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Joyland: Through A Feminist Lens
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Disclaimer: this post was written for a Gender & World Cinema course at a State University.In a national culture where women’s fate is left in the hands of men, Mumtaz has only one wish: to work. While this wish is temporarily obtained, Mumtaz is met with a reality that many…
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Not Quite Dead Yet
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Warning: this review may contain spoilers. If anyone knows how to write a page-turner, it is Holly Jackson. Jackson made her debut in the Adult Thriller genre with her sixth novel, Not Quite Dead Yet — a fast-paced mystery-thriller where a young-adult must solve her own murder before she dies…
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“Wuthering Heights”
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Warning: this review may contain spoilers. The quotation marks included in the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” emphasize the purpose of the film: an inspired-by adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel that strays from the original to achieve a heart-wrenching love story. Through a perspective-change from Nelly (Hong Chau)…