In this special International Women’s Day edition of Roles in Retrospect, two of our staff writers reflect on the actresses’ past performances that are memorable to them.
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REVIEW: ‘Found Family’ (2021) is a Sweet Addition to the Lesbian Bildungsroman
“‘Found Family’ (2021) is a sweet addition to the lesbian bildungsroman in film.”
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REVIEW: ‘Agnes’ (2021) is a Promising Take on the Nunsploitation Genre
“While Mickey Reece’s ‘Agnes’ (2021) is largely marketed as a horror film that draws upon the tired tropes of demonic possession and religious exorcism central to the nunsploitation genre, it surprises audiences by emerging as a haunting tale of grief, young motherhood and loss.”
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REVIEW: ‘Evil’ Season Two Delights in Body Horror
Refusing to place all its hopes in both state and religion as god-given arbiters of justice, season two of ‘Evil’ reinvents the crime procedural by suggesting that ideas of good and bad are not given, but made, remade, and brutally scapegoated onto people.
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REVIEW: ‘Mrs Fletcher’ is an Empathetic Portrayal of Motherhood
‘Mrs Fletcher’ is really about the terrible mundanity and loneliness of learning how to be a person again.
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In ‘Big Little Lies’, Belief and Faith is Reserved for White Women
While Big Little Lies has executed one of the most empathetic and nuanced portrayals of sexual trauma, its poor grasp on racial dynamics leaves much to be desired.
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