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Sep 18, 2024 · In Camera Man, film critic Dana Stevens pulls the lens out from Keaton’s life and work to look at concurrent developments in entertainment, journalism, law, technology, the political and social status of women, and the popular understanding of addiction.
Sep 26, 2024 · Now, the Agojie are the subject of a new film, "The Woman King," directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood from a story by actor Maria Bello and screenwriter Dana Stevens. By 1823, the kingdom of...
Sep 11, 2024 · Find Dana Stevens of Culture Gabfest and Slate's articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and more
2 days ago · Slate's Dana Stevens compared the film to The Eternal Jew "as a textbook example of how race-baiting fantasy and nationalist myth can serve as an incitement to total war. Since it's a product of the post-ideological, post- Xbox 21st century, 300 will instead be talked about as a technical achievement, the next blip on the increasingly blurry ...
Sep 25, 2024 · After identifying the ferociousness of the patriarchy as a key theme, Slate’s Dana Stevens wrote: “After two hours and 20 minutes of flamboyantly repulsive variations on this well-worn theme, even the strongest-stomached and most feminist of viewers could be excused for muttering, We get it already.”
Sep 23, 2024 · The Babadook “creates tension not with jump scares or chase sequences,” wrote Slate’s Dana Stevens in 2014, “but with judicious editing and slow-burn suspense—that is, until it descends into a final half-hour of harrowing emotional and physical intensity, an extended climax that made me gasp aloud, hide my eyes, and weep at ...
Sep 20, 2024 · Meanwhile, Slate’s Dana Stevens went into The Substance game for the feminist horror and commentary on aging and beauty.
Sep 6, 2024 · Rickingcraft. Sep 21, 2024. "His Three Daughters" is a poignant exploration of familial bonds that feels intimately specific, drawing viewers into its emotional landscape as if the three daughters were our own sisters and their father, our own dying parent. The film, while seemingly simple and focused on everyday life, manages to delve deeply ...
Sep 20, 2024 · Sep 23, 2024. The Substance is nothing short of a revelation, combining satire, horror, and potent commentary on Hollywood’s obsession with youth. From its striking opening to its nightmarish finale, director Coralie Fargeat creates a visual and thematic triumph that leaves a lasting impact. Demi Moore, in one of her best performances in ...
3 days ago · — Dana Stevens, Slant Magazine (Sep 17, 2009) “This isn’t your assembly-line teen horror thriller. The portraits of Jennifer and Needy are a little too knowing, the dialogue is a little too off-center, the developments are a little too quirky.
