Tag: Sexism

[Fantasia 2019] Ironclad Women & Bourgeois Criminals in A GOOD WOMAN IS HARD TO FIND

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Abner Pastoll\, Crime, Edward Hogg, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Revenge Thriller, Sarah Bolger, Thriller1 Comment

Sarah Bolger gives a fierce performance that subverts the typically patriarchal revenge tale

Rural Magic Realism and Perpetual Adolescence in KNIVES AND SKIN

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Drama, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Jennifer Reeder, Marika Engelhardt1 Comment

Jennifer Reeder uses magic realism to look at social dynamics and gender in a small town in the wake of tragedy

Sarah Pirozek’s #LIKE: A Paranoid Descent Into the Horrors of Men Online

On By C.H. NewellIn Film, Film Noir, Marc Menchaca, Revenge Thriller, Sarah Pirozek, Sarah Rich, Thriller1 Comment

A 21st century amateur detective story. A grieving sister sleuths when the law, again, fails women.

A Young Woman’s Learning Curve in BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Film, Karina Fontes, Misogyny, Roxanne Benjamin, ThrillerLeave a comment

Roxanne Benjamin pits a young woman against the wild, subverting gender and genre along the way.

CBC’s Caught – Pilot: “The Break”

On By C.H. NewellIn Allan Hawco, CBC, Enuka Okuma, Paul Gross, Perry ChafeLeave a comment

Marijuana smuggler David Slaney escapes from Dorchester Penitentiary and goes on the run, trying to find his old partner Brian Hearn while on the run from the DEA and the RCMP.

American Crime Story – Season 1, Episode 8: “A Jury in Jail”

On By C.H. NewellIn American Crime Story, Anthony Hemingway, Courtney B. Vance, Cuba Gooding Jr, David Schwimmer, FX, John Travolta, Kenneth Choi, Nathan Lane, O.J. Simpson, Sarah Paulson, Season 1Leave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9Sg9ko5oU FX's American Crime Story Season 1, Episode 8: "A Jury in Jail" Directed by Anthony Hemingway Written by Joe Robert Cole * For a review of the previous episode, "Conspiracy Theories" - click here * For a review of the penultimate Season 1 episode, "Manna From Heaven" - click here Only a couple more …

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