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Why Aren’t We Seeing More Child-Free Women On-Screen?

Why Aren’t We Seeing More Child-Free Women On-Screen?

by cjharris | | equality, feminism, film, popular culture, women

When I think about how women are portrayed on-screen, the final image in the 1999 romantic comedy Notting Hill comes to mind. In a montage laden with sentimentality, we are whisked through Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ romantic life — culminating in a scene on a park...
How Will Films Reference the Coronavirus?

How Will Films Reference the Coronavirus?

by cjharris | | current affairs, film, popular culture, writing

How to Write a Hallmark Movie While the World Is Ending

How to Write a Hallmark Movie While the World Is Ending

by cjharris | | film, popular culture, writing

Until I was commissioned to write a Hallmark movie, I had never actually seen one. My task involved watching dozens of them so I could figure out the formula (yes they really are the same film over and over) before sending off my first screenplay. But even though I...
In Times Like These, Are We Right to Care About the Arts?

In Times Like These, Are We Right to Care About the Arts?

by cjharris | | current affairs, film, politics, popular culture

This week, the Australian Government declared that the arts were no longer important.  No, that’s not actually true. They didn’t make any such declaration. Instead Prime Minister Scott Morrison spouted some nonsense about why he was cutting a number of government...
Once Upon a Time in Tarantino’s Version of Hollywood…

Once Upon a Time in Tarantino’s Version of Hollywood…

by cjharris | | film, popular culture, women

 ing: spoilers ahead. Full disclosure: I’m not a big Tarantino fan so I may not be the target audience for his 2 hour 45 minute homage to Hollywood of the 1960s. On the other hand, I’m a huge fan of this particular era of cinema, so I was thoroughly expecting to enjoy...
The Case of Geoffrey Rush vs All the Women Who Can’t Take a Joke

The Case of Geoffrey Rush vs All the Women Who Can’t Take a Joke

by cjharris | | current affairs, popular culture, work

Geoffrey Rush has won $850,000 in his defamation case against the Daily Telegraph, and stands to receive millions more in damages. The fact that the Murdoch tabloid is sensationalism posing as news will come as a shock to precisely no one. But Murdoch is not the real...
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