Black Maria contributor Diana Drumm takes time out from rubbing elbows with the cinema glitterati on the Croisette to talk about Mad Max: Fury Road which debuted at Cannes last week. Hitting the red steps […]
By Diana Drumm In trying to keep up the pretense of being a proper film writer, I attempted to come up with a list of favorite and/or best performances (sometimes mutually exclusive, if we’re being […]
Two women begin their stories in Japan. Both are subjected to female-filled workplaces and patriarchal expectations. One stays, the other leaves. One dies most definitely, the other may or may not have survived. One has […]
Women have bodies. Women make jokes. Women appreciate observational comedy. Women are funny. God damn it. Then why do I still feel compelled to spell all of that out? Why do we of the female […]
A writer sits down at their typewriter with horn-rimmed eyeglasses sliding down their nose, a cigarette behind their right ear and a tumbler of Scotch within arm’s length. They type a few words, typical nonsense […]
Following the critical success of The American and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and boasting a cast including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams and Willem Dafoe, critics lined up this past Friday (with more than a few disgruntled […]
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