We’re not quite sure how to look at 2014, the year in film. Though it has featured some well made and well-intentioned films, something about the year as a whole has felt a bit empty. Perhaps this is a good thing as there are no clear award front runners (as of yet), and it is…
‘Force Majeure’: Subverting Gender in the Danger Zone
‘Force Majeure’, the emotionally and visually stunning new Swedish film from director Ruben Ostlund, hinges on a temporarily terrifying moment. A family of four is eating lunch on ski resort terrace in the French Alps when a growing avalanche hurdles toward them. Amidst screaming and scattering, the father flees for survival, leaving his wife to…