Does Todd Haynes demystify the popular music artists he may otherwise mythologize? by Stuart Frazer Todd Haynes’ uses progressive fictional representation of musical artists for the basis of his films; From his unauthorised retelling of the life of Karen Carpenter with the use of Barbie dolls in Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes. 1987. … Continue reading Todd Haynes & his musicians.
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Sex & the Saga: Alien
A Sapphic blue “I” appears on the screen cutting through the space of the background.
Cronenberg II: Shivers – The Beginning
Shivers is one of Cronenberg’s first feature length horror films and from the start the director was dealing with very visceral and bloody body horror images as well as strong sexual violence
Cronenberg
David Cronenberg’s films often seem on the surface to be rather simplistic gore or horror films, for example The Fly in which Seth Brundle’s monstrous half-fly, half-human body
The Maxx
I'm going to have to admit that this was the first time I'd watched it having had only four TV channels as a child but I found myself watching a 90s cartoon that was referencing the animus, Camille Paglia and Susan Faludi and dealing with mental illness, trauma and Feminism in a really surprisingly nuanced way.
Holy Overused Puns Batman!
Batman’s third and fourth cinematic outings are frequently side-lined, and in the case of Batman and Robin is considered, by many poll found online, as the worst film ever made.
Batman, Batman, Batman!
Batman still has the ability to change drastically from one incarnation to the next and still manage to hold great power, humour and success.