Jul 27, 20239 minDeep DivesFeminism & The Empowered Self – Barbie as Both “Meta” Commentary and Inspired, Pop Hilarity“F**K THE PATRIARCHY!” And with that opening salvo (which never, by the way, appears in the screenplay to the new film about Mattel’s...
May 5, 20233 minDeep DivesVisually Sumptuous Yet Quietly Haunting - The Rider's Exploration of Masculinity in the Modern West On paper, The Rider simply does not work. In fact, it’s almost oxymoronic. An Asian woman crafting an emotional journey about life in the...
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May 15, 20219 minDeep DivesWhere Genre Horror Meets Auteurist Delight – The Shining in RetrospectMay 23, 1980 The central conceit of TWIM, birthed from the expansive brain of my friend and its creator, Scott Sipling, explores the...