Murdered women in movies are so often just a victim or a body, as the heroic investigator tracks down their killer. Actresses lie perfectly still, faces frozen in a death mask of fear, as other characters walk around them and talk over them. In Wind River, Natalie, a young Native American woman, has been found dead after a horrific sexual assault,… Wind River Read More
Burn After Reading – Video Review Includes Video 4.5 stars
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Lady Macbeth – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 5 stars
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Lady Macbeth 5 stars
Lady Macbeth certainly isn’t a Victorian morality play but you could probably call it a Victorian intersectionality play. It is also a not-very-cautionary tale about power, including the power of silence. New bride Katherine (who has been effectively sold to her husband’s family) is much more in control than her Shakespearean namesake, and more ruthless, always crushing any… Lady Macbeth Read More
Nocturnal Animals 4 stars
Nocturnal Animals starts with several overweight, middle aged women dancing naked, and clearly enjoying themselves – soon the camera moves back and it becomes apparent that they are part of a gallery exhibition. It’s opening night and skinny young people dressed in black with champagne glasses are ignoring the exhibits as they chat, thereby demonstrating that middle-aged women… Nocturnal Animals Read More
The Girl On The Train 3.5 stars
According to friends of mine who attend book clubs, I’m the only woman left not to have not read Paula Hawkins’ novel on which this film is based, which means you will be spared all that tutting when it veers away slightly from the novel and, for example, poor Rachel is wearing a grey frumpy… The Girl On The Train Read More