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Starving bodies as public spectacle

In "The Wonder," this morbid fascination with the suffering of the young and beautiful is nothing new

Salon · Dec 19, 2022

The Wonder: Netflix's story of 19th century 'fasting girls' reminds us starving bodies remain a public spectacle today

In October, US tabloid the New York Post reported somewhat gleefully that the early 2000s trend for “heroin chic” is back. After a brief period of limited body diversity, it reported, runways were once again full of extremely young, wraith-like white women.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2022

Behind the scenes of Florence Pugh’s new film The Wonder: “It’s almost like going to another planet”

From Florence Pugh feeding the cast on-set to some very meta film-making

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

The Wonder movie review: Florence Pugh is a miracle in this tense tale

The whole cast is fantastic and coupled with the atmospheric cinematography, a fabulous score and bold direction, more than make up for occasional flaws in the screenplay

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2022

The films you need to watch in autumn 2022, from Blonde to Black Panther

From a sequel to Avatar to a new adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, there is much to look forward to this year

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022