When analyzed together, a handful of movies released in May take viewers on a trek from the political to the metaphysical.

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Four movies, three one-liners, and one discursive paragraph:

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Over the last two days, we covered how horror movies both reflect AND respond to generational fears, most recently the 21st century’s climate crisis.

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Speaking of reviving horror tropes relevant to the zeitgeist’s current discourse:

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Will 2019 be remembered as the dawning of the Climate Movie Epoch?

Continue reading “A Slaughterhouse Indeed” →

Pair The Third Wife with Working Woman in a “trapped by the patriarchy” double feature of 2019 theatrical releases.

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