Reading Time: 4 minutes “People are incapable of not caring.” This is perhaps the most poignant line in Darren Aronofsky’s profound, empathic new film The Whale. I also think it’s true. Sadly, there are plenty of barriers to caring. Racism and sexism. Political othering. And, explored most deeply in The Whale, self-loathing and faith-based manipulation. If you allow this […]
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‘She Said’: Ending Harvey Weinstein’s reign of terror
Reading Time: 4 minutes “He took my voice that day.” There are few things sadder than the way trauma can alter a person and their life’s trajectory. She Said, the film documenting The New York Times’ investigation into movie producer Harvey Weinstein, is an engrossing story of journalistic discovery. But it also does an excellent job of showing the […]