Tag: culture
‘Aftersun’ (2022), ‘How to Have Sex’ (2023) and the Dreams and Nightmares of the British Package Holiday
British tourists have always had a reputation. Since the days of Byron, Shelley and Keats in Geneva and Italy and the Grand Tour which wealthy…
How Promising Young Woman’s Ending is Enraging at Best and Problematic at Worse
This piece contains spoilers of Promising Young Woman, especially the ending. Please, if you have not watched the movie, stop reading this, go watch…
Aaron Sorkin is Changing History
‘Tis the season of Sorkin. Writing mastermind behind pillars like The Newsroom and Steve Jobs (and The Social Network, I guess), the American screenwriter is…
What We Never See About Sexual Trauma Onscreen
In Jessica M. Thompson’s The Light of the Moon, a woman rediscovers intimacy with her boyfriend after she is raped while walking home. The film…
The Haunting Queer Reading of The Bride of Frankenstein
Out of the genres within cinema, none have quite historically served as an expression of the deeper more hidden thoughts of society as much as…
VIDEO – the Best 50 Films from South Korea
Almost 200 examples of South Korean cinema collected votes as many of you and others beyond selected your own preferences in this flourishing segment of…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Audrey Fox’s List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). 10. Star Wars Episode XIII: The Last Jedi The sequel that…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Maria Lattila’s List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). It’s been an insanely good decade for film. When we talk…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Susanne Gottlieb’s List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). Leave No Trace (2018) One of the best-received films the past…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Michael Frank’s List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). 10. Sing Street (2016) Take 80s music, with a special love…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Jennings Collins’ List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). In Alphabetical Order. A Ghost Story (2017) An indie darling unlike…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Jeremy Robinson’s List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). Trying to narrow your favorite films of the past decade to…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Katie Keener’s List
Looking back on decades of film it is always so nice to reflect on those that touched in such a way that only film can….
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Amy Smith’s List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). 10. The Disaster Artist (2017) There is nothing more fascinating to…
