Bad Love – Part 1: SHOOT THE MOON
Films about bad love: what better antidote to the overblown romantic fantasies promoted by Valentine’s…
A Woman Over the Influence: QUEEN OF EARTH
There’s a scene in Love Streams (1984), written and directed by John Cassavetes, where someone…
“Hear Me Roar” – Part 7: 3 WOMEN
What is noticeable about the women-centered films that have been discussed in this series is…
“Hear Me Roar” – Part 6: AN UNMARRIED WOMAN
Previously, we have looked at films that feature the hopeful beginning of a marriage and…
“Hear Me Roar” – Part 5: GIRL FRIENDS
An especially wrongful cliché about feminism is that it promotes the advancement of women at…
“Hear Me Roar” – Part 4: A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
It seems hardly a coincidence that the looser construction of film narratives in the 70s…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 2: Safe
The body turned inside-out evokes fear of our exposure, our vulnerability. The usual approach, in…