
The Hunting Ground documentary review: why you have no idea how bad rape is on campus
U.S. universities have plenty of financial incentives to minimize rape on campus, as this enraging film demonstrates. But there are women fighting back…
handcrafted film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
U.S. universities have plenty of financial incentives to minimize rape on campus, as this enraging film demonstrates. But there are women fighting back…
An enraging film, as it is meant to be, and not just because it is a military microcosm of rape culture at large.
With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.
Some of the most vehemently anti-gay politicians at work in Washington DC and our state capitals are themselves gay. But they pretend not be.
I’ve been seeing this poster for Angels & Demons (opens in the U.K. on May 14, and in the U.S. on May 15) all over Manhattan, and I kinda like it. It doesn’t look like every other movie ad, for one, and I like the implication of the lone academic just searching for the truth … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Kirby Dick, who made the excellent indictment of the MPAA in This Film Is Not Yet Rated, now takes on closeted politicians who fight against equal rights for gays. Oh, how I love to see hypocrisy held up to the light. How can we get this movie … more…