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Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem Shine in Soapy-Yet-Substantial Everybody Knows

This review originally ran during the Cannes Film Festival.Everybody Knows opens with a whirlwind introduction to a sprawling Spanish family, introducing sisters, in-laws, nieces and nephews so breathlessly you may feel the urge to make a diagram. At the wedding they’ve gathered for, videographers fly a drone camera high over … More » Source: Ent […]

What We Can Learn About Gender From The Matrix

Trans women have claimed The Matrix as an allegory for gender transition since at least 2012, when Lana Wachowski publicly came out as a trans woman while doing press for the film Cloud Atlas. (Her sister Lilly followed suit in 2016.) The symbolism is easy to find: Thomas Anderson’s double … More » Source: Ent […]

High Fashion Is Just The Matrix Cosplay Now

It all started the way most fashion trends do today: with a memo from Kanye West. Sometime in early 2017, the rapper turned designer sent his wife, Kim Kardashian, “a whole email [saying], like, ‘You cannot wear big glasses anymore. It’s all about tiny little sunglasses,’” she recalled on an … More » Source: Ent […]