After 1930 films have traditionally relied upon the voice to communicate narratives. Another consistent through line can be located in cinema’s “skilled and satisfying manipulation of visual pleasure,” to quote feminist theorist Laura Mulvey. These trends converge in performance of the on-screen female. Construction of an archetypal female for film reifies woman’s objecthood within the … Continue reading
Let me begin by saying I’m not a fan of this film in the traditional way. I don’t sympathise with any of the characters, I think the script was awkward and not engaging, and the pacing of the voice-overs/interviews was disjointed and jarring. But I am fascinated with this film. I’ve seen it four times … Continue reading
![MIX: [safe] songs for the Todd Haynes disciple](https://screenqueens.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/safe-1995-03-g.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "MIX: [safe] songs for the Todd Haynes disciple")
TRACKLIST: Playground Love – Air Fix You – Coldplay Mourning Air – Portishead Lie to Me – Devics Silent All These Years – Tori Amos and Ani Difranco Karma Police – Radiohead Breathe No More – Amy Lee Uninvited – Alanis Morissette Medicine – Daughter How Does it Make You Feel – Air by Ashleigh Bowers Ashleigh is a 20-something grandpa from … Continue reading
![Todd Haynes: [Safe] Words](https://screenqueens.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/12.jpg?w=290&h=275&crop=1 "Todd Haynes: [Safe] Words")
Todd Haynes’s sophomore feature [safe] tells the story of affluent Southern California housewife Carol White (played by Julianne Moore), and traces her physical decline from a mysterious environmental illness. Exploring themes that have become hallmarks of Haynes’s auteurist style, [safe] uses conventions of traditional 1950s melodrama to examine individual identity (or lack thereof) and environmental … Continue reading
HBO’s Westworld came onto the scene October in The Year That Shall Remain Unnamed…2016…to satisfy our premium cable desires while we all await the next season of Game of Thrones. After binge-watching all ten episodes in a single weekend, I can officially say that Westworld has deposed the reigning television monarch of my esteem (sorry … Continue reading
It’s been over a decade since Buffy and the Scoobies last saved the world (if you don’t take into account the continuation of the series through the comic book series). In that time we’ve had a slew of brooding vampires, sensitive werewolves, and bad-ass witches parade across our screen, earning both scorn and laurels from … Continue reading
To follow on from yesterday’s post about the use of cars as a cultivation space for queer relationships in Todd Hayne’s Carol, a playlist has been curated to imagine that you too are being whisked away by a fur-wearing 1950s Cat Blanchett. TRACKLIST: Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra- The Bed Song Anne Hall- … Continue reading
