The Woman King first published by Sight & Sound, November edition 2022 Review: There is a paradox in the kenning-like title of this latest feature from director Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees, 2008; Beyond the Lights, 2014; The Old Guard, 2020). A ‘woman king’ is surely a queen – but unlike Shantay (Jayme…
Detroit first published by RealCrime Magazine Director Kathryn Bigelow’s previous two collaborations with writer Mark Boal cast a carefully critical light on the US’s military operations abroad. The Hurt Locker (2008) revealed a soldier’s heroic masculinity to be a pathological addiction, while Zero Dark Thirty interrogated America’s willingness to torture and murder in the name of…