Both films explore how empowered women function within a patriarchal society. They pose the question, can you defeat the patriarchy simply by exercising agency?
Essays
Resilience reveals a new public health crisis
Redford has crafted a densely packed film intended to educate the public about Adverse Childhood Effects, or the very real existence of Toxic Stress.
NUTS! and foreveryone.net: The visionary and the charlatan
The Sundance documentaries foreveryone.net and NUTS! each chronicle the scientific achievements and self-mythologizing of two very different men.
Sloan Prize contenders: Science at Sundance 2016
We take a look at the films in contention for the Alfred P. Sloan Prize, the jurors, and make some predictions.
45 Years of marriage on thin ice
In 45 Years, Andrew Haigh uses sound and very precise framing to develop a complex, cinematic story of a long-term relationship. Read our book about Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete.
2015 films according to Shakespeare
Love Shakespeare? Listen to our Shakespeare podcast, 21st Folio. Love these 2015 films? Find out what we do at Seventh Row to cover films like these. Last night, I posed a little challenge on Twitter, to pair Shakespeare quotes with 2015 films: Challenge: summarize this year's awards hopeful films with a Shakespeare quote. You're disqualified […]