Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss Revenge, the stigma around genre cinema, mixing humour and violence, and the way victims are still held responsible for being attacked. This is an excerpt from our forthcoming ebook on feminist horror beyond empowertainment. To read the entire article, get your copy of the book here.
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The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches reinvents Quebec horror
Simon Lavoie’s gorgeous adaptation of the popular Québécois novel, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches critiques, subverts, and reinvents the Quebec horror film.
This is an excerpt of the essay which appears in the ebook Beyond Empowertainment: Feminist Horror and The Struggle for Female Agency. Get your copy of the ebook here.
[Read more…] about The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches reinvents Quebec horrorSisterhood is the saviour in Julia Ducournau’s humanist Raw
In this essay, Orla Smith explores how Raw is as much about the experiences of her sister, Alex (Ella Rumpf), and their relationship — which saves Justine. This is a preview of our ebook Beyond Empowertainment.
[Read more…] about Sisterhood is the saviour in Julia Ducournau’s humanist RawElle and Big Little Lies: Progressive representations of violence against women
Paul Verhoeven’s Elle and Jean-Marc Vallée’s Big Little Lies share the common goal of unmasking the omnipresence of misogyny via its horrific manifestations in violence. In both universes, the best protection from violent men is trusting other women.
This is an excerpt of the essay which appears in the ebook Beyond Empowertainment: Feminist Horror and The Struggle for Female Agency. Get your copy of the ebook here.
[Read more…] about Elle and Big Little Lies: Progressive representations of violence against women‘No desire if it’s not forbidden’: Dread, eroticism, and text messaging in Personal Shopper
By using text messaging as a source of terror that morphs into eroticism, Personal Shopper acknowledges and subverts horror traditions.
This is an excerpt of the essay which appears in our case study on Personal Shopper in the ebook Beyond Empowertainment: Feminist Horror and The Struggle for Female Agency, which is available for purchase here.
[Read more…] about ‘No desire if it’s not forbidden’: Dread, eroticism, and text messaging in Personal ShopperOlivier Assayas on Personal Shopper, filming text messages
Olivier Assayas discusses the visual and aural aesthetic of Personal Shopper and how he shot that impressive texting set piece.
This is an excerpt of the interview which appears in our case study on Personal Shopper in the ebook Beyond Empowertainment: Feminist Horror and The Struggle for Female Agency, which is available for purchase here.
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