When her husband dies and leaves her penniless, Mrs. Lawrence Evringham moves in with her wealthy but grim father-in-law and schemes to marry Eloise, her daughter, to the rich Dr. Ballard.
Phillips Smalley
Director
Ella Hall
Jewel
Rupert Julian
Mr. Evringham
Frank Elliott
Lawrence Evringham
Hylda Hollis
Mrs. Lawrence Evringham (as Hylda Hollis Sloman)
Brownie Brownell
Eliose (as Miss Brownell)
T.D. Crittenden
Harry Evringham
Dixie Carr
Julia
Gibson Gowland
Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)
Abe Mundon
Zeke
Jack Holt
Nat Bonnell
Lule Warrenton
Mrs. Forbes
Disney has kept its word and allowed a new generation of Black and/or African storytellers to tell their own original stories. The question remains, will the public keep their word?
Emma Stone (Estella and Cruella) and Emma Thompson (the Baroness) did not come to play around in Cruella. They embodied the perfect balance of sinister and sincere. Estella went through a great hero's journey, and what a journey it was!
'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.
In Deaf, the Spanish director Eva Libertad explores pregnancy and motherhood from the perspective of a deaf woman. Her movie examines how the world imposes the notion of disability on her main character while she actually does not feel disabled herself.
The height of subversive horror cinema is Jennifer’s Body. No, I will never budge on that. Yes, Cabin in The Woods is funny, Scream is very well made, and the Scary Movie franchise is …. there. But nothing is quite as satisfying as watching the teenage succubus that is Jennifer Check rip apart boys. In the post #metoo era where the industry is far from changed, watching revenge flicks like these is probably one of the most cathartic experiences due to the slow-moving progress being made.
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to an end, I’d like to urge viewers and filmmakers to take a long and hard look at how rape is portrayed on screen.