Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane explores systemic sexism by comparing and pairing stalker David Strine with a corrupt medical facility. This is an excerpt from our book, Beyond empowertainment
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‘It is with love that I do this’: Cannibalism and power under patriarchy in Raw and We Are What We Are
In Raw and We Are What We Are, the cannibalism metaphor is used to explore what it is to be a woman living under patriarchy, in both the macro and the micro.
Thelma is more than just a modern Carrie
Thelma has been compared to Brian De Palma’s Carrie, but Trier gives his female lead agency whereas Carrie was simply a victim.
Personal Shopper conflates depression with technological obsession
In Personal Shopper, the boundary between Maureen and others is both because of technology and merely exacerbated by it.
Ep. 22: The King attempts to adapt Shakespeare’s Henry V
This is a cross-over episode with our Shakespeare podcast, 21st Folio, which dives deep into Netflix’s The King, a sort of adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1 & II and Henry V.
Critics survey: What does ‘feminist horror’ mean to you?
Seventh Row asks critics what the term ‘feminist horror’ means to them, in anticipation of our ebook on the topic.