October 30, 2022
“Brainwashed” director Nina Menkes connects film language to real-world sexism – The Washington Post
Thrilled to have this in depth article on our new film BRAINWASHED with Ann Hornaday!
October 16, 2022
Here is what Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian today “ … a fierce and focused polemic reviving the subject of the “male gaze” for the #MeToo era…. Menkes shows us that the way the camera looks at women, and everything else, is not a transparent, value-free business. On the contrary: with men so overwhelmingly in charge, it is an activity of coercion and imposition, determined by gender politics. And sexuality as it appears on screen is not the natural, unmediated free expression of equal pleasure, but deeply embedded in male power relations……‘Brainwashed’ is a bracing blast of critical rigour.” Oct 15, 2022
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August 25, 2022
PLAYING AT METROGRAPH in NYC STARTING AUGUST 26TH!
Thank you Violet Lucca for this wonderful review of “Brainwashed” in the Fall 2022 print edition of BUST.
“(Menkes) calls for a radical reinvention of how shots and film grammar are formulated. Crucially, Menkes’ documentary is not calling for cancellation. Viewers are meant to wrestle with this film, not passively consume a simple message–and they’ll leave invigorated.”
June 20, 2022
We are thrilled that BRAINWASHED has been invited to the fabulous 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, one of the top film fests in Europe! Our festival resume includes:
May 27, 2022
Honored to be screening BRAINWASHED at the foremost LGBTQ+ Film Festival in the USA- FRAMELINE in San Francisco!!!!! #TheCoastIsQueer #malegaze #breakthespell
Our festival resume is amazing and includes:
March 10, 2022
TODAY, SATURDAY MARCH 26TH, THE FINAL SCREENING OF
THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE MENKES RETROSPECTIVE
PHANTOM LOVE (2007/B&W/86 minutes) showing on 35mm film at the Los Feliz Theater, LA.
Q&A will be moderated by filmmaker Allison Anders.
Producer Kevin Ragsdale and actor Bobbi Naderi will also attend.
Be there or be square!
Nina Menkes Reflects on 30 years of Filmmaking: VISIONS IN THE NIGHT
