Research in progress, March 22, 2024 The attempt to create a hero for mass audience isa major challenge. On the Waterfront: Terry Malloy is alienated, a bum who must develop consciousness and responsibility in order to become a real man. American heroes are simpler than European ones. In Europe, they are more human, weak, wise, […]
Barbie: Photo
March 18, 2024 by
Margot Robbie plays the title character, a Mattel doll who takes on toxic masculinity as she discovers a world outside her own.
Death in Hollywood: Oscar Winner Regina King on Suicide of her Only Son, Ian Alexander Jr–“He Didn’t Want to Be Here”
March 14, 2024 by
Speaking with Robin Roberts in interview that aired on Thursday, King opened up about both Alexander Jr.’s “choice” to die and the “journey” she’s experienced as she grieves her only child.
Film Theory: Bazin, Andre (French Film Theorist and Critic)–“Genius of the System”
March 10, 2024 by
“The American cinema is a classical act, so why not then admire in it what is most admirable–i.e. not only the talent of this and that filmmaker, but the genius of the system.”
Stonewalling: Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka’s Portrait of a Young Woman in Perpetual Crisis
Stonewalling is the third and final panel in a trilogy that includes Egg and Stone (2012) and The Foolish Bird (2017), all films about what it means to be a young woman in contemporary China.