While ‘RoboCop’ on paper looks like a feverish celebration of all things police, the messaging behind the film paints a far less flattering picture.
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The background role of women in Sony-Marvel movies
Why do the new batch of Sony-Marvel films fail to give detailed, meaningful roles to their women characters?
Swans, Ravens, and Feminine Obsession: how does Aronofsky’s cult film relate to Lauren Hadaway’s debut?
Exploring on-screen depictions of feminine obsession.
Nightmare Alley and the proposed inevitability of sin
Soon after Nightmare Alley’s infernal opening, Bradley Cooper’s Stanton Carlisle finds himself in a house…
Breaking the code: a history of Queer coding cinema
A history and evolution of queer coding in Hollywood.
The Many Saints of Newark: How the past informed The Sopranos
Here’s what to remember before watching The Many Saints of Newark.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sets MCU on a promising path
What’s next for the MCU and its heroes?
Hollywood Autism: the good, the bad, and the downright insulting
Representations of autism in film have a long and complicated history.
Mandabi: a post-colonial critique and its present-day relevance
53 years after its release, Ousmane Sembene’s Mandabi lays bare the relentless, rotten roots of French colonialism—roots flourishing still today.
