Ivy Snitzer has screen presence – even on Zoom – with her safety pin earrings, nose piercing and reddish-purpleish hair. Yet no one saw her face in the hit film. Now 42, and an insurance agency owner in Philadelphia, Snitzer was Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double for the role of Rosemary in 2001’s Shallow Hal. While… Continue reading ‘I wanted to be small and not seen’: how Shallow Hal almost broke Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double | Movies
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Why Hollywood embraced white savior movies like ‘The Blind Side’
The legal battle between former NFL star Michael Oher and the white Tennessee family who took him in, as portrayed in the fictionalization of their lives in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” has renewed conversations about a common film trope: the white savior. When “The Blind Side” hit theaters, it was hailed as both… Continue reading Why Hollywood embraced white savior movies like ‘The Blind Side’
Perhaps What I Fear Does Not Exist review – an intimate document of family tragedy | Movies
With its piles of white sheets and whirring machines, the inside of a hospital room can feel oddly impersonal under the cold fluorescent light. Giving a poignant warmth to this sterile environment, this compelling documentary from Lebanese director Corine Shawi intimately captures how her family comes together during a time of tragedy. Struck by sudden… Continue reading Perhaps What I Fear Does Not Exist review – an intimate document of family tragedy | Movies