Melissa Anderson
Film Editor and Writer at 4Columns
Film editor and writer, @4_columns. Author of Inland Empire from @firefliespress and The Hunger: Film Writing, 2012–2024, forthcoming from @TheFilmDesk.
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It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, but the Society in Which He Lives Melissa Anderson In Rosa von Praunheim’s 1971 insurrectionist cine-essay, an early—and ever-pertinent—excoriation of homonormativity. Beryt Bohlen as Clemens and Bernd Feuerhelm as Daniel in It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, but the Society in Which He Lives. Courtesy Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion.
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Love Melissa Anderson Lust for listening: Dag Johan Haugerud’s latest film demonstrates the amorous potency of attentive conversation. Andrea Bræin Hovig as Marianne and Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen as Tor in Love. Courtesy CMPR. © Motlys K1. Love, written and directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, now playing at Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, New York City• • •In amorous matters, the most important organ is the tongue; the most significant orifice, the ear.
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The Shrouds Melissa Anderson Memento mori, memento amori: in David Cronenberg’s latest, a bereft widower mourns his dead wife with an invention that enables the monitoring of her decaying body. Vincent Cassel as Karsh and Diane Kruger as Terry in The Shrouds. Courtesy Sideshow and Janus Films.
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The Innerview Melissa Anderson Rupture, rapture, running through fields: anything and everything goes in Richard Beymer’s hallucinatory 1973 film. Richard Beymer in The Innerview. Courtesy Anthology Film Archives.
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Black Bag Melissa Anderson Sex, lie detectors, and national security: in Steven Soderbergh’s latest, the intrigue of espionage is matched by the mysteries of marriage. Michael Fassbender as George Woodhouse in Black Bag. Photo: Claudette Barius / Focus Features. © Focus Features.
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