The Dancer Evokes the #MeToo Movement
The Dancer examines the realities of female success in a male society, how talent and hard work are met with belittlement, dismissal and outright assault.
The Dancer examines the realities of female success in a male society, how talent and hard work are met with belittlement, dismissal and outright assault.
Xavier Dolan’s sixth feature film, It’s Only the End of the World, had its Australian premiere at Sydney Film Festival from a precarious position. Arriving from Cannes with a pair of strange, if increasingly common bedfellows – widespread critical derision and the Grand Prix prize – it’s perched on a pedestal that demands either full-throated…