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Week of March 18, 2016
Never mix-up a gay pride parade with a
white pride parade. First up…
Carol
The toughest part of being in a same-sex
relationship is deciding who has to sleep on the couch after an argument.
Fortunately, the Sapphic socialite in this
drama is likely to have a really comfy one.
Manhattan shop girl Therese (Rooney Mara)
becomes smitten with a sophisticated older woman, Carol (Cate Blanchett), who
invites her to spend the holidays with her.
But Carol’s ex-husband (Kyle Chandler) and
Therese’s boyfriend (Jake Lacy) are adamant against their forbidden affair.
So much so, that now the court is
threatening to take Carol’s daughter from her because of her alternative
lifestyle.
An unexpectedly optimistic lesbian love
story set in the ridged 1950s, this handsomely shot art-house adaptation of the
gay-lit novel from the same era honors its iconic backdrop with sets and
costumes as alluring and nuanced as its May-December leads.
Thankfully, nowadays, society would only
have a problem with the lesbians’ noticeable age difference. Green Light
Sisters
The easiest way to tell which sister is the
crazy one is by asking who the oldest is.
And while this comedy doesn’t analyze the
lucidity of birth order, it is about siblings going crazy.
When their parents (Dianne Wiest, James
Brolin) sell their family home, reckless Kate (Tina Fey) and responsible Maura
(Amy Poehler) host one last house party.
Inviting their friends from high school
(John Leguizamo, Bobby Moynihan, Samantha Bee) and their new neighbor (Ike
Barinholtz), they try to recreate their glory days with booze, drugs and
debauchery.
But a conflict concerning Kate’s daughter
drives a wedge between them.
Despite the zany premise and comedic talent
of both leads, Sisters is an unfunny foray into the sad-sack realm of female
adulthood that’s unceremoniously seasoned with unsavory dick and fart jokes.
And just because your parents move out,
doesn’t mean the new homeowners don’t want a 40-year-old in their
basement. Red Light
The Big Short
The best part of homeownership in the
early-2000s was if your house ever burnt down, you still had two left over.
While no one saw this as a problem, the
suits in this dramedy did…and made millions.
When rogue hedge fund manager Michael Burry
(Christian Bale) uncovers what will eventually become the housing bubble, he
predicts its eventual collapse, and despite ridicule from every bank he meets
with, he bets against it.
His credit default swap scheme, however,
ends up intriguing a trader (Ryan Gosling), an investor (Finn Wittrock),
another hedge fund manager (Steve Carell) and an ex-banker (Brad Pitt), all of
who want in.
Clarifying the complexities of the
financial crisis and defining the convoluted terminology involved with elucidatory
side vignettes, this layperson adaptation of the non-fiction novel is
frightening, facetious, and keenly insightful.
Incidentally, with all those subsequent
foreclosures, smart traders would’ve invested in cans of squatter spray. Green Light
***Girl-on-Girl Reaction***
The Children’s Hour
The best way to keep your lesbian
relationship secret is by telling everyone you’re sisters.
The lovers in this drama, however, choose
to deny their passions outright.
When a spiteful private school student
spreads rumors that her teachers, Martha (Shirley MacLaine) and Karen (Audrey
Hepburn), are lesbians, she puts Karen’s engagement to Joe (James Garner) as
well as both women’s careers in jeopardy.
As the validity of the allegations are
scrutinized by the faculty so too do both women explore their own feelings for
each other. But the shame for one is too much to bear.
One of the first, and few, Hollywood movies
to discuss homosexuality, this 1961 film adaptation of the infamous play is a
well-acted think piece that cunningly expounds on the dangers of gossip.
Besides, the best way to tell if a female
teacher is a possible lesbian is by having them teach a gym class.
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