Joker is an example of the mental toll that the struggle to adequately perform emotional labor can have on a person who is already struggling. In The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, by Arlie Russell Hochschild, (1983) Hochschild defines emotional labor in the following way: "This labor requires one to induce or suppress feeling…
Joker reimagines the iconic Batman villain as a mentally ill, impoverished standup comedian. One-sentence review: Joker is well-made and full of interesting choices that all feel hollow when you consider what the movie is trying to say — the answer: not much. Details: ? Todd Phillips // ?? U.S. // ⏳ 122 minutesThe cast: Joaquin…
You Were Never Really Here is a hypnotic and thrilling crime drama that doesn't let you go until the credits begin to roll. A third of the way through the breezy 90-minute running time of You Were Never Really Here, essentially director Lynne Ramsey's arthouse version of Taken, Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) lays down next to a hitman he…
