Tag: movies

  • Joyland: Through A Feminist Lens

    Joyland: Through A Feminist Lens

    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…

  • “Wuthering Heights”

    “Wuthering Heights”

    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)…