FURMAN ON FILM

Jul 27, 20239 min read

Feminism & 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...

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Dec 14, 20223 min read

Three Thousand Years of Longing - 2022

Here is a film that is a sumptuous delight visually but which does not offer near the same rewards in many other regards. This is the...

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Nov 29, 20213 min read

Encanto - 2021

"The miracle is not your gift, it's you." It is safe to say I was positively floored by how good this film was. Many of us have had the...

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