Category: Rated XX
Catherine Breillat Retrospective: Almost Mainstream
While her best films may still be more unconventional in style, in recent years Catherine Breillat has made a successful turn toward films that could almost be called mainstream while keeping the focus firmly on gender. The sexuality, while present, … [Read the Rest]
Catherine Breillat Retrospective: Honing Her Craft
The twentieth year of Catherine Breillat’s directorial career marked a shift. While her thematic focus and bold vision remained true, her skills as a filmmaker and storyteller began showing strong signs of improvement beginning with 1996′s Perfect Love. It opens … [Read the Rest]
Catherine Breillat Retrospective: The Early Years
Writing a series focused on the depiction of gender and sexuality in films, it would be a massive oversight not to talk about the work of French director Catherine Breillat. Few other directors have as consistently explored these topics as … [Read the Rest]
Bond’s Got Nothing On Powers
The Austin Powers franchise directly leans on the Bond franchise as the source for its parody, yet one thing that stands out is how the two differ in their treatment of women. For many, the womanizing of Bond and the … [Read the Rest]
‘Dragon Tattoo’ tackles rarely-discussed issues of sexual violence
The original Swedish title for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, translating to “Men Who Hate Women,” boldly announces the overarching theme of the book series and the films that have been adapted from it. Lisbeth Salander is a truly … [Read the Rest]
