his dog. And then another boy and the dog. And even the damn dog is male.
Max movie review: all dogs go to war
Jingoistic propaganda and heart-tugging cornball melodrama about a dog with PTSD. It’s how we are Enduring Freedom. God bless America.
Where Are the Women? The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Defies the clichés with which women are treated onscreen by turning the tropes of exploitation into expressions of a woman’s ownership of her sexuality.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl movie review: crossing no-woman’s-land to adulthood
It shouldn’t be radical to see a movie treat a girl with this level of appreciation and understanding of her most intimate inner self. Yet it is.
London photo: on the night bus (part ii)
Sleeping on the night bus, reflected in the window.
Where Are the Women? Fantastic Four
This is a case of a film doing the absolute minimum it needs to in order not to be considered outright sexist.
Fantastic Four movie review: fantastic bore
There isn’t an authentic human motivation or emotion to be found here. The bar has been raised too high on comic-book movies for us to accept junk like this.
London photo: battle of the kebab shops
A fight for supremacy for the title of most superlative kebab to be found along the 243 bus’s route.
Where Are the Women? War Book
This is (mostly) a great example of positive depiction of women: as people with authority, with strong opinions, with powerful personalities.
War Book movie review: the fate of humanity
Riveting, terrifying, and unafraid to confront its own quiet horror. One of the most important movies ever about nuclear weapons and modern governance.
