It's Gonna Be May(Day)

by Jason Adams

Heads-up on a movie that should be on your radars if it isn't already -- I saw director Karen Cinorre's debut film Mayday at Sundance back in February, and it's a fascinating feminist spin on the War Film starring a slew of super up-and-comer actresses, including personal beloveds Grace Van Patten (so great on Nine Perfect Strangers right now) and Mia Goth (oh how we love Mia Goth). Oh and Juliette Lewis is there too? Indeed she is! Here's a little of what I said about Mayday in February:

"Mayday... is plenty aware of... the limitations in adopting masculine ideas of violence and revenge. But unlike something like Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch, which Mayday feels like an explicit rebuke of, there's no fetishization of girls play-acting tough guy roles -- their past wounds don't become level-up Barbie-costumes that wrap their sexual assaults in pleather bustier pseudo-feminist bullshit. These women's fuck-ups feel genuine, earned and experienced -- they've left more emotional marks than they have sexy thigh scars or pretty painted bruises -- while their baggy fatigues just make for a practical place to wipe off dude-gore."

Read the rest (which dives into some themes I saw percolating across several female-directed pictures at Sundance) here. Mayday is out on October 1st, and here's the trailer to get you hyped:

Young Juliette Lewis eating watermelon just cuz

Would you rather?

This little polling game is just our excuse to share new Instagram photos we like of various celebrities. So, Would you rather... 

•  eat croissants with Orlando Bloom?
•  visit the boys room with supermodel Kristen McNemany?
•  get rid of the grey hairs with Jason Momoa?
•  meditate in the desert with Michelle Pfeiffer?
•  celebrate Juliette Lewis' bday... with Juliette?
•  attend tap dance training with Hugh Jackman?
•  help Paul Bettany with his sunscreen?
•  visit the leaning tower of Pisa with Aubrey Plaza & Alison Brie?
•  dance to Taylor Swift with Evangeline Lily?
•  take a swim with Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang?
•  work on your abs with Tom Mercier?
•  get back to work with Sir Ian McKellen?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide... (if there is a gif, the link takes you to the video)

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The Strange Pleasures of "Strange Days"

by Cláudio Alves

In a future that's now our past, Strange Days tells a beguiling and disturbing tale of addiction and police brutality. Kathryn Bigelow's most most ambitious project to date, at least at the level of form and theme, opened in movie theaters twenty-five years ago today. Mixing social commentary with action excitement, insane feats of camera choreography, and feverish performances, the movie's a testament to its director's skill even if it wasn't the title that won her the Oscar. It's also a heady thrill ride that's out to dazzle the spectator, to shock them and galvanize too. Pleasure and violence are forever intertwined in this dream of celluloid.

The setting is Los Angeles on New Year's Eve, 1999, and the air is suffused with the threat of revolt. Strange Days, which opened in movie theaters on this very day in '95, posits a near future where technological advancements have made it possible to record and share memories...

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Would you rather?

This is our excuse to share Instagram photos we love this past week or so, so please indulge us. Answer the question in the comments. Would you rather...

real fishness pride

• cosplay mermen with KJ Apa?
• shop for bathroom tiles with Christina Hendricks?
• do posture exercizes with Alec Utgoff?
• dress-up and read storybooks with Channing Tatum?
• dance to WAP with Laverne Cox?
• have espresso with Salma Hayek?
• arrive in Venice stylishly with Pierre Niney?
• stage a one-man musical like David Dastmalchian?
• relax in the pool, Mariah blasting, with Kerry Washington?
• watch Cape Fear with Juliette Lewis herself?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide. (If there's a gif you should click for the video)

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