Indeed, “Annihilation” comments on feminism by not commenting on it, flipping “Stalker”’s premise by having its protagonists be women, whereas Tarkovsky populated his odyssey with brooding men. Garland doesn’t include a single scene in which skeptical men wonder how these ladies are going to pull off their mission. Lena and her colleagues never have to … Read more
The Lathe of Heaven PART THREE: POLITICAL RUIN In the realm of speculative fiction, few authors have captured societal upheaval and the potential for political ruin as incisively as Octavia E. Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin. Their works, particularly Butler’s Xenogenesis series (Lilith’s Brood) and Parable Duology, along with Le Guin’s The Lathe of … Read more
For over a decade, RogerEbert.com has been turning over its entire content stream to female writers, and 2024 is our most ambitious year to date. Below, find links to all of our reviews and articles, over three dozen in total: REVIEWS “Bella” by Nell Minow “Cabrini” by Tomris Laffly “Queens” by Cristina Escobar INTERVIEWS Female … Read more
I’m not going to speculate too much about why so many of our beloved contributors wanted to write about horror, this year, but we had a number, all with exceptional insight and context. Ashley Bardhan looks at the popular convention of the “final girl” in horror movies, Beth Accomando discusses of body horror in 2023’s … Read more
The movie also highlights how Soo-kyeong reaches for a nice chance for a better life. There is some widower guy who may marry her someday, and it seems that all she will have to do is be nice to him and his adolescent daughter, though that turns out to be not so easy at all. … Read more