Dream Scenario movie review: (un)likely boogeyman
Nicolas Cage is comedic in a dry, subtle, nakedly painful way, playing with his “Cage rage” persona; his performance is profoundly moving. I only wish the film was more deserving of what he’s doing.
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Hunter Killer movie review: dead in the water
The Hunt for Red October as made by a Michael Bay wannabe who can’t even rise to the level of giving-a-propagandistic-crap. Absurd geopolitics and laugh-out-loud clichés abound; tension and excitement do not.
Mary Magdalene movie review: the Gospel of Mary
A fiercely feminist and proudly revisionist historical drama that offers a powerful and much-needed rebuke to modern Christianity. Enrapturingly beautiful and intensely emotional.
I introduce IndieWire readers to the Where Are the Women? project
Pop over and give ’em some traffic, if you would (and maybe leave a comment)… [This post is not behind the paywall.]
the magic bullet for improving the number of women directors working in Hollywood
It’s pretty goddamn clear that the “magic bullet” is this: Hire more women.
spoiler alert: what’s really going on in Inside Llewyn Davis
We need to talk about Llewyn Davis. Cuz there’s a thing that no one else has been talking about when trying to interpret this film…
Entertainment Weekly is hiring writers! as long as those writers don’t want to get paid
Because why on Earth should a multibillion-dollar global corporation like Time Inc. have to pay its employees? That’s an unnecessary burden on a business.
“can women save film criticism?”
If it’s a thankless, underpaid job… then of course it’ll be left to women to do. Thanks, guys!
I wrote a thing for Indiewire…
…about British film.
