Oct 21 Don't Worry Darling and the Sexual Politics of Control

Zoë Rogan

Essays

Guest contributor Zoe Rogan explores the parallels between Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling and Luis Buñuel’s Belle du Jour – both films set within repressive worlds, heavy on themes of control, patriarchy and sex, and feature women who seek to break free.

Oct 19

Oct 19 Double Feature: The Dangers of Peer Pressure (Last Summer & The Party's Over)

Jenna Ipcar

Double Features

If you watch The Party’s Over and Last Summer in a row and you'll come away realizing not only was the dream of the 1960s a lie, but we've never actually accomplished anything.

Jun 13

Jun 13 I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Myra Breckinridge

Jenna Ipcar

Reviews

Myra Breckinridge is indeed a failure of an adaptation, yet I suspect the intensity of the vitriol towards this film is about something beyond just the admittedly poor direction; most likely it has more to do with the unconscious biases Vidal set out to skewer to begin with.