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Under the Skin

mother! movie review: from WTF to STFU

Mon, Sep 11, 2017
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Darren Aronofsky’s self-pitying cinematic rending of garments is repulsive, transparent, and pointless. A grotesquely wrapped gift box of utter banality.

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AWFJ 2014 award winners

Wed, Jan 14, 2015
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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is one of the orgs for which I help choose year-end best-ofs.

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why movies like Under the Skin and Nymphomaniac are not feminist

Mon, Apr 14, 2014
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These films act like what it means to be a woman is purely about sex and bodies, purely about interacting with men in no other way than a sexual one.

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Under the Skin movie review: sex as a weapon

Wed, Apr 09, 2014
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Scarlett Johansson is an alien serial killer who sexes men to death in a misogynist fanboy wet dream that also fails to satisfy as science fiction.

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Under the Skin trailer: under her thumb

Mon, Mar 17, 2014
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Scarlett Johansson as an alien sex predator loose in Scotland, preying on men. It’s erotic!

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what movies are you most looking forward to in 2014?

Mon, Jan 06, 2014
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The calendar has turned, a new year is here, and it’s a good time to look ahead.

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cannot contain my excitement for the London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 05, 2013
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I’m hyperventilating from the array of overwhelming movie awesomeness before me.

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sf/f/h flash fiction by me

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