“No Viking Atheists”: The Northman’s Journey into Old World Belief
In my theater’s showing, the instant that Fjölnir lost his head in the climactic volcano battle, an elderly woman left her seat, lingering at the door a moment before exiting.[…]
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Drama · Historical & Epic · Women in Film
On Pain, Intimacy, and Women Who Want: Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, #MeToo, and the Afterglow of Pasolini’s Salò
These women want their words to be heard. They want their will to be known. They want to be able to change their minds. And they want the full mind-body[…]
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Historical & Epic · LGBT & Queer
Before Wilde: Cinematic Portrayals – and the Lack Thereof – of Medieval and Early Modern Queer Historical Figures
There are two major threads here. In one, the queer figure from history becomes a way to explore the consequences of existing in a society that wars against the individual’s[…]
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