Of Mothers and Daughters: Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta and Three Alice Munro Short Stories

Of Mothers and Daughters

Pedro Almodóvar’s 20th feature Julieta (2016) stays wholly with its eponymous heroine, played by the vivacious Adriana Ugarte in her younger years and by Emma…

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Fantastic Men and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Men and Where to Find Them

Lucy Mills writes about the representation of masculinity in Hollywood films and how it affects the representation of other genders.

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Wakanda forever, lah, beyond the West

Wakanda Forever

TGV is the newer of Miri’s two movie theaters. Past the vendors selling durian and rambutan in the tamu, the stall keepers offering nasi lemak…

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Medea on Prozac

Medea on Prozac

Dyna Kassir’s essay is a collection of speculative thoughts, diverse and scattered but many times blended and regrouped, inspired by the 2008 movie “Slumdog Millionaires” directed by Danny Boyle.

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From Samuel Goldwyn to Andrea Arnold: the transformation of Heathcliff’s filmic identity

From Samuel Goldwyn to Andrea Arnold: the transformation of Heathcliff’s filmic identity

Emily Bronte’s Heathcliff is ‘a Lascar’ and a ‘dark-skinned gipsy in aspect’. With the arrival of Heathcliff, the idea associated with him is that of…

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An interview with Shailaja Padindala

An interview with Shailaja Padindala

The short film ‘Memories of a Machine’ was screened on 15th Oct, 2016 at the Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Written and directed by Shailaja Padindala,…

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