More Than Shadows #2: On the Noir Legacy of Ida Lupino
“Ida Lupino may have thought of herself as a poor man’s Don Siegel as a director and Bette Davis as an actress, but I think that’s far from true.”
Chicago based writer. She has been published by Vulture, Village Voice, and New York Times. She can be found on Twitter @angelicabastien and her site madwomenandmuses.com.
“Ida Lupino may have thought of herself as a poor man’s Don Siegel as a director and Bette Davis as an actress, but I think that’s far from true.”
“After viewing ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ for the first time, I wondered, ‘Doesn’t a woman have to be at least a little bit monstrous to survive?'”
“There will be unrequited love and monstrous desires amongst these essays.”
“‘Eve’s Bayou’ is like a living poem, deftly exploring the way memory can both comfort and haunt us, long after the actual wounds of our tragedies heal.”
A Series by Angelica Jade Bastién
“As Bridget Gregory in ‘The Last Seduction,’ Linda Fiorentino is like the shock of hearing a gunshot in the dead of night. She embodies, more than any other character, the ethos of the modern femme fatale.”
A Series by Angelica Jade Bastién
A Series by Angelica Jade Bastién
A Series by Angelica Jade Bastién
A Series by Angelica Jade Bastién
A Series by Angelica Jade Bastién
A Series by Angelica Jade Bastién