“Two Easy Steps To Make Hollywood Less Sexist”
Geena Davis has two suggestions for making films and television shows less sexist. They’d work well for increasing diversity of all kinds.
Interview with Gareth Evans
City On Fire Podcast interviews Gareth Evans, director of Merantau; The Raid; and the upcoming, The Raid 2: Berandal. (Via The Heroic Sisterhood)
“Representation of Women in India Cinema and Beyond”
Text of Sharmila Tagore’s lecture on women and Indian cinema at the India International Centre. (via Memsaab Story)
The Dark Crystal’s First Cut
The AV Club shares a recreation of the original version of Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s The Dark Crystal.
Video Essay on Dario Argento
Filmmakers Bruno Forzani and Helene Cattet made a four-minute video essay on director Dario Argento’s films for the French television channel Arte. via @Popshifter
“Peeta Is A Movie Girlfriend”
Linda Holmes writes about The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and how her male love interest, Peeta, is “a movie girlfriend”: “Going by the traditional Hollywood rules, make no mistake: Peeta is a Movie Girlfriend. Peeta is Pepper Potts and Gwen Stacy, helping and helping and helping until the […]
The Cultural Gutter 