Mother Knows Death: “Pieta” and Other Tales of Violent Mothers
Motherhood as portrayed by the Korean New Wave's revenge thrillers
Looking at some of the most noteworthy South Korean revenge thrillers of recent years, a genre unto itself that seems to be as fashionable as superhero movies are in Hollywood, all their most internationally well-known directors seems to have tried their hand at putting a scorned mother under the lead spotlight to portray the theme of desperate motherhood. Get the story
On Naughty Parentheses, Joffrey Bieber, and Spanish Michael Caine
What's acceptable and not acceptable this past week
The Great Xenophobia Bait-and-Switch in “Iron Man 3”
How Marvel toyed with Yellow Peril, Islamophobia and audience expectations
Iron Man 3 opened to a $175 million weekend, so I assume all of you have seen it by now. If you haven’t, reading further is not a good idea. Get the story
