While presenting at the 2018 Golden Globes, actress Natalie Portman called out the “all-male” nominees for the “Best Director” category, causing audiences on social media to commend her for drawing attention to the lack of female representation in the awards ceremony. In this year’s past Oscars, there were no women nominated in the categories for […]
Amongst the canon movie classics like Citizen Kane, Casablanca and Psycho lies a particularly odd gem: Ingmar Bergman’s female-oriented film Persona. Released in 1966, an era when women were finding a new platform to raise their voices in the U.S., Bergman’s film explores the relationship between two women. The psychological screenplay continues to plague analysts today. […]
I don’t want to lay clichés in front of you. So let’s talk about something that comes across as over discussed but is clearly not. Racist sentiment has poked its ugly head quite a bit over the past week. Cliven Bundy, a well-known Nevada rancher, made ripples across the country when he made racist comments in […]
I walked into Cloud Atlas a few nights ago on a mere whim. I had just left Wreck-it Ralph (a rather brilliant movie in its own right, I suggest you go see it) and in the midst of an empty theater I convinced a friend of mine to sneak into Cloud Atlas with me because […]
There is no escaping challenging social issues. Since the 1970s, the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers has sought to overcome its reputation for being a male-dominated field. For instance, many colleges offer scholarship programs for female undergraduates as incentives for young women to pursue careers in scientific research. Yet, the last […]
