Jessicah LahitouinFanfareMotherless Middle EarthTolkien’s brilliant LOTR creation unfolds in a fantasy world where fathers matter and mothers don’t actually existSep 1938Sep 1938
Jessicah LahitouinFanfareLetting the Moms LiveGive motherhood a chance, Hollywood. And cast Rachel McAdams.Jul 2317Jul 2317
Jessicah LahitouinFanfare‘Franklin’ Is About the French Revolution As Much As America’sFrench money made America possible, but France’s aristocratic decadence made the French Revolution inevitableJun 92Jun 92
Jessicah Lahitou‘Civil War:’ Catastrophe Porn Hits A NadirThe Lincoln Monument explodes, no one learns anything, and everyone loses. But Kirsten Dunst is magnificent.May 91May 91
Jessicah LahitouinFanfareIn ‘Dune 2’, Lady Jessica Goes Full Stage MomWhere the film falls short of the bookApr 213Apr 213
Jessicah LahitouinFanfareMotherhood’s Street Cred At The ’24 OscarsMotherhood’s rep at the Academy is usually lousy, but this year feels differentFeb 135Feb 135
Jessicah LahitouinFanfareJulianne Moore Just Brought Fresh Awful to Motherhood. Twice.‘May December’ and ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ both ask: just how cruel can moms played by Moore get?Jan 52Jan 52
Jessicah LahitouinFanfareChristmas Schmaltz Detox: You Do Not Sufficiently Appreciate ‘Con Air’The GOAT of 90s action movies achieves the Platonic ideal of its genre.Dec 30, 202314Dec 30, 202314
Jessicah LahitouinFanfare‘The Gilded Age’? More Like The Gilded Boss LadiesThe Gilded Age gives us middle-aged women in million-dollar dresses hustling New York City into existence — yes, it’s the best thing on TVNov 20, 2023Nov 20, 2023
Jessicah LahitouinFanfare‘Dartmouth Park’ Drags Modern Male Estrangement‘Dartmouth Park’ is frighteningly adept at knocking the reader off their pedestal of 21st-century assumptions.Oct 25, 20232Oct 25, 20232