Tag: Film

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  “Yellow Fever” and the Hypersexualization of Asian Women in Film

  May 1st, 2023     by Robina Nguyen     Comments

  Illustration by Beena Mistry In Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket, Papillon Soo-Soo plays a Vietnamese sex worker soliciting American GIs. Scantily clad in a leather slit skirt and teetering high heels, she takes a long, slow drag on her cigarette and recites the lines, “Me so horny. Me love you long time.” The term became sensationalized. You might have heard female vocals ooze the phrase in a 1989 2 Live Crew track. It was … READ MORE

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  This Story Is About You, But Not For You: A Review of “Made in China”

  February 6th, 2020     by Gelaine Santiago     Comments

  Gelaine Santiago reviews the film Made in China. READ MORE

  “Made In China couldn’t seem to reconcile the nature of telling the story of a Chinese person with its desire to pander to a white audience. Because of that, so much of this film just felt watered down, the way Chinese dishes are removed of spice and heat and history to be made palatable to mainstream consumers.” READ MORE

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  Hot Docs 2018, Reviews Part 1

  April 23rd, 2018     by Michelle Schwartz     Comments

  Featuring documentaries from across the world, the Hot Docs festival in Toronto runs from April 26 to May 6, 2018. Check out part one of our reviews series, featuring the films People’s Republic of Desire, Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution, and Netizens. Hot Docs offers free same-day tickets for all screenings before 5:00 p.m. to students with valid photo I.D. at the venue box offices (subject to availability). READ MORE

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  WEEKLY ROUND UP: JUNE 24

  June 24th, 2016     by Caitlin Blennerhassett     Comments

  Check out what’s making been making our headlines this week. READ MORE

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  Hot Docs Reviews Part Two

  April 28th, 2016     by Michelle Schwartz     Comments

  Featuring documentaries from across the worldThe Hot Docs festival in Toronto runs from April 28 to May 28 2016. Check out part two of our reviews featuring the films Strike a Pose, Check It and The Legacy of Frida Kahlo. Students with valid ID have free festival admission for films screening before 5:00 p.m. READ MORE

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  Hot Docs Reviews Part One

  April 28th, 2016     by Rusty Nipples     Comments

  Featuring documentaries from across the world the Hot Docs festival in Toronto runs from April 28 to May 28 2016. Check out part one of our reviews featuring the films Ovarion Psycos and Café Désirs. Students with valid ID have free festival admission for films screening before 5:00 p.m. READ MORE

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  Film Review: 52 Tuesdays

  April 7th, 2015     by Jackie Mlotek     Comments

  52 Tuesdays (Directed by Sophie Hyde) is a sweet film about Billie (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), a teenage girl in Australia, and her mother, James (Del Herbert-Jane), who is transitioning from female to male and asks Billie for a year on his own to get accustomed to transitioning. The duo agrees to spend every Tuesday night together for a year, so they can still stay in touch. Both James and Tom - Billie’s Dad - are young … READ MORE

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  Review: Girlhood (Bande de filles)

  March 12th, 2015     by Jackie Mlotek     Comments

  In one of my favourite classes I took last year, my professor told us a story about her then toddler aged son. His hair was long and he wore it in a braid, and some of the other kids at the daycare asked him if he was a girl or “why he had long hair like a girl”. He responded sombrely, “There are many ways to be a boy in this world”. I tell this … READ MORE

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  Dear Netflix

  October 31st, 2014     by Shilo Silver     Comments

  Kaylie Sorrenti struggles in their relationship with Netflix. READ MORE