Megan, Author at WWAC

Mudbound: A Gorgeously Shot Drama About Southern Racism

October 22, 2017

Mudbound Dee Rees (director), Rachel Morrison (cinematographer), Mako Kamitsuna (editor) Adapted from the Hillary Jordan novel by Dee Rees and Virgil Williams Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige (cast) January 21, 2017 (Sundance), September 10, 2017 ...

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Backlight: Hollywood Is a Hellscape But There’s Still Some Cool Projects to Look Forward To

October 8, 2017

The New York Times published a major investigative piece this week exposing decades of sexual harassment by Miramax head, Harvey Weinstein. NYT used a combination of named and unnamed sources, internal documents, and legal filings from settled claims to piece together a story of thirty years ...

Reviews

Disobedience Is A Slow-Burning Portrait of Grief, Love and Community

October 1, 2017

Disobedience Sebastián Lelio (director), Danny Cohen (cinematographer), Nathan Nugent (editor) Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola (cast) Adapted from the Naomi Alderman novel Disobedence by Sebastián Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz September 10, 2017 (TIFF) Sebastián Lelio made two ...

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A Fantastic Woman Is Fantastic

September 17, 2017

A Fantastic Woman Sebastián Lelio (director), Benjamín Echazarreta (cinematographer), Soledad Salfate (editor) Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Kuppenheim, Nicolas Saavedra, Amparo Noguera, Nestor Cantillana, Antonia Zegers, Sergio Hernandez (cast) Released February 12, 2017 ...

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Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Is Not Wondrous

September 15, 2017

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Angela Robinson (director and writer), Bryce Fortner (cinematographer), Jeffrey M. Werner (editor) Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, JJ Feild, Oliver Platt, Connie Britton (cast) September 9, 2017 (TIFF), October 13, 2017 (USA) I met Angela ...

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mother! Is Unbearably Corny

September 12, 2017

mother! Darren Aronofsky (director and writer), Matthew Libatique (cinematographer), Andrew Weisblum (editor) Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer September 5, 2017 (Venice), September 15, 2017 (USA) There are three ideas in mother! and they’re all garage sale ...

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Backlight: Women In the Director’s Chair

September 3, 2017

Seeing Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman turn into a huge commercial success is a special kind of schadenfreude. Superhero and other popcorn action films have been been particularly resistant to give female directors a chance, even while allowing mediocre white men to fail upwards, from mild ...

Zines

Submissions Open for “We Told You”, a Joss Whedon Zine

August 22, 2017

Bleating Heart Press is making a zine! We Told You is a 50-page zine about the problematic work and activism of writer, director and producer, Joss Whedon. When Whedon’s ex-wife Kai Cole wrote about the breakdown of their marriage, dozens of think pieces were published examining his most recent ...

Roundtables

The Dead Game of Thrones: Who Do You Want to See Die?

August 11, 2017

Game of Thrones is a show that we both love and hate. We got together to examine what keeps us watching and who we most want to see die next. What keeps you watching Game of Thrones? Wendy Browne: Masochism. But seriously. I am and have always been invested in these characters from both book ...

Comics

2017 Comics Journalism and Critics Survey

August 8, 2017

Many people in comics feel uncomfortable discussing money. Many more feel uncomfortable confronting editors or employers about issues in the work environment. I decided to poll comics journalists and critics to find out: who they are, how much money they’re making, and how comfortable ...

Megan

Mudbound: A Gorgeously Shot Drama About Southern Racism

Backlight: Hollywood Is a Hellscape But There’s Still Some Cool Projects to Look Forward To

Disobedience Is A Slow-Burning Portrait of Grief, Love and Community

A Fantastic Woman Is Fantastic

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Is Not Wondrous

mother! Is Unbearably Corny

Submissions Open for “We Told You”, a Joss Whedon Zine

The Dead Game of Thrones: Who Do You Want to See Die?

2017 Comics Journalism and Critics Survey

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