The Bikeriders
From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is working hard to evoke an era. In an opening deep focus shot through a bar’s door frame, Benny, a biker, sits at the bar with his back to...
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The Growing Exploration of Masculinity and Vulnerability in Media
For decades, Hollywood upheld and championed a certain its ideal of masculinity. Toxic masculinity permeated our screens with scenes of societal ills like sexual harassment, senseless violence, and blatant bigotry. Even cult classics like “Revenge of the Nerds” are infamous...
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THE BIKERIDERS Review: Jeff Nichols Soulfully Deconstructs ’60s-Era Masculinity
Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy star in a new film by Jeff Nichols. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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What is the Dune of Your Dreams: Holding Time and Space for Quinta, Ego, Maya, Kristen, Michelle, and Renée
“We walk into these rooms and we can't just talk about our creativity or our ideas. We have to get through all the cultural baggage first.” –Ava DuVvernay, VICE.com/BET Guest Lecture Series, 2017 One day, while wandering through Instagram, I...
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Producing Visual Anthropology
I always wanted to be a photographer for National Geographic, but it wasn’t until I was in college that I learned about visual anthropology. Anthropology taught me about foreign histories and cultures, but I also learned about myself and the...
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Thelma
When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you may think you know what the movie will be. Clearly modeled on his own family (the dedication at the close of the film is “for Thelma,” which suggests...
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Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk Wild Wild West at 25
The following is a conversation between Robert Daniels and Odie Henderson conducted over Zoom about the steampunk Western, adapted from the 1960s same-titled series, that became a mega box office flop—Wild Wild West—starring Will Smith as Agent Jim West, Kevin...
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Chestnut Review: Natalia Dyer Leads a Redundant Romantic Drama with Little Feeling
Jac Cron’s Chestnut is undoubtedly more instructive than it is enjoyable. Instructive because it brings to the fore many of the dominant features of Gen Z gloom––aimless drifting, technological alienation, suppression of creativity, hook-up culture––and organizes them within a modern...
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The Front Room Trailer: Max and Sam Eggers Make Their Debut with A24 Horror Feature
While you’ll have to go see Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders this weekend to get a look at the first trailer for Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, another horror feature from the Eggers family is arriving earlier and today brings the first preview....
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‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: An Unsparing Look at a Woman’s Depression in 18th-Century Austria
The Devil’s Bath details a social configuration at once familiar and alienating. The post ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: An Unsparing Look at a Woman’s Depression in 18th-Century Austria appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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