Gender, Observation and the Fourth Wall in Sally Potter’s Orlando Sinead McCausland September 27, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Death. Love. Poetry. Politics. Society. Sex. Birth. These are the visual chapters of Sally Potter’s enchanting third feature Orlando. A loose adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel of the same name, the...
Moonlight And The Performativity Of Masculinity Stephanie Watts February 17, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Barry Jenkins' Moonlight explores the life of Chiron - a black gay man in a rough Miami neighbourhood - across three periods in his life. He's taken in by a well-meaning couple (played by Mahershala Ali and...
Are Gender-Swapped Remakes Bad for Cinema? Sian Brett August 19, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion 2 Comments In the wake of the Ghostbusters reboot there have been a spate of announcements of gender-swapped remakes. Rebel Wilson is set to star in a new version of the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and a new...
IMDb Analysed: How Do Men and Women’s Favourite Films Differ? Marcus Beard August 10, 2016 Analysis, Features, Stat Attack Ghostbusters has driven divisions down several fissures in society. We're not talking about the gold standard 1984 comedy, or the multi-million franchise that followed - we're focusing specifically on the 2016...
Hollywood’s Age Problem Sian Brett September 23, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion The release of Some Kind of Beautiful on 25th September sees a 62 year-old Pierce Brosnan paired with both Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek – 34 and 49 years old respectively. This kind of gendered age gap...
