The Apartment and How to Escape Toxic Masculinity Katy Moon June 25, 2020 Analysis, Close-Up, Features In a conversation between Fran Kubelik and C.C. Baxter, the two very broken people at the centre of Billy Wilder’s classic comedy drama The Apartment, Fran (Shirley MacClaine) sums up the dichotomy of the...
How The LEGO Movie 2 Deconstructs Toxic Masculinity Phil W. Bayles February 27, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion Nobody expected The LEGO Movie to be anything more than a 90-minute commercial for the bricks it was based on. But, in a move that has quickly becoming their trademark, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller...
Steve McQueen’s Desperate Men: Masculinity Under Pressure Rhys Handley November 6, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight In Widows, director Steve McQueen is mining relatively fresh territory for himself in the film's female-rooted narrative. Though he has never disregarded women’s experiences in his work, they have not –...
Hot Stuff – The Full Monty 20 Years On Stephanie Watts August 29, 2017 Analysis, Features We’ve all been there – joking that if we don’t get that job, or pass that exam, we’ll have to become strippers to make ends meet. In The Full Monty, for six men of Sheffield out of a job after the...
