Looks like Kid Blue’s on board.
Characterizing Middle of Nowhere and similar films as “different” and “revolutionary” for their depiction of fleshed-out black female characters...
We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter,...
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Night View Through Trees of Pittsburgh, W. Eugene Smith, c. 1955 (via)
His Girl Friday (1940) Howard Hawks
I don’t think that rapid-fire dialogue alone makes a movie, but this seems to be one of the best examples, and I enjoyed Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell a great deal. Man, I know this isn’t news or anything, but Cary Grant was really fucking charming. Funny how Russell’s character in this 1940s film is a stronger leading lady character than most of those in modern rom-coms.
This would make a great double-feature with Network. I would watch them both and then sit and cry about the modern 24-hour news cycle.
Also, quite possibly the worst movie poster ever.
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