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Nuance For Me, Not For Thee: The Failures of After The Hunt
For a film sporting a tagline eschewing comfort, the filmmakers don’t seem to realize all they’ve managed to do here is parrot the hegemonic opinion. What After the Hunt labels as discomforting nuance is only uncomfortable in the way lying is uncomfortable.
I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge is indeed a failure of an adaptation, yet I suspect the intensity of the vitriol towards this film is about something beyond just the admittedly poor direction; most likely it has more to do with the unconscious biases Vidal set out to skewer to begin with.
Repulsion at Catherine Deneuve and Roman Polanski
In light of Deneuve's comments on #MeToo, Jenna muses on how it is that somebody so close to Repulsion could somehow miss this point of the movie entirely.
Double Feature: Female Anxiety, Christmas Edition (Black Christmas & Elves)
Veronica looks at Black Christmas and Elves – movies about female anxiety, loss of autonomy, murder, and, oh, Christmas.

