weekend watchlist: two tales for Pride Month that cry out for simple human acceptance
Plus grounded human experiences, from escaping a cult to — yes — doing an espionage. (First published June 3rd, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Martha Marcy May Marlene
London photo of the day: MI-5 killed Diana
Is this graffiti on a Martha Marcy May Marlene poster trying to suggest something even more nefarious?
Silent House (trailer)
Looks like yet one more tedious haunted-house movie…
Wanderlust (trailer)
Shockingly, this trailer does not make me want to slit my wrists…
question of the day: What is the most egregious snub among the Oscar nominations for 2011’s films?
Michael Fassbender? Tilda Swinton? Michael Shannon? Elizabeth Olsen? But Jonah Hill gets a nom… *sigh*
AWFJ announces 2011 awards
So happy that The Artist is Best Film for us…
Martha Marcy May Marlene movie review: occupy victimhood
It takes an extraordinary film to turn the notion of woman-as-victim on its head… and an even more extraordinary film if it does posit as its central conceit that its protagonist has unquestionably been victimized.
Martha Marcy May Marlene (trailer)
Lovely trailer. Evocative, moody, stylish.
