If The Maltese Falcon is a work of high Modernism, then The Big Sleep has more in common with Postmodernism, with an obsession with the simulacrum of detective stories, not the quest for truth.
Harriet is a formulaic biopic that doesn’t take any creatively clever leaps to ensure this biopic deserves to be associated with the historical significance of Harriet Tubman.
Thanks to our friends at Magnolia Mae Films, Film Inquiry is happy to announce that we’ve got 2 DVDs to give away for The White Crow to our European readers!
Clement Tyler Obropta explores whether or not Scooby-Doo promotes racist messaging, and how it uses xenophobic thinking to power a praxis of politics for propelling the narrative.