The Opposite (of Noir)
Louis Malle’s 1958 classic ‘Elevator to the Gallows’ is proto-New Wave, pseudo-noir, and a secret ‘Seinfeld’ episode 30 years before the show existed.
‘The Last Duel’ and The Erasure of the Female Testimony
Ridley Scott’s ‘The Last Duel’ (2021) fails to do justice to women’s testimony of sexual assault.