Poverty in Film: Hillbilly Elegy vs. Parasite

Poverty in Film: Hillbilly Elegy vs. Parasite

This article contains some spoilers for Parasite (2019) and Hillbilly Elegy (2020) Netflix’s recent drama Hillbilly Elegy has gotten a lot of flack for its portrayal of poverty in rural America: critics have called it “exploitative”, “condescending”, “terrible”, and...
Review: In Dread of Resurrection in “Suspiria”

Review: In Dread of Resurrection in “Suspiria”

This article contains some spoilers for Suspiria (2018). There is a simple truth when it comes to the Resurrection: “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit”.1 We are to be encouraged...