Father Figure: how ‘Babygirl’ tackles the complexities of the dom as well as the sub
Going beyond the typical depiction.
Film Opinion Archives: 02/2025
Could film intermissions help loneliness?
“You could literally meet the love of your life during The Brutalist intermission.”
Actor or director: What does Jesse Eisenberg’s future hold?
Is ‘Jesse the actor’ about to be replaced by ‘Jesse the director’?
Maria Bethânia: the one artist who could perform a James Bond theme song better than Shirley Bassey
It’s time to take Bond to South America.
The weirdest British movie ever made: ‘The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover’
A beautifully nauseating watch.
Are excessive runtimes a new manipulation tactic in Hollywood?
Everyone wants to make an ‘epic’ film.
Hear Me Out: Gregg Araki understands the drama of adolescence unlike anyone else
An iconic filmmaker.
Panic at the workspace: How ‘Disclosure’ predicted Mark Zuckerberg’s meltdown over corporate gender disparity
Still depressingly relevant.
‘Nickel Boys’: pioneering a new visual style to work against the trappings of misery porn
A cathartic and transformative technique.
Hear Me Out: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is the worst music biopic of all time
An insult to Freddie Mercury…