by Caillin McDaid | May 31, 2024 | Genre
When you picture a western, you picture a cowboy. John Wayne, the Duke. Clint Eastwood, the Man With No Name. The name itself, cow-boy, emphasises the masculine quality of this genre. Westerns are a genre that was at its peak in Hollywood’s Golden and Silver age. They...
by Jess Fitzpatrick-Howard | May 31, 2024 | Genre
Lesbians and queer women in film The portrayal of romance and sexuality for women in film is a series of sticky parameters of rules and expectations for how they should act and will be perceived. Queer women, in particular, fall victim to inaccurate representation...
by Bijin Chen | May 24, 2024 | Genre
The sci-fi genre has been used by filmmakers to comment on different circumstances to inhabit, lifestyles to live, and struggles to face in society; Through imaginative and innovative special effects, these films help reframe and challenge gender in these films....
by Lauren Oliver | May 24, 2024 | Genre
Horror can shock, excite, confuse and subvert through playing with societal boundaries, but where horror is painfully conventional is in its portrayal of mothers as terrifying, monstrous figures. Why do directors morph motherhood into something intangible and...
by Bijin Chen | May 24, 2024 | Genre
Wu, martial arts, Xia, heroes and heroines. Aligning with the name, wuxia is a unique Chinese genre that tells stories of a group of martial artists in ancient times. The adventure in the wuxia world could be understood as a superhero plot. In fact, Xia is widely...
by Jess Fitzpatrick-Howard | May 24, 2024 | Genre
We thought we had seen it all from the rise of fanfic movies like After, 50 Shades and now The Idea of You, but that was just the tip of the iceberg of what murky waters lie ahead. Vertical films are having their moment in the spotlight, or perhaps more fittingly,...
