London photo: Shaftesbury Avenue
The view from the bar and restaurant at the lovely new Picturehouse Central.
Month: October 2015
Where Are the Women? The Vatican Tapes
No one gets anything approaching a personal journey here, but at least the one who comes closest is a woman in a role that isn’t particularly gendered.
The Vatican Tapes movie review: to the devil with it
The demonic-possession subgenre isn’t exactly one crammed with quality cinematic experiences, but it hits a dull, unscary new low with this inept flick.
London photo: Piccadilly’s No 7 piano bar
I am amused by the notion of an establishment so modest that it wouldn’t dare to claim to be the No. 1 or even the No. 2 such endeavor.
Where Are the Women? The Keeping Room
A fantastic example of how shifting to women’s perspectives can lend an exciting freshness to tired genres.
The Keeping Room movie review: a place that women know
Call this a revisionist feminist postapocalyptic historical western home-invasion horror drama. But even that doesn’t quite do it justice.
open thread: Supergirl
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Where Are the Women? Spectre
With the departure of Judi Dench’s M, there is no longer even a single woman in a position of authority in the current Bond series.
Spectre movie review: Bond goes backward
After a truly spectacular and fresh opening sequence, everyone might as well be enacting a Bond puppet show, which is sometimes unpleasantly retro-icky.
London photo: the ferryman’s seat
A little slice of very old history on Southbank.
