Recently released Netflix’s latest local hit ‘Machos alpha’ humorously addresses the difficulties of some of the male population in accepting the world in all its (not so) new, diverse and feminist glory. This is the final link in a long collection of fiction about the crisis of a particular idea of masculinity, based more on ecpathy than empathy. with tears as a mockery instead of pride. Opened with David Chase ‘The Sopranos’, an entire serial era about male anti-heroes stuck at expired values. Movies like “Marriage Story” and “The Last Duel” cleverly oppose gender perspectives in search of something real. Here we recall these and seven other titles, and in any case indicate on which platform they can be found.
The founding text of the male anti-hero of prestigious television. A One-Man Epic, Tony Soprano (James Gandolin), the ringleader of a mafia group in a time not so hot for old-school organized crime and traditional gender ideals. “Lately I feel like I’m coming to an end,” Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) tells the psychiatrist in her first therapy session. “When the best is over.” Throughout the series, Tony has trouble accepting the often masculine rather than feminine demeanor of his sister Janice (Aida Turturro) or colleague Vito Stapafore (Joseph R. Gannascoli) coming out as gay. Suitable HBO Max.
This work, which deserves the best film award at the 2015 London festival, is the director. Athina Rachel TsangariA comic anthropological exploration of human and more specifically male stupidity, produced by Yorgos Lanthimos. Six men on a ship in the Aegean Sea try to find out who is the “best overall” through a series of tests, each of which is the most ridiculous. They try to hang the gold medal of masculinity without realizing that such an award is perhaps not a great success. Suitable filming.
in his masterful film Noah Baumbach, always busy Man Driver talented actress wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), accepted all the sacrifices and had to settle for the role of muse. With a breakup rather than a divorce, he watches with some surprise as he hits big and even gets an Emmy nomination for directing. Although we spend more time with Charlie, it’s Nicole who emerges as a hero on every level. Available on Netflix.
Director after dreadful ‘The Night Comes’ Trey Edward Shults He revolutionized the scene with this melodrama about a family torn apart by tragedy and how children often bear the sins of their parents. In this case, Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) gets the worst fights from Ronald (Sterling K. Brown), a family man who can cross red lines in an attempt to tan his kids for a real-world tan that isn’t kind to them. young blacks. The first part of the movie is a reminder of how the pursuit of certain ideals of masculinity can paradoxically corner us and make us vulnerable. Rental on Amazon and Apple TV+.
The first season of the Apple TV+ beating title focused on an internal investigation into sexual harassment on a morning news television show, the show’s main show. From a cultural and media perspective, attention is placed on the character he portrays. Steve Carell, friend of the host, played by Jennifer Aniston, until complaints started coming in. The aforementioned Mitch Kessler is an outdated man of the time, unable to assimilate that long ago prevailing behavior and attitudes among men are now the subject of judicial investigation. Available on Apple TV+.
Fisher Stevens, the same Fisher Stevens we saw on ‘Short Circuit’, directs this rare drama together. Justin Timberlake Back in his hometown of Louisiana, as a former convict and former high school football star who takes charge of an addicted neighbor’s younger son (Ryder Allen). At first, it’s Eddie who’s the man who gives survival lessons to little Sam who is gender-fluent. But in 2022, it will be the default adult who will learn a thing or two about the ways of being in the world. Available on Apple TV+.
Adapting Eric Jager’s book on the final combat trial in Paris and the rivalry that led to it, Ben Affleck Y Matt Damon they just didn’t want to rely on male optics. Not only was the squire Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) unheard in this blatant rape story, who allegedly raped the knight Jean de Carrouges (Damon) and his ex-wife Marguerite (Jodie Comer). Thus, the duo who wrote put the big signature Nicole Holofcener (“Friends with money”), inventing the world of the unsourced woman and writing an almost original script from Marguerite’s point of view. Available on Disney+.
Among many other things, the acclaimed series Mike White It is a sharp but empathetic satire of masculinity. In his first season, Steve Zahn played a man who has an unexpected midlife crisis and is unable to connect with his children’s rhythms and interests. The second explores the diversity of toxic masculinity across three generations of an Italian-American family: (some green) grandfather Bert (F. Murray Abraham), sex-addicted son Dominic (Michael Imperioli), and grandson Albie, almost proudly sensitive (Adam DiMarco). Available on HBO Max.
As 2022 Pulitzer for Critics finalist Sophie Gilbert said, Christopher Storer “it is almost anthropological in its analysis of how male-dominated and male-dominated cultures are doomed to failure.” The toxic hierarchy fueled by Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) at the family’s sandwich restaurant is set to create anxiety and distrust rather than familiarity and involvement. Sydney (Ayo Literary) speaks directly to her boss in the penultimately tense episode, and Wilco yells in the background: “You’re great as a chef, but you’re also a jerk.” Available on Disney+.
For the great crime novelist and screenwriter Dennis Lehane At first, he didn’t want to adapt the memoirs of James Keene (Taron Egerton), a drug dealer whose freedom is offered in exchange for a specific mission: being transferred to a maximum security prison in order to outwit and extract a supposed serial killer. information from it. sensitive. He found motivation when he discovered the possibility of another psychological and emotional journey. In an interview with this, he said, “Wouldn’t it be interesting for my Jimmy to explore some disturbing aspects of himself in terms of women, violence or family relationships and discover who he is as a person?” newspaper. Available on Apple TV+.