5. “mother!”
Mother! coheres a moment in current feminist consciousness that is tied to the Trump-Brexit context. Indeed, the film marks a strange presage of the media revelations of Harvey Weinstein’s institutionally tolerated record of sexually predating countless women. Mother! suggests white patriarchy cannot be bargained with, it cannot be appeased, we cannot share space with it, and we cannot tactically choose the “right” battles — women need to take either back the house or burn it down.
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