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Dismantling a Monolith of Misery: Finding Hope Amid State-Protected Violence in Kenji Mizoguchi’s Sansho the Bailiff

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|Chris Polley| Breaking up families, the oppressed becoming the oppressor, the government sanctioning open and wanton cruelty on the streets—sound familiar? When I got offered the chance to write about Kenji Mizoguchi’s folktale-inspired 1954 epic Sansho the Bailiff this past winter amid Operation Metro Surge and just weeks after the murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, I immediately felt the connection. It was deep in my bones. Continue reading

A City Without Community: The Lack of Neighborliness in Rear Window

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|Andrew Neill| Let’s start with a trigger warning for the film Rear Window: the dog dies. The sensitivity around this subject is prevalent, powerful, and worthy of respect. There’s a whole site where a community of people compile trigger warnings for sensitive content in media… Continue reading