Intersectional Femivision
When looking at the Doris Day and Rock Hudson romantic comedies Pillow Talk (Gordon, 1959), Lover Come Back (Mann, 1961), and Send Me No Flowers (Jewison, 1964), Doris Day’s characters are seen teetering between the more restrictive traditional women’s expectations (being a virgin until married, finding a good husband and being a housewife), and the newer more empowered expectations of being […]
Streaming Shuffle
This is a phenomenally dumb film disguised as a sharp, politically aware thriller.
For all the (often ridiculous) dialogue surrounding the film, at heart Joker works dramatically in its steady and plausible escalation of events and stakes
Streaming Shuffle
What happens when respectability feels like exploitation?
Intersectional Femivision
In comparing In the Good Old Summertime and You’ve Got Mail, both adaptations of the play The Parfumerie (1937), I feel the personalities of the characters must be the first thing discussed. Many differences exist between the two leads in the films, although, I have to say fewer exist in the supporting roles. The environment that the eventual love match […]
An extraordinary feat of editing and how it resembles just another day in the head of a parent.
Year of the Month
The 1983 film based on Jean Shepherd's memoirs endures because it captures universal aspects of childhood
