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Battle of the Sexes
Fox Theatre presents: Battle of the Sexes, a screening and lecture series that interrogates how gender plays out on screen through films by male directors about women and by female directors about men.
Cinema has always been obsessed with the relationship between men and women. The medium itself, with its inherent voyeurism, is a perfect arena for projections and fantasies about others. But in reality, the difference between the sexes (and of course, different gender identities) is not as significant as we’ve been led to believe. And so why are we still so obsessed with naming and reinforcing this difference?
The series poses this question through provocative works like Mary Harron's American Psycho, Chantal Akerman's La Captive, Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie, and Jonathan Glazer's Birth, films that lay bare gender projections, fantasies, and distortions. The series is hosted by Gabrielle Marceau, critic and editor-in-chief of In the Mood Magazine. Each screening is introduced by a guest writer or critic who will unpack these complex and sometimes controversial works.
Through erotic obsession, fraught relationships, and psychological turmoil, Battle of the Sexes invites you to experience cinema’s most dangerous match-up.
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Poster by Brandon Lim