‘Yellowjackets’ challenges the idea that women are communal in times of crisis, while highlighting the power and necessity of female rage in film.
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Pierce Brosnan Provides The Ultimate Bond Marathon (And Not Just For Christmas)
“Even people who find that the films push their buttons will probably find them an enjoyable hate-watch, so committed are they to their particular brand of non-stop entertainment.”
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‘√964 Pinocchio’ (1991): Vengeful Outcast, Emetic Spirit
“As a narrative revolving around members of a loathed social underclass, ‘√964 Pinocchio’ [grapples] with conceptual otherness through the fundamental human fear that that which belongs in the body will find its way out.”
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Watching ‘Night of the Living Dead’ (1968) in the Wake of a Pandemic
Night of the Living Dead may have been released over fifty years ago, but as its own circular nature observes and predicts, so little has changed from the small-scale revival of the dead America is not able to grieve.
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Always a Bridesmaid and Never a Bride, Until Now: How ‘Bridesmaids’ (2011) Allowed Women to Take the Front Seat in Comedies
“Aside from being groundbreaking and hilarious, there is a lot to ‘Bridesmaids’ that often goes unappreciated.”
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‘Solaris’ (2002) is a Romantic Sci-Fi Film That Needs Revisiting
“A movie that is refreshingly and sincerely romantic, marking a dramatic contrast not just to the great bulk of science fiction, but with modern mainstream cinema at large.” Science fiction is making waves once again. With the arguably unexpected success of Dune, a weighty space opera that offers complex lore, audiences may be primed for…
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‘Requiem For A Dream’ Doesn’t Haunt Like ‘Last Exit To Brooklyn’
“The fear here is the much more threatening notion that society is more dangerous than we realise; that we’re trapped amidst its expectations and oppression no matter our intentions.”
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‘Midnight Mass’ and the Humanity within Mike Flanagan’s Horror
“Some might prefer their horror to be cynical and nihilistic, but Flanagan’s is a unique kind of optimism, one that leaves tragedy and trauma in its wake but still engenders hope and empathy.”
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The Humanity of 2000s Postmodernist Cinema
In a movement mostly known for genre experimentation, these films managed to add emotionality to postmodernism.
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Going ‘Down With Love’: Sex, Lies, and Romantic Comedies
‘Down With Love’ is a pastiche of the sex comedies of Hollywood’s past and a critique of the romantic comedies of its own time.
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