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Could Rebooted Lara Croft Be a New Feminist Icon?

  Tomb Raider (2013) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Crystal Dynamics Square Enix Warning: This article contains spoilers for the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider. Before you read this article, forget everything you think you know about Lara Croft. Take all of your memories of her from previous games and throw them out the metaphorical window. …

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TJFF 2012: ‘Something Wild’ is an exhausting, glib, and outdated look at sexual assault

Something Wild Directed by Jack Garfein Written by Jack Garfein and Alex Karmel USA, 1961 For an era as socially untactful as the 1960’s, Jack Garfein’s Something Wild, a story about a young rape victim struggling with the aftermath of her attack, must’ve been nothing short of avant-garde. As daring and inventive as it might’ve …

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