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e-mail: lenalwilson@gmail.com

Lena Wilson is a freelance writer whose work has been featured online, in print, and on-stage. She graduated with a BA in Film Studies from Smith College and feels passionately about the state of modern film culture and film criticism. She is particularly interested in seeing more and better depictions of women and LGBT people on-screen, as well as celebrating those people who work behind the camera. She doesn't like talking in the third person, but here she is.

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Male Nerd Entitlement And The Threat of (Fictional) Women

Male Nerd Entitlement And The Threat of (Fictional) Women

Why do male nerds think that their geekiness makes their misogyny more acceptable? Using the recent Doctor Wh…

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TV Diversity Won't Increase With Pilot Season 2017

TV Diversity Won't Increase With Pilot Season 2017

TV has been historically dominated by white male creators and actors. So far, the upcoming pilot season is do…

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Film Review: The Innocents Reinvents the War Genre

Film Review: The Innocents Reinvents the War Genre

Here are some phrases you've probably never read in the same sentence: "female friendships," "reproductive ri…

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Stream Queen: From Golden Statues to Small Screens

Stream Queen: From Golden Statues to Small Screens

To introduce you to the point where mainstream meets video stream, I’ve collected some online favorites inspi…

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What Went Wrong With Passengers?

What Went Wrong With Passengers?

High hopes abounded for Morten Tyldum's recent release Passengers . With a holiday release date, an interesti…

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Why The Handmaid's Tale Shouldn't Get a Second Season

Why The Handmaid's Tale Shouldn't Get a Second Season

The Handmaid's Tale is an undeniably important feminist text, and its Hulu adaptation is nothing to write off…

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‘Find Your Friends’ Review: Bella Thorne And Helena Howard Lead A Hollow Vacation Revenge Thriller

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No character in a thriller film has ever had a good drug trip, so it’s extra hilarious when, three-quarters of the way through Shudder’s upcoming release, a well-meaning character tells the protagonist to take shrooms, insisting that “the drugs will help.” So goes “Find Your Friends,” the witless first feature film from actress and writer-director Izabel Pakzad. At once excessive and lacking, this vacation fable confuses shock for substance and trauma for backstory.
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‘Blue Film’ Review: This Taboo Drama Edges The Audience With Edginess

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If you absorb any information about “Blue Film” before seeing it, you’ll get the sense that you’re in for a ride. The film’s only actors are Reed Birney (“The Menu,” “Home Before Dark”), who is 71, and Kieron Moore (“Boots,” “Masters of the Air”), who is 29, and the title refers to an old euphemism for pornography, to start. Add to that the trailer’s ominous references to the characters’ shared past, and you’ve stirred up some real intrigue.
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Lena Wilson, Author at The Playlist

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News, Reviews, Exclusive Interviews: The Best of The Playlist in your Inbox daily.
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