There are many parenthood themed films in the world, but few manage to maintain such an air of optimism while being so brutally honest as we see in Tully. The film opens on Marlo (Charlize Theron), days before the birth of her third child. At the moment, Marlo has a challenging kindergartner on the verge … Continue reading Tully (2018)
Let's get this out of the way: i'm appreciative of everyone who's donated to the Citizen Dame Patreon. Hell, I offered this up as a prize purely to help spur it....but I really didn't want to have to write this. You're probably saying, "But Kristen, you watched it without knowing you were going to write … Continue reading Kristen Reviews ‘Mute,’ or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Actively Destroy Men
Last year will hopefully go down as a seminal year in film history. It was the year that began a historical reckoning with Hollywood and the film industry’s pattern of systemic sexual abuse and discrimination, as well as the year that female directors, writers, and critics made a new push to end male dominance both … Continue reading Seeing is Believing: Women Direct (2017)
Michael Fassbender trudges through the deep Scandinavian snow, looking very tired and hungover. A gunshot rings out, despite the desolation and lack of any cover for miles. He collapses, blood oozing from a wound in his chest, staining the snow a deep crimson. As he raises his head to look through a suddenly blinding snowstorm, … Continue reading The Snowman, or: Lauren Has An Existential Crisis
