ISSN 1717-9559
Keyword : Feminism
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All too often film criticism takes itself too seriously. What if film criticism tried to be as entertaining as its product? Offscreen introduces 'Bran Stakhage's' new concept in film criticism: 'post-it' styled criticism which you could print out and stick on your kitchen fridge.
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Author Krystle Doromal compares the on/off-screen personas of two Asian American actresses from different eras, Ann May Wong and Lucy Lui. Doromal argues that, while being typecast, these two actresses have also challenged the sterotypical images of Asian Americans in their own different ways.
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A look at how two recent documentaries on the slasher/stalker film signals a paradigm shift in the horror genre.
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A philosophical analysis of Catherine Breillat's controversial Anatomy of Hell.
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An in-depth analysis of the representation of women in contemporary Iranian cinema.
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A somewhat irreverent, insightful analysis of two recent female-centered Iranian documentaries, The Ladies Room and Iranian Journey.
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An analysis of two recent documentaries exposing the social injustices of archaic law and custom in Israel and Central India: Sentenced to Marriage and Highway Courtesans.
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A tribute to the great Italian actresses Alida Valli, who passed away April 22, 2006.
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An analysis of how Jane Campion negotiates the conventions of the sex-noir thriller with more auteurist designs exploring female sexual desire and 'art film' aesthetics.
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A review of Austrian experimental/avant-garde films on a DVD collection produced by Index.
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A review of Austrian experimental/avant-garde films on a DVD collection produced by Index.
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A Bleak Heroism of Images: “Woman, Thou Art Loosed” by Michael Schultz and “Moolaade” by Ousmane Sembene.
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Political analysis of Alfonso Arau's Like Water for Chocolate.
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Iran has Samira Makhmalbaf and a famous father named Mohsen. Italy has Asia Argento and a famous father named Dario. The parallels pretty much stop there.
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Firstrun Features does an admirable job with the DVD transfer of Dariush Mehrjui's excellent Leila.
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Should feminist scholarship be looking beyond American horror for a more varied representation of female desire and sexuality?
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Part two of Peter Rist's critical assessment of Iranian films that played at the most recent of the major Montreal film festivals.
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During the 1999 Fantasia Film Festival Montrealers were “graced” with the presence of Grace Quek (alias Annabel Chong), in town promoting a documentary about her life entitled SEX: The Annabel Chong Story, directed by Canadian filmmaker Gough Lewis.
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A Gun for Jennifer is a ballsy, energetic feminist revisionist take on the traditionally male revenge action film. After a successful festival run, it has seen comparisons to such female revenge films as Ms. 45 and Thelma and Louise, though...
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