Kristen Lopez, Author at CrookedMarquee

Kristen Lopez

Kristen Lopez is the real life equivalent of Lady Bird, complete with a Sacramento address. She's been lucky to be published at RogerEbert.com, The Daily Beast, and The Hollywood Reporter. She runs two podcasts, the feminist film show Citizen Dame and the classic film-centric Ticklish Business. In her free time she can be found on Twitter sharing her love for Oscar Isaac and movie coats, sometime both in the same tweet.

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Taylor Sheridan Is the Worst: A Woman's Perspective

Jul 3rd, 2018

If you search the depths of Film Twitter, you’ll discover something about me: I hate everything written by Taylor Sheridan. His films — Hell or...

<i>The Opposite of Sex</i>, Christina Ricci's Neo-Noir Graduation into Adult Roles — Kristen Lopez

The Opposite of Sex, Christina Ricci's Neo-Noir Graduation into Adult Roles

May 29th, 2018

The neo-noir was a genre closely identified with the ‘90s. By 1998, though, neo-noirs were a dime a dozen, with directors and screenwriters trying...

<i>Rampage</i> and the Politics of Movie Monsters — Kristen Lopez

Rampage and the Politics of Movie Monsters

Apr 16th, 2018

Movie monsters have always symbolized our hidden fears and desires. It’s impossible to dissociate the hulking behemoth of Godzilla from the atomic...

The Goldie Age: Feminism in the 1980s

Mar 8th, 2018

As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, the 1980s weren’t a great time to be a female. The end of second-wave feminism in the ‘70s left many...

Anti-Valentine's Day with Adrian Lyne

Feb 14th, 2018

Before the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, the director most commonly associated with getting down was Adrian Lyne. His films — Foxes (1980),...

Sects Education: Cults in Film

Jan 25th, 2018

With the premiere of the Paramount Network’s Waco miniseries alongside continued controversy over Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Manson-era film,...

Kristen Lopez Says Don't Forget: <i>Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press</i> — Kristen Lopez

Kristen Lopez Says Don't Forget: Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

Dec 26th, 2017

It was just this week that we saw the biggest merger in recent history between Fox and Disney. What does this mean to us? What does this mean to a...

Kristen Lopez Says Don't Forget: <i>Their Finest</i> — Kristen Lopez

Kristen Lopez Says Don't Forget: Their Finest

Dec 26th, 2017

Despite the never-ending flood of sexual harassment accusations and our President just ... talking, this was a pretty amazing year to be a woman. Or,...

<i>The Disaster Artist</i>, Tommy Wiseau, and the Abusive 'Auteur' — Kristen Lopez

The Disaster Artist, Tommy Wiseau, and the Abusive 'Auteur'

Dec 8th, 2017

Auteur theory is debatable, but it’s a prominent feature of film theory with a cache of connotations. In the opening scenes of The Disaster Artist,...

All Hail Hela, Taking Aim at the Villainess Glass Ceiling

Nov 7th, 2017

No one will deny Cate Blanchett could play the phone book and it would be amazing. So to say her performance as Hela in Thor: Ragnarok is wonderful...

I Love Lucifer: The Evolution of Satan in Cinema

Oct 25th, 2017

The Devil has been a prominent part of film since its inception, but the depiction of Lucifer has changed with the times to reflect humanity’s...

Moving Toward <i>Stronger</i> Representations of Disability — Kristen Lopez

Moving Toward Stronger Representations of Disability

Sep 25th, 2017

I’ve been bemoaning the state of disability in cinema for the last year. But just like Neil Armstrong took one small step for man, last weekend’s...

<i>Fatal Attraction</i> and the Feminist 'Backlash' — Kristen Lopez

Fatal Attraction and the Feminist 'Backlash'

Sep 13th, 2017

In 1991, Susan Faludi published her landmark text, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, which argued that the 1980s saw the media...

<i>Gidget</i>'s Sexual Awakening via Surfing — Kristen Lopez

Gidget's Sexual Awakening via Surfing

Aug 15th, 2017

In 1957, European immigrant Frederick Kohner published the novel Gidget, The Little Girl with Big Ideas, about a girl who aspires to be a surfer....

Disabled Actors Playing Disabled Characters? What a Novel Idea!

Jul 10th, 2017

It’s easy to criticize Hollywood decision-makers for how often they take the easy way out, whether it’s putting white Englishmen in their ancient...

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