Feminist Follies

  • Brave

    Originally posted on July 12, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] It was Horton Hears a Who that made me first think about writing feminist movie reviews. I had taken the nieces to see it. As the movie went on the sexism became so bad that I considered walking out. We discussed sexism…

  • Hysteria

    Originally posted on June 22, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] If you want to take a break from the summer blockbuster, and I really think you should, go see Hysteria. It’s light-hearted. It will give you a laugh. It might even give you a feeling of sisterhood, as if you are in…

  • Josh Whedon Sells Out With The Avengers

    Originally posted on May 31, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] The siren call of Joss Whedon to the feminist movie-goer can not be underestimated. As mentioned here in other posts, all of Whedon’s previous projects have not just had a gender equal cast, but a female lead who both literally and figuratively…

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Originally posted on May 24, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. In the feminist world of my imagining those two names would be box office gold, pulling enormous crowds into the theater every time. These two women, whose careers have spanned decades, consistently choose roles that add to the variety of…

  • The Cabin in the Woods

    Originally posted on April 19, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] It was another bad week for a radical feminist to go to the movies. Is it possible that The Vow and The Lucky One will be in theaters at the same time? So I chose to see a horror movie with a roughly gender equal…

  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

    Originally posted on April 12, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a charming bit of nothing much. It has some political satire, romantic comedy, and social critique, but not enough of any one quality to create a cohesive whole. Though it largely fails as an interesting movie, it succeeds…

  • Mirror Mirror

    Originally posted on April 6, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] “Among the top-grossing G-rated family films, girl characters are out-numbered by boys three-to-one. That’s the same ratio that has existed since the end of World War II. For decades, male characters have dominated nearly three-quarters of speaking parts in children’s entertainment, and…