We Were Dangerous
directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu 2024 While the young women in We Were Dangerous were not subject to the sort of procedures meted out by Salem prison dungeonmasters, there’s no competition in misery like this, 1692 Massachusetts to 1954 New Zealand. But this is not a movie about misery. What truly sets Dangerous apart from […]
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
directed by Ronald Neame 1969 If you’re not used to noticing cultured bullies, you can watch The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and be as confused as an evanjelly about whether she’s any good. You know, like would she have condemned “witches” at Salem, and raged against enslaved people, and joined in Nazi pogroms? Totally. […]