Forgotten Females Part 3: “HANDS OF THE RIPPER”
The third entry in our series examining the roles of women in Jack the Ripper films looks at Peter Sasdy's 1971 feature.
Parenting Through PTSD: “Son” and the Emotional Labor of Love
Hidden within the film's familiar beats is a story about parenting while dealing with PTSD, and the difficulty of caring for a child while struggling to care for yourself.
Forgotten Females: Women in Jack the Ripper Films Part 2: “Man in the Attic”
The second entry in this series looks at Hugo Fregonese's 1953 remake of "The Lodger."
Men of Violence: Toxic Masculinity in “Shutter Island”
Scorsese's film presents its characters in opposition as men of empathy and men of violence, exploring the inherent destruction caused by toxic masculinity.
Forgotten Females: Women in Jack the Ripper Films Part 1: “The Lodger”
Using four key Ripper-based film texts spanning a period of over seven decades, this series will redirect the focus from the killer to the many women portrayed in these works through close reading and analysis of character, themes, and motifs.
