Category: Film

The Language & Economy of Whiteness in THE QUARRY

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Crime, Drama, Film, Immigration, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham1 Comment

The Quarry's only just mediocre, but still has important things it's trying to say.

Queer Deconstructions of Australian Masculinity & Nationalism in TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG

On By C.H. NewellIn Biography, Charlie Hunnam, Crime, Drama, Essie Davis, Film, George MacKay, Justin Kurzel, Peter Carey, Russell Crowe3 Comments

Justin Kurzel adapts Peter Carey's groundbreaking novel into a stunningly queer deconstruction of masculinity and nationalism.

WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! & Tragic Modern Violence in Wild West Masculinity

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Dark Comedy, Film, Horror, Kirill Sokolov, SplatterpunkLeave a comment

A neo-Western, without any West, that satirises and eviscerates the male need for revenge.

Siren 3×01: “Borders”

On By C.H. NewellIn Alex Roe, Eline Powell, Film, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Freeform, Ian Verdun, Rena Owen, Season 3, SirenLeave a comment

Ryn's life is somewhat normal. But another woman of the sea appears in Bristol Cove to change all that.

“This house is forever”: The Heteronormative Houses Capitalism Built in VIVARIUM

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Film, Garret Shanley, Horror, Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Lorcan Finnegan, Sci-Fi3 Comments

Come to Yonder— a heteronormative subdivision of your darkest capitalist nightmares.

Sea Myth, Social Distancing, & Superstition: SEA FEVER’s Accidental COVID-19 Microcosm

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Connie Nielsen, Dougray Scott, Film, Hermione Corfield, Neasa Hardiman, Olwen FouereLeave a comment

Neasa Hardiman's Sea Fever is a creepy microcosm of 2020's grim reality.

Mothers & Martyrs: Terrors of Morality in M.O.M. MOTHERS OF MONSTERS

On By C.H. NewellIn 2020, Bailey Edwards, Ed Asner, Film, Found Footage, Horror, Melinda Page Hamilton, Thriller, Tucia Lyman2 Comments

What's a mother to do when her little boy grows into a monster?

“You’re Poison”: Difficult Moralities & Patriarchal Legacies in BLOOD ON HER NAME

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Bethany Anne Lind, Crime, Drama, Elisabeth Röhm, Film, Jimmy Gonzales, Matthew Pope, Neo-noir, Thriller, Will Patton1 Comment

A woman faces a violent past when it collides with her violent present.