Aletta Ocean's trip to a faraway place turns into an explicit, forbidden fantasy of lust and desire. Manuel Ferrara seduced visiting beauties before taking their passports, making them his kept yet pleasured mistresses. Aletta turns the erotic tables, willingly becoming Manuel's salacious sex toy
The character of Mulan is one of Disney’s best heroines. She’s brave, kicks butt, and has a kill count. What other Disney character has killed hundreds of Huns by crushing them with an avalanche? No one.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.
(Disclaimer: Harmful Language) In celebration of Pride Month, Father's Day, and father figures (and whoever supports you), I revisit Moonlight's brief but spectacular character, Juan. With overarching themes tied to masculinity, I reexamine his intimacy with Little.
Hustlers was meant to be a film about female empowerment. And it was, to a certain extent. I expected and wanted this to be a kickass and complex film of sexy women who use their confidence, skills, and wits towards a brilliant plan to get revenge on the Wall Street guys who wronged them.
Darren Arronofsky focuses on diverse and heartbreaking stories about the human experience.
