“His Girl Friday”: Howard Hawks Softened A Political Satire Into A Proto-Feminist Romcom
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.

A short documentary style film following a musician turning 18
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.
'Motherless Brooklyn' is a 1950s whodunit made by its star, Edward Norton. Like most detective films in this setting, the cast is mostly white males (with a few notable exceptions).
The film is a powerful narrative encompassing a theme that many people can identify with.