BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Paul Verhoeven
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Film & Television
JANUARY 14, 2022
‘Benedetta’ is visceral, whip-smart spiritual horror
“Benedetta” is exceptional for layering themes that construct multiple flashpoints of modern culture, while chronicling a mercurial yet touching love story.
Film & Television
JANUARY 14, 2022
‘Benedetta’ is visceral, whip-smart spiritual horror
“Benedetta” is exceptional for layering themes that construct multiple flashpoints of modern culture, while chronicling a mercurial yet touching love story.
Culture Shot
OCTOBER 14, 2021
‘Zola,’ ‘Showgirls’ and the fraught history of sex work-centered media
Films depicting sex work have historically taken on a moralizing tone, with sex workers often occupying the center of tragedy — presumably because of the nature of their employment.
Culture Shot
OCTOBER 14, 2021
‘Zola,’ ‘Showgirls’ and the fraught history of sex work-centered media
Films depicting sex work have historically taken on a moralizing tone, with sex workers often occupying the center of tragedy — presumably because of the nature of their employment.
Film & Television
JULY 09, 2018
Boots Riley burns down our capitalist dystopia with impulsive, radical ‘Sorry to Bother You’
A verbose, genuinely unpredictable shindig, “Sorry to Bother You” marks the directorial debut of hip-hop artist and Oakland’s own Boots Riley.
Film & Television
JULY 09, 2018
Boots Riley burns down our capitalist dystopia with impulsive, radical ‘Sorry to Bother You’
A verbose, genuinely unpredictable shindig, “Sorry to Bother You” marks the directorial debut of hip-hop artist and Oakland’s own Boots Riley.
Film & Television
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
‘Double Lover’ offers double whammy of sex positivity, problematic attitudes
François Ozon’s “Double Lover” ultimately fails to clear at an integral bar of cinematic passability: On-screen sexual consent.
Film & Television
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
‘Double Lover’ offers double whammy of sex positivity, problematic attitudes
François Ozon’s “Double Lover” ultimately fails to clear at an integral bar of cinematic passability: On-screen sexual consent.
