Nowhere Film Club #2 - Black Christmas

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Slasher films are about male killers inflicting sexually charged violence upon female victims, as punishment for their sexuality. Black Christmas, however, presents an overtly feminist political subtext.

Carnage for Christmas Review

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There is a tension in Carnage between Mackay’s clear desire to create a new language of transgender cinema versus her tendency towards homage and pastiche. Here, the pastiche wins.

Nowhere Film Club #1 — Slacker

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In the face of the fall of the Soviet Union and the apparent total cultural victory of liberal democracy, a general malaise set over the West. What does one do when your way of life appears to have beaten out all others?

Barbie Review

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Barbie (Emma Mackey) bravely posits that the Ken Patriarchy is bad, and women should do something about it. What should they do?

On Lady Bird & Being A Girl

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“We’re afraid that we will never escape our past. We’re afraid of what the future will bring. We’re afraid we won’t be loved, we won’t be liked. And we won’t succeed.”