Where Are the Women? The Overnight
The female characters in this ensemble may be wives, but the film overtly confronts hard realities of marriage that few films dare to broach. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
The Little Death (aka A Funny Kind of Love) and The Overnight movie review: sex tragi-comedies
Hooray for movies about sex and love that aren’t about teenagers trying to get laid but adults still trying to figure it all out.
That Sugar Film documentary review: sugar size me
This funny and enlightening exposé of how unhealthy “healthy” processed food actually is is shocking, even if you’re already down on corporate food.
Where Are the Women? Slow West
The only woman with any significant presence in this film is not a character: she’s a goal for the male protagonist. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Slow West movie review: dark horseplay
Michael Fassbender is never not worth watching, and his unique blend of cynical smarts and weary humor is perfectly suited to this bitterly funny road trip.
London photos: Arlington Square
Arlington Square in Islington has its own poet…
Where Are the Women? Minions
Maleness: the default for characters worth telling stories about as far as Hollywood is concerned, even if they are little yellow blobs. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Minions movie review: the curtain of yellow mystique falls
I love the Minions and I thought they totally deserved their own movie. But I was wrong. Or, at least, this movie is not the movie they deserve.
London photos: Camley Street Natural Park
Right on the Regent’s Canal in the shadow of King’s Cross and St. Pancras rail stations.
Everyone’s Going to Die movie review: black comedy among the blues
Strange and wonderful and unclassifiable in the best way, this is an unexpectedly touching and oddly funny platonic romance. Sort of.
