After over a dozen adaptations on big and small screens, does the world really need Greta Gerwig's take on Little Women? For reviewer Chris Cassingham, the answer is a resounding yes. Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women is about four girls growing up during and...
Celine Sciamma's powerful period piece, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, creates a sensitive and devastating portrayal of two women falling in love. “Is it better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all?” It's a question that has been asked countless times...
The excesses and studio battles around May's third film ultimately derailed her directing career, but the film's heart is its penetrating look at the actions of desperate men. While already an established comedian, writer, and actress by the mid-1970s, Elaine May was...
The opening shot of Euzhan Palcy’s 1989 film, A Dry White Season, in a bright sunburst gleam and green grass, depicts two young South African boys, one white and another black, playing soccer and laughing in warm, idyllic harmony. This particular scene, as upfront as...
Directed by Hal Ashby (Being There, Harold & Maude), 1975’s Shampoo is a multifaceted comical look at sex, politics, gender, and well, hair. Set on the day that Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election, Shampoo stars Warren Beatty as George Roundy, a...