Tag: film
The Best Movies About Seniors
Older people are significantly underrepresented in movies, a recent film analysis by University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism found. Just 11% of 4,066 speaking characters in the 100 top U.S. films are 60 or older. “Seniors on screen are an endangered species in cinematic storytelling”, the authors wrote in the report.…
The most interesting “American” movies
There has been a president and a gangster. There has been history and graffiti. Beauty and splendor. Hustle and crime. There has been a sniper, and a psycho, and a gigolo. There has been honey. There has been pie. Indeed, American movies seem to be constantly examining what it is to be American. In all…
How Movies Are Dealing with Sexual Violence
Rape and sexual violence have long been represented in movies, and they’re often integral to plots or character development. While rape — and sex in general — was once a taboo topic for film, today we’re much more likely to see rape not just referenced, but fully played out across the screen. The media’s evolving…
Interview: Shannon Lee, Justin Lin and Jonathan Tropper on Cinemax’s ‘Warrior’
Ahead of the release of Warrior, the new series based on an original concept by Bruce Lee, we chat to his daughter Shannon Lee, Executive Producer Justin Lin, and series creator Jonathan Tropper.
Interviewing Madeline Wise: ‘Crashing,’ Trumpisms and a Troupe of One’s Own
There’s nothing “actorly” about Madeline Wise’s film and TV performances, despite her extensive theatrical training and stage-smart knowhow. In fact, this talented, creative thespian is so natural onscreen in shows such as HBO’s Crashing (2017-present)—for which she most recently did a six-episode arc—and web series such as the Adam Goldman-written-and-directed Whatever This Is. (2013) that…