"Take back your power, Ralph!!" Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for a film called Manodrome, an indie creation from South African filmmaker John Trengove (director of The Wound previously). This premiered at the Berlin Film Festival to mostly mixed to positive reviews - its a very slick film, although it doesn't particularly stand out
depending on you? queer filmmakerjohn trengove�*s film manodrome, starring jesse eisenberg as a new father sucked into a cult of masculinity, is in competition in berlin. the filmmaker says he values getting his perspective on why men might run from seeming soft. femme certainly explores preston's visible expression of traditional masculinity, while jules feels most powerful when he's on stage as a drag queen. we always try to avoid binaries in the film. i mean, that's what it's about — femininity, masculinity, it's a spectrum. and i think we always talked about the idea of heroes and villains as being another binary that we don't want to fall into the trap of that. but first and foremost, we set out to make, you know, an exciting neo noir revenge thriller. and it is about how someone tries to take back power after the power has been cruelly ripped from him. femme certainly places queer characters into a genre where traditionally there
the hair, like the costume| as well. the directors also worked with artists from the drag world to create the character ofjules. there was a drag consultant, yeah. how important was that for you? it was really important because that's when jules feels his most powerful. so it really was important to get that right, to kind of feel powerful in that moment, to feel that it was completion of something, a persona. femme�*s certainly a really gripping commentary on a really hot topic in the news of the moment — that of so—called toxic masculinity. the fact it comes from a queer perspective makes it even more interesting. and indeed, there are several films at this year's berlinale that do explore this subject. do you have people depending on you? queer filmmakerjohn trengove�*s film manodrome, starring jesse eisenberg as a new father sucked into a cult of masculinity, is in competition in berlin. the filmmaker says he values getting his perspective on why men might run
it was completion of something, a persona. femme�*s certainly a really gripping commentary on a really hot topic in the news of the moment — that of so—called toxic masculinity. the fact it comes from a queer perspective makes it even more interesting. and indeed, there are several films at this year's berlinale that do explore this subject. do you have people depending on you? queer filmmakerjohn trengove�*s film manodrome, starring jesse eisenberg as a new father sucked into a cult of masculinity, is in competition in berlin. the filmmaker says he values getting his perspective on why men might run from seeming soft. femme certainly explores preston's visible expression of traditional masculinity, while jules feels most powerful when he's on stage as a drag queen. we always try to avoid binaries in the film. i mean, that's what it's about — femininity, masculinity, it's a spectrum. and i think we always talked about the idea of heroes and villains as being another binary that we don't want to fall into the trap of that. but first and foremost,
Hollywood actors Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody star as American men caught up in a global crisis of masculinity in Manodrome, which premiered Saturday a..