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Gender and Sexuality

Explore depictions of masculinity, femininity, and sexual identity.

Hello Destroyer, Kevan Funk

Brett Pardy / March 3, 2017

Hello Destroyer explores the thin line between hockey menace and model

Kevan Funk’s Hello Destroyer is a hockey movie where the drama is not in the game, but in how its violence has consequences that ripple off the ice.

La Promesse, The Promise, Dardennes, Unlearning toxic masculinity

Brett Pardy / January 11, 2017

Unlearning toxic masculinity in the Dardennes’ La Promesse

Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s 1996 film, La Promesse (The Promise), examines how a teenage boy unlearns patriarchal values through his relationship with an undocumented Burkinabé immigrant.

Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan

Alex Heeney / November 27, 2016

Manchester by the Sea embraces conventional stereotypes

Despite its obvious Oscar-bait trappings, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is plagued by outdated ideas about masculinity and weak supporting characters.

Goat, Ben Schnetzer

Alex Heeney / October 11, 2016

Andrew Neel’s Goat lacks psychological insight

Andrew Neel’s Goat is an excellent showcase for up-and-coming star Ben Schnetzer, whose strong performance hints at the better film it could have been had Neel been less focussed on brutality and more focussed on psychological insight.

Below Her Mouth

Alex Heeney / September 11, 2016

TIFF16: Below Her Mouth is cringeworthy

Below Her Mouth attempts provocation and frank depictions of lesbian sex, but it forgets the emotion in its love story.

Alex Heeney / July 2, 2016

San Francisco’s Frameline Festival expands understandings of queer cinema

Frameline Festival, San Francisco’s annual LGBTQ film festival showcasing new LGBTQ talent and stories about the LGBTQ community, features much lauded films from the festival circuit.

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