In Defence Of: The Romantic Comedy

In Defence Of: The Romantic Comedy

Posted by Unknown|On 12:25

By Claire. Full disclosure: I am writing this piece while wearing my Notting Hill movie t-shirt, drinking out of my Legally Blonde mug, surrounded by books on Nora Ephron and When Harry Met Sally, Clueless, and writing romantic comedy screenplays, next to my Breakfast at Tiffany’s poster. Imagine...

7 LGBTQ movies which shaped me as a gay person | Film

7 LGBTQ movies which shaped me as a gay person | Film

Posted by Unknown|On 11:41

By Sophie. 1.      Carol (2015, dir. Todd Haynes)         Based on the 1952 novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, this dreamy vintage lesbian masterpiece is a must-see. Set in 1950s New York, it follows aspiring photographer...

Bring Sense8 Back: What Netflix's latest series cancellation means for global diversity on screen | TV

Bring Sense8 Back: What Netflix's latest series cancellation means for global diversity on screen | TV

Posted by Unknown|On 13:02

By Claire. This morning, my sister woke me up to tell me there was bad news overnight: after two seasons, Netflix has decided to cancel Sense8. This announcement comes a week after the cancellation of Baz Luhrmann’s 1970s hip-hop and disco musical extravaganza The Get Down, another artistic...

Strong Women and Despicable Men: The Story of Sexual Assault in Broadchurch | TV

Strong Women and Despicable Men: The Story of Sexual Assault in Broadchurch | TV

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By Rachel ** Warning: Spoilers and discussion of sexual assault Now finished its third and final season, the newest episodes of British crime drama Broadchurch have revealed many things to its viewers that were never thought possible in previous decades of the genre. Strong-willed female characters...

Alienated Women: The Terror in Mica Levi’s Scores for Under the Skin and Jackie | Film

Alienated Women: The Terror in Mica Levi’s Scores for Under the Skin and Jackie | Film

Posted by Unknown|On 12:36

This post appears on Bitch Flicks. It is cross-posted with permission.  By Zoë When I saw the trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Jackie (2016), my first thought was, “Why do I feel so afraid?” I was unsurprised then, to discover that the woman behind the music was Mica Levi, who composed...

How to successfully adapt an Australian story the Jasper Jones way | Review

How to successfully adapt an Australian story the Jasper Jones way | Review

Posted by Unknown|On 07:44

By Claire. Small town Western Australia, 1965. The bright and inquisitive Charlie Bucktin is woken in the middle of the night by the town’s mixed-race outcast, Jasper Jones. Begging for help, Jasper lures Charlie to a clearing in the bush on the outskirts of town to find a sinister end for local...