cinema — Film/Stage

On Violence and Retribution: How Death Proof Eerily Predicted Quentin Tarantino's Future

Whether or not it was conceived with disdain for feminism, Death Proof illustrates the downfall of a powerful asshole who didn’t see it coming.

Film/StageA. MartineJuly 12, 2018tarantino, death proof, misogyny, sexism, feminism, film, cinema, metoo, times up, kill bill, weinsteinComment

In Defense of Passion Over Talent, B Movies, and the So-Bad-It's-Good Work of Art

Bad films are more than background noise or forgettable insomnia buffers. I’ve come to genuinely cherish these films, as much as I enjoy my arthouse indies and my cinematic masterpieces.

Genre-fying Mental Illness [II]: the Disenfranchised, Disillusioned Lone Wolf

Pop culture is drawn to the seething, simmering man on the edge, whose underlying violence could turn outward, at any given moment.

Mentorship, Infatuation and Statutory Rape: Navigating Forbidden Lines in Una and The Girl in the Book

Can films dealing with sexual assault afford to be nuanced and open to interpretation, when there are so many people looking for excuses and copouts?

Of Problematic Representations and the Dichotomy of Intentions versus Bias: Jazz in Chicago, the Musical

If Chicago is supposedly progressive, why is it that ultimately, it’s the rich white man, a crooked lawyer, who “wins”?

Morality Through the Ages: A Comparative Essay on the Little Mermaid and its Adaptation

This comparison is harder, however, much more interesting, when done between the Disney animations and their literary sources: the time frame is much larger, the mediums and the cultures they originate from are different.

Film/StageA. MartineJanuary 9, 2018mermaid, disney, andersen, little mermaid, fairy tale, adaptation, film, writing, cinema, book, danish, europe, cautionary tal, fableComment

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