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Explore films that leverage — and problematize — the definitions of a given genre, from horror films to the Western.
Ben Flanagan muses on LFF 2019's competition selection and to what extent it represents the current state of cinema, particularly British and genre cinema. Read …
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In Raw and We Are What We Are, cannibalism is used as a metaphor to explore what it is to be a woman living under patriarchy, in both the macro and the micro. …
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Thelma has been compared to Brian De Palma’s Carrie, but Trier gives his female lead agency whereas Carrie was simply a victim. This is an excerpt from our …
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Episode 21 celebrates our new ebook, Beyond empowertainment: Feminist horror and the struggle for female agency. In addition to discussing the films featured …
In this episode of the Seventh Row podcast, we don't agree on the quality of Ari Aster's Midsommar, but do agree Florence Pugh is great in anything she does. …
Orla Smith reviews Ari Aster's Midsommar, an exquisitely crafted horror with innovative sound design that unfortunately struggles to come together thematically. …
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