movie review
Reviews of films that depict the female experience from every facet; girlhood struggles, working women, gender inequality and everything in between.
Patriarchy: A Timeless Sickness
On a lonely night in Helsinki, I found myself on my sofa, watching Ridley Scott's The Last Duel. Expecting just another historical drama to pass my sleepless night, I was instead met with a strikingly relevant film—one that confronts the enduring violence of patriarchy. What I initially saw as a medieval courtroom drama unfolded into a poignant examination of power, misogyny, and injustice.
By Sergios Saropoulos3 years ago in Viva
Lesbian Story
I was 19, and my home was robbed of medicines. No, I wasn't sacrificing it, well, possibly a little. My sweetheart, bro, and I were selling massive quantities of weed, sufficient to where we got robbed and locked away. We might have sued because they located absolutely nothing in our house (we were tipped off). They allowed our pet cats to starve to fatality, boarded up our home windows with our furnishings, stole all my underwear, and ripped outlets out of the wall surfaces. Our home was regarded as unlivable due to the damages they developed (they were mad they did not discover medications.) A while after, that male that launched the raid blew his mind out because he was captured doing what he did to us to numerous other individuals, and prison isn't a place for guys with badges. Yet it is a place for pent-up anger and also sex. Like a compelling monster motion picture where you think you understand what occurs until completion.
By kanchan chauhan3 years ago in Viva
Titanic: A Women Empowerment Movie
"What? You think a first-class girl can't drink?" In the movie Titanic that was written and produced James Cameron in 1997, depicts the situation of women during 1912. The movie showcases a dynamic loves tory between a Caucasian - poor artist lad and a wealthy-independent lass. It also showcased the story of one of the most remembered disaster in the history.
By Alex Trufia4 years ago in Viva
Institutional Sexism in FoxNews and Movie “Bombshell” Advocates for Justice
Institutional sexism has been around for as long as women have been working. FoxNews, to be precise, has been one of the corporations that reinforced sexism against the female workers. The movie “Bombshell,” focuses on this sexual misconduct that occurred throughout the years at FoxNews and educates us on how three main female figures fought against it.
By Melina Giorgalletou4 years ago in Viva
A Feminist Examination of "Twilight"...By a Man. Top Story - September 2021.
The reputation of the 2008 cinematic adaptation of Stephenie Meyers’s Twilight precedes it, for worse and for better. Sometime in middle school, I attempted to read the original novel. Popular as it was, I found it dull and couldn’t bring myself to finish it. As such, when I was assigned to watch the movie for a college class, my expectations going in were rather low. Much to my surprise, I found myself actually liking the film somewhat. Director Catherine Hardwicke paints very beautiful cinematic pictures, and I found quite a few of the characters rather endearing—specifically, Bella and Jacob’s respective dads, Bella and Edward’s respective moms, Edward’s adoptive sister Alice, and Bella’s friend group at Forks High. And, for all the crap she has been given, I thought Kristen Stewart did well as Bella. All that said, Twilight still has its issues. Viewed through a feminist lens, though it is by no means a masterpiece, it is not completely without merit either.
By Frank Macaluso4 years ago in Viva
Wild Child: a Feminist Masterpiece?
[WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD] In case you are unfamiliar, the movie follows the story of Poppy Moore; a Malibu girl thrown into a British boarding school- 'Abbey Mount'- after a streak of misbehaviour. She tries her hardest to get kicked out and return to the glamourous lifestyle she left behind. In her efforts to get kicked out, she begins a romance with the dashingly handsome Freddie Kingsley and begins to learn the true meaning of friendship. As she puts it, 'Isn't it ironic how my ticket out of here just might be the reason I want to stay?'.
By Hannah Macdermott5 years ago in Viva
Pretty Woman
The beloved romantic comedy that is often considered a cult classic that pushed Julia Roberts to super stardom & really is her trademark film was a tad bit sexist. It made prostitution or sex work seem glamorous (if I could be really honest). I know the 90s were a great time for Hollywood they dished out romantic movies (Titanic , Sleepless in Seattle) horrors ( Misery) and anything else that would sell. Pretty woman is often described as a Cinderella story where a rich businessman by the name Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) who has probably has trouble finding woman comes to save the day & gives Vivian Ward a sex worker in Los Angeles played by Julia Roberts a new lease on life.
By Mary Skies5 years ago in Viva
