Satire Archives - Bright Lights Film Journal

a Satire Archives - Bright Lights Film Journal

Category: Satire

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Horny Abbess, Empty Relic, Open Fortress, Public Toilet: Reconnecting with Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971)

February 10, 2025

Russell’s principal avatar in this film is Louis XIII, the Carnival King and Lord of Misrule. Devoted to ersatz relics and to his “tacky stage farce,” he quietly uncovers not[…]

Body Horror · Cults · Feminism · Horror · Satire

Original vs. Remake: Feminism in The Stepford Wives, 1975/2004

December 12, 2024

The lead actress of the 1975 film, Katherine Ross, later stated that she herself would rewrite this ending to have Joanna “fight harder”– a sentiment that the 2004 adaptation seems[…]

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