Suzanne d'Corsey

A climate vigilante takes matters into her own hands

A climate vigilante takes matters into her own hands

In this Icelandic saga for our times, a middle-aged-choir-conductor-turned-saboteur believes that nothing less than the crippling of the infrastructure will do

In a desolate, mountainous wilderness, a woman fixes an arrow to her bow and sends it flying over electric pylons standing like hideous giants across the land. Attached to the arrow is a string. Attached to the string is a metal cable, which, when pulled across the top of the wires, short-circuits the grid, instantly shutting down the huge aluminum smelter they feed.

So begins Woman at War, an Icelandic film by Benedikt Erlingsson that could not be more timely: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just issued its most dire warning ever. We are now at the crossroads of destiny.

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Sanctuary of trust and caring

‘The Square’ walks the line between black humor and pathos

It's common enough - and often tedious - to be subjected to certain perennial topics around contemporary art, specifically art that has slipped its tethers and entered the realms of reflective social commentary. In Ruben Östlund's The Square, one of the first questions asked in an interview by Christian,

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Hard-won progress

Film tells the story of four women legislators in California, whose intelligence and negotiating set the stage for contemporary legal victories for LGBTQ people

The documentary “Political Animals,” follows the story of four remarkable lesbians in the California State Assembly whose work for equal rights, particularly for those of gays and lesbians, comprises the twists and turns and hard-won progress against such odds as would leave most of us in despair. The film...

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Susan Sontag: A life lived in extreme situations

How often are we afforded the opportunity to witness the life, loves, and intellectual revelations of an extraordinary person we thought we knew, but don't really, in a comprehensive and revealing 90-minute documentary? I am a wee bit embarrassed to admit that I've taken Susan Sontag somewhat for granted in my life as a vaguely intimidating intellectual giant of my parent's generation, born in the same year as they, 1933. I have a couple of her works of my shelves:

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