‘Madchen in Uniform’ and the Subversive Nature of Love
One of the most remarkable aspects of Leontine Sagan’s Madchen in Uniform
July 24, 2020
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‘Paracelsus’ Exposes the Tension Between Subversion and Propaganda
To understand a society, watch its films. Germany during the rise of the
June 18, 2020
‘Shirley,’ or: Why Men Should Be Afraid
Josephine Decker’s gorgeous new film Shirley opens with Rose (Odessa Young)
June 14, 2020
The Time To Do Better Is Now
In 2016, not long before Trump’s election, film criticism had a proto-MeToo
June 9, 2020
Damestruck: Olivia (1951)
To hear many male critics tell it, lesbians were invented sometime in the
June 4, 2020
Women Strike Back for the Unjustly Imprisoned in ‘The Third Strike’
When you imprison a person, you’re imprisoning more than just that person.
May 8, 2020
‘Harley’ Tells the Uncomfortable Story of an Underdog We Can’t Root For (Tribeca 2020)
The tales of somewhat deluded real-life antiheroes have always been
April 28, 2020
Women Rule the Bronx in ‘La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla’ (Tribeca 2020)
In the 1970s, the Bronx faced mass unemployment, poverty, grasping
April 23, 2020