‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review
May 12, 2025
“What’s most interesting and enjoyable to me about The Ugly Stepsister sits beyond the Cinderella-parody and allegorical reflections on Ozempic and rhinoplasties.”
Songs for the Siren: The Feminism of David Lynch
May 1, 2025
“Betty/Diane arrives in Hollywood from her small town with big dreams and a certain aw-shucks nature that’s almost impossible to separate from Lynch’s own persona.”
To Lead With Desire: On ‘Chungking Express’
April 16, 2025
“It’s not only their understanding of their desire, but their insistence on unapologetically surrendering to their desires, that allows for the women of Chungking Express to express, seduce, and pine so singularly.”
‘The Grandmaster’, A Woman’s Winter and The Damning Power of Stasis
April 14, 2025
“When she first appears in The Grandmaster, Gong Er arrives like a queen.”
‘Gladiator 2’ as Subversive, ‘Feminine’ Spectacle
April 11, 2025
“The objectification of the gladiator’s body mirrors the same fascination with female bodies in film through a lens of “feminization”.
‘Old Boyfriends’ is a celebration of female personhood
April 9, 2025
“Dianne’s on a road trip in reverse. She knows where the road ends, a marriage that failed, and she rejects it.”
Hyper-femininity, Transaction and ‘Showgirls’ with Carlee
April 7, 2025
A conversation with Carlee Gomes
‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Review
January 2, 2025
“Chasing Chasing Amy is most moving when it’s about making sense of the stories that allowed us to make sense of ourselves.”
“Secret Keeper”: On Uncanny Adolescence and Lake Mungo
December 18, 2024
“Lake Mungo makes tangible one of the most isolating and harrowing discoveries of adulthood: you cannot be fully understood as you by anyone.”
‘Sweetheart Deal’ Review
December 13, 2024
“At moments, Sweetheart Deal allows us into such deeply vulnerable moments that I fear an almost exploitative flavor. Is this, though, my own bias?”