B. Ruby Rich

Articles by B. Ruby Rich

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  From the Magazine

  Bomb culture: Hany Abu-Assad’s Paradise Now

  Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Paradise Now is the subject of protests in the US because it explores the limited options for young Palestinians from a suicide bomber’s point of view. Yet Hany Abu-Assad’s film helps us to understand without condoning, argues B. Ruby Rich.

  Saturday, June 24, 2017

  Interviews

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  Queer and present danger: after New Queer Cinema

  Boys Don’t Cry, Being John Malkovich and The Talented Mr. Ripley – each of these recent US films has a pronounced queer element. But what do they owe to the pioneering spirit of the New Queer Cinema of 1992, of Derek Jarman, Todd Haynes, Rose Troche, Gregg Araki and others, asks B. Ruby Rich?

  Saturday, June 24, 2017

  Features

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  From the Magazine

  New times: rethinking the story of US indie cinema

  B. Ruby Rich reflects on developments in US underground, alternative and counterculture film and video making from the 1960s to the 90s.

  Saturday, June 24, 2017

  Features

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  From the Magazine

  New Queer Cinema

  The self-styled ‘New Queer Cinema’ of the 1990s has arisen out of a long and important tradition of gay and lesbian filmmaking. But are the aesthetics, the politics and the assertions really marking new voices and new directions? B. Ruby Rich introduces the arguments, the directors and films.

  Saturday, June 24, 2017

  Features