*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Does movie criticism have a male gaze? And is that a problem? A debate over the question has predictably ensued since the ...

Toward the end of Black Swan, her face is all bone and hollows, like a shrunken head; it comes as a relief to gaze (too briefly) on the full, rounded features of Mila Kunis as Nina’s insinuating ...

For all its brilliance, Black Swan would be nothing without its influences. Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue might be its most notable, but director Darren Aronofsky also looked to the work of Powell ...

Black Swan actress Natalie Portman recently got candid about her thoughts on the female gaze and I ... Just like I don’t think the male gaze is inherent in every single movie directed by a ...

Why the male gaze is bad for movie criticism June 28, 2018 More than 6 years ago Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) helps Meg Murry (Storm Reid) communicate with flowers in this scene from "A ...

In The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky crafted a battering ode to male masochism, to the notion that one is truly, ecstatically alive on the brink of self-obliteration. And now, for the perfect ...