“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.

What’s the matter with Kathy? She’s your typical 17 year-old girl in search of something more in her life. It seems the only place she is going to find it is at Horse Camp. Her father Luke recognizes that she’s got it in her blood, a sensibility in her being - she understands horses just as much as they understand her. But at Horse Camp there is much more to learn, not only about horses, but about people and the many challenges of friendship.
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.
Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.
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Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.
I’m still trying to comprehend the psychological and moral implications of their fascination with each other, or why their almost written-in-the-stars depth of connection makes so much sense.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.