
Difret movie review: reshaping the world for women
An earnest and passionate film, based on a true story that is enraging yet inspiring, that is essential viewing for anyone concerned with women’s rights.

An earnest and passionate film, based on a true story that is enraging yet inspiring, that is essential viewing for anyone concerned with women’s rights.

So my Let’s Wait and See Plan after last week’s episode did not pan out. It’s not that there isn’t some good stuff here. But where it ends up is too easy.

Finally, the last of my Paris photos from last month. All movies.

Probably my favorite awning I saw in Paris…

The only significant female character here is the male protagonist’s wife, who has little to do apart from acting as his cheerful, supportive helpmeet.

A creepy-cool vibe of constructed cinematic artificiality echoes the illusory nature of Stanley Milgram’s notorious experiment into human behavior.

Women are all but absent here, and when they do appear, they are little more than aggrieved ex-wives or hookers with hearts of gold.

A compelling character study of two intriguingly flawed people, the sort of richly observed drama that has gotten all but pushed out of mainstream cinema.

Rue Dénoyez in Belleville is a little street packed with fascinating street art.

With its gender-balanced ensemble, this movie is inoffensive, even reasonably fair, in its depiction of women.