the year in movies by and about women…
I have some stuff to say about how women were depicted onscreen this year, and how women made movies this year, over at Women and Hollywood…
Agora
question of the day: What was the most underrated or underappreciated movie of 2010?
Mine must be Agora, which my fellow critics ignored and audiences never had a chance to find…
question of the day: Is it dishonest for filmmakers to distort history and historical figures to make a point about our world today?
Reader bluejay wonders, with reference to Agora, How important is historical veracity is to a film like this? Is a film that distorts history intellectually dishonest, even if it does so to make a valid point?
female gazing at: Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac is so very very pretty as Orestes — student to philosopher Hypatia in Agora — that he seems worthy of official gazing…
would you like me to link my reviews to DVD rental options?
Reader nyjm, in comments following my review of Agora, just out on DVD, would like me to link my reviews to Netflix, for easy adding of films to rental queues. Is this something that many of you would find useful?
Agora (review)
How can it be that this powerful, exciting, provocative movie has been all but overlooked this year? Once upon a not-so-long-ago time, a film this epic, this relevant, this emotional would have been celebrated by the industry and by audiences as a great entertainment that was also great, important storytelling with something vital to say about the state of our world today.
trailer break: ‘Agora’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Destroy books, kill in the name of a deity, and ignore the wisdom and advice of intelligent people based on what their genitalia looks like. It’s amazing we’ve managed to survive as long as we have. What would Hypatia of Alexandria think of us today? Perhaps needless … more…
