‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: It Takes a Whole Village to Destroy a Woman
Cassie Thomas (Carrey Mulligan) likes to play drunker than she is in bars. She likes to pretend to be vulnerable and compromised so that when...
Month: January 2021
Critics vs Creators: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Earlier this week, critic Jerry Saltz tweeted an Oscar Wilde quote that has pissed off a few thousand people. It reads: “A good critic always...
‘Blade Runner’ (1982) Has an Inexplicable Gender Blindspot
I watched Blade Runner with the same friend who helped me tackle Rosemary’s Baby and, for the first hour or so, we thought we were...