There’s a quote that has resonated with me after reading it a few years ago. While I can no longer find the source or the exact wording, the gist has always stuck with me. It’s about how we perceive cinematic depictions of powerful women versus how we perceive the same for men. It goes something… Read more »
Tag: horror films
Ripley Saves the Day… Although She Doesn’t Flaunt It
*If you have never seen Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien, beware of spoilers ahead.* Many science fiction films or television shows push the frontier logic — so many are, after all, about “space, the final frontier” and man’s ability to conquer it, or be conquered by it. Although space is often, in these cases, where we… Read more »
Three Takes on Ana Lily Amirpour
A Place For Film’s blogging team is swirling with excitement in anticipation of Ana Lily Amirpour’s impending visit to IU Cinema.