Transgender people are expected to support films that minimally include them, often by using tactics that pretend to actually include the community, as a means of deceiving them into said support.
Lack of access to essential services can affect the disability community in a plethora of ways. In some cases, that includes lack of access to go see Star Wars.
Activists in the disability community are changing the dialogue from nothing about us without us to simply saying nothing without us when it comes to inclusion in the media.
Director, Jonny Campbell, has been injecting his realistic sensibility into British television, with work such as the Doctor Who episodes, “Vincent and the Doctor” and ‘The Vampires of Venice,” the British version of Shameless, and Ashes to Ashes. His last endeavor, the three-part miniseries, In the Flesh, a new take…
Wentworth is a take on the prison show you have yet to see! With high levels of drama, enticing storylines, and great acting it is worth the binge watch you will have to have with this series.
Into The Woods is one of the best movie musicals, to be made, in decades. If all movie musicals were this good, we might see a resurgence in the genre.
The films A Beautiful Mind and Girl Interrupted both deal with the idea of mental illness, but they do it in different styles. This critique looks at what these films tell society about the mentally ill.
Birdman is entertaining for the acting. While there are some amusing parts, the film is rather self-indulgent. It is worth watching, at least once, for Keaton and Norton, but it’s kind of a train wreck, beyond their performances.
Girls is one of those shows that works for a certain group of people. If you don’t mind clunky dialogue, lack of authenticity, and subpar storytelling you might really get into this. Oh, and if you don’t want to spring for HBO you can always just watch Tiny Furniture it’s pretty much the same thing.
Tsotsi is a thinking man’s (or woman’s) film. It leaves you with plenty to think about. Can you condemn David/Tsotsi for his crimes or can you believe the experience with the baby has changed him for the better?
