Tag Archives: Film
Portraits of the Artist as a Young Woman in Vox Lux and Black Swan
Natalie Portman has a unique talent for playing high-strung, demented, creative types and I say that with the highest praise. Reminiscent of her role in Black Swan, in Vox Lux, Portman once again portrays a talented artist-in this case a singer-songwriter driven to achieve greatness and fame, as she’s plagued by personal demons. The film […]
Seven Feminist Calls to Action
In our fight to counter the unacceptable inequality that plagues the film industry, there are a number of measures we can each take. Let’s start by calling an ace an ace: the Bechdel Test is a joke. Literally. At least it was intended as one when first presented in the 1980s as a quip by […]
Gender Disparity Behind the Camera
If one is a film director and also a woman she has inevitably been asked, probably ad nauseum, “What’s it like to be a female filmmaker?” I shudder to recall how I used to respond, telling countless interviewers how I saw no difference in the treatment of my male filmmaking peers as compared to myself, […]