An impotent husband hires a photographer, a professional S&M mistress, and his driver to kidnap his wealthy but unfaithful wife. After she is photographed while being sexually abused, she is blackmailed into giving control of her estate to her husband. Confined to the basement, she suffers an endless series of humiliations and indignities. But fate has some cruel twists in store...
True crime media is notoriously obsessed with the “missing white woman” trope, and yet the vast majority of American murder victims are male, and well over half are people of color.
The relationship between the characters is what makes this film stand out, and it’s just all-around fun.
Ant-Man is a 2015 live action film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same comics series, including Scott Lang and Hank Pym, along with others.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
If you haven’t watched Good Trouble yet, you need to. This Foster’s spinoff, aptly named for civil rights champion and Congressman, John Lewis, follows Mariana and Callie Adams Foster as they begin a new chapter of young adulthood and navigate life, careers, social justice, and love.
