Furiosa
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Why Did “Furiosa” Flop? July 11, 2024
George Miller’s long-in-development Furiosa boasts an all-too-familiar narrative: an expensive labor of love struggling to make a commercial impact in an increasingly narrow entertainment landscape. The fifth entry in Miller’s Mad Max series, and a p...
The Postapocalyptic Movie Survivability Index May 31, 2024
Furiosa severs her own arm to escape Dementus. Sure, it’s fucking awesome. But would you do it? Would you eat human flesh to survive worldwide ecocide? Would you bury yourself underground to escape fire-breathing dragons? Would you start a revolution...
'Furiosa’s' Hard-Won Feminism May 28, 2024
George Miller’s Fury Road prequel Furiosa has a lot riding on it — not just the titular character’s war rig, but also her entire feminist legacy.The main appeal of Miller’s Mad Max universe has always been its intense dieselpunk worldbuilding, but wi...
What’s Really Epic About Furiosa May 24, 2024
Even as a little girl, Furiosa understood the value of staying hidden in the wasteland of postapocalyptic Earth, where resources are scarce, war is everlasting, and strangers are immediately treated as threats. But keeping out of sight is not the eas...
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Is All Muscle Memory May 24, 2024
Few filmmakers have ever understood the thrill of the chase like George Miller; on the verge of his 80th birthday, he’s still going pedal to the metal, in hot pursuit of himself. Enough time has passed to confirm that, as far as pure action cinema go...
All About Anya May 08, 2024
If you want to become a dystopian feminist warrior, you’re not going to get much sleep. That was one of the first things Anya Taylor-Joy learned on the set of George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa.” Under heavy coats of makeup, shooti...
