“We need another Sex and the City!” “We need more complex female characters!” the people shriek into the void. Yet whenever Hollywood decides to indulge our demands, we spit it right back out. “No, this is not the same!” After taking a backseat to drama for a significant period, 2025 has been a strong year […]
Read More I Love L.A. (2025) Review- What’s not to love?I had the pleasure of sitting down with Oscar-nominated directors Sam and David Cutler-Kruetz to discuss their latest short film, Trapped (2025). Our conversation was nothing short of delightful. The film tells the story of a school janitor who, due to childcare struggles, is forced to bring his young son to work. As the night […]
Read More David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz on their new short film Trapped and previous Oscar nominated short A LienAbstract This dissertation aims to analyse how film director Sean Baker explores the theme of subcultures throughout his filmography while also examining his influences regarding the social realism genre. When looking at the subculture theory, mainly focusing on Dick Hebdige’s ground-breaking Subculture the Meaning of Style (1979), the dissertation will examine the different meanings of […]
Read More How does Sean Baker represent subcultures across his sex work trilogy?