‘Together’ Review
July 30, 2025
“Together skirts close to a one-to-one allegory regarding the fear of being swallowed up into a village-less nuclear family.”
’28 Years Later’ Review
July 2, 2025
“With their return, Boyle and Garland make the most out of the larger canvas the years away gave them to work with.”
‘Friendship’ Review
June 20, 2025
“On a premise level, Friendship is functionally a romantic comedy.”
‘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