![]() In its simplest form, Madeline’s Madeline is made up of toxic mother-daughter relationships, biological or otherwise. Decker stretches the medium, creating a film that is at once uncomfortable and brilliant in its examination of intellectual and emotional appropriation. The switch between fever dream and conscious narrative, between immersive theater and mental illness, is reminiscent of Charlie Kauffman’s Synecdoche, New York. It’s an understatement to say that Madeline’s Madeline is unconventional. That film, watched in small red cushioned seats, under the flicker of a projector whispering surreal images was writer and director Josephine Decker‘s Madeline’s Madeline. ![]() ![]() The film, most knew little about, other than a young actress had made a fiery debut in it. In the vintage walls of Chicago’s Music Theater, a midnight film played at the Chicago Critics Film Festival. ![]()
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Together Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception as they work to stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared.Įmilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked nothing was as it seemed. Despite her betrayal, Emilia will do anything to solve this new mystery and find out who her sister really is. Damning evidence points to Vittoria as the murderer and she’s quickly declared an enemy of the Seven Circles. When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, Emilia and Wrath are drawn to the rival demon court. Emilia doesn’t simply desire his body, she wants his heart and soul-but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. 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Gustave Flaubert is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The characterisations of femme fatale’s such as Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity) and Matty Walker (Body Heat), are as enigmatic as they are entertaining, while part of the fun for the viewer is to analyse their behaviour on repeat viewings, looking for the earliest signs of endangerment in hindsight. Through the femme fatale, audiences are often taken on a ride of contrivance and deception, yet they come back for more, because unlike your conventional antagonist, the femme fatale requires a certain mystique. Modern incarnations of the architype, such as Denise Richards’ seductive portrayal of Kelly Van Ryan in Wild Things, or Famke Jansen’s turn as the perilous Bond villainess, Xenia Onatopp in Golden Eye, have reminded audiences of the femme fatale’s cinematic potential. ![]() Regardless, the notion of the beautiful, empowered, and deadly woman, remains a profound one when executed well. The presence of the femme fatale (or fatal woman in English) in contemporary American cinema is not as prominent now as it once was in the Golden Age. ![]() |