Monsters! Feminism! Jazz Hands! Exclamation Points! Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! Is an Unhinged Spectacle.
Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss The Bride, Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, and ReelShort vertical micro-dramas, with a bonus segment on adulthood and an Oscars preview event.
It's a trompe-l'il, it can't even turn you on': Have on-screen bodies become too unrealistic?
Despite increased sexual content in film and television, critics argue these portrayals lack genuine eroticism due to idealized bodies and choreographed encounters, potentially causing audience fatigue.