Honeymoon (1998)

"Boston Strangler" pulls the curtain back on a well-documented historical moment involving significant contributions from women reporters. 

She is being made to justify why she doesn’t believe he’s a feminist, instead of him having to justify his choice to claim he is one.

You can’t talk to my grandpa about The Sopranos. You can’t talk to him about The Godfather either. Merely by bringing up the subject, you’d be treated to a lecture on how movies and TV want you to believe that all Italians are criminals and mobsters. He won’t watch any of it, in protest.

We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.

Those saying it's a bad movie simply because it's bad as a slasher should be reminded that the likes of Jordan and Alexandra often don’t get their tales told, let alone in such major releases helmed by veteran actors like Bacon.

We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.