Round-up of Films seen in 2024
Dear USE readers, I haven’t seen very many films this year but I have endeavoured
North American Films | Russian and Soviet Films
Anora: Cinderella tale skewers class system and trash culture in neocapitalist society
Sean Baker, “Anora” (2024) Presenting as a comedy variation on the Cinderella story, “Anora” deftly
British Films | North American Films
Lee: a tired and flat biopic that does its heroine no justice
Ellen Kuras, “Lee” (2024) An earnest biopic, “Lee” follows the career of US photographer /
The harm caused to women and girls by queer theory and gender identity politics in “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 4: For a Gender Critical Future)”
Vaishnavi Sundar, “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 4: For a Gender
Hostility to detransitioning and what it says about the desire to control nature in “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 3: Trans Regret)”
Vaishnavi Sundar, “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 3: Trans Regret)” (2020)
The medical profession and its practices under fire in “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 2: Medicalisation)”
Vaishnavi Sundar, “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 2: Medicalisation)” (2020) In
Misogyny, female adolescence and gender identity ideology collide in “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 1: Being a Woman in a Woman-Hating World)”
Vaishnavi Sundari, “Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood like a House on Fire (Part 1: Being a Woman
Apartment 7A: regurgitating a classic psychological horror film as a boring profit-making exercise
Natalie Erika James, “Apartment 7A” (2024) Essentially a remake of Roman Polanski’s famous psychological horror
British Films | French and French-language Films | North American Films
The Substance: devastating satirical critique of Western culture’s obsession with surface appearances and material worth
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” (2024) It may be called “The Substance” but this film’s style
French and French-language Films | Northern European Films
Complètement cramé! – feel-good comedy on the importance of hope and helping others as a way of helping oneself
Gilles Legardinnier, “Complètement cramé! / Mr Blake at your service!” (2023) It’s twee and artificial