We’re waking up in our pink glossy sheets with irrepressible thoughts of death, we’re hearing about catastrophes of our own creation, and we’re drowning in ideals and moral purity testing and discourse. …
« read »Possession is the new party drug in Danny and Michael Philippou’s feature debut – but for a grieving teenager, it becomes a vital and dangerous escape. …
« read »After a long drought of major motion pictures celebrating femininity, ‘Barbie’ (2023) is set to change that. Here's a character so unabashedly girly and fashionable – traits long missing from big blockbuster female leads – and is (gasp) celebrated for it. …
« read »A mainstream horror film searingly states that we ought to voice when we don’t want to endure all the psychic and physical pain that motherhood entails.…
« read »In his sweeping action epic, S.S. Rajamouli invites the viewer to find pleasure in his male protagonists’ affectionate expression of partnership, not just their shared acts of masculine heroism.…
« read »With 'Women Talking’, Polley has created much more than a #MeToo metaphor.…
« read »Read Film Daze's essays and reviews of some of the year's best films.…
« read »In this unflinching documentary, part of the Criterion Cinema Verité collection, King’s camera observes the day-to-day life of the caretakers and kids of Warrendale.…
« read »Reflecting on the character of Sally Reed in ‘Barry’ and her attempts to find artistic meaning in her trauma.…
« read »20 years after its release, ‘Secretary’ still has a special hold as an intimate portrayal of fantasy, kink, and BDSM.…
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