Men and the Media: brief comments on films, videos, books
and their portrayal of men.
Films and videos
Books: fiction,
non-fiction
Link to Internet Movie
Database site
Films and Videos
- "Brassed off", (film),
men under stress, family, illness, redundancy
- "Breach of Contract", (on
video) husbands, wives, careers, family
- "Bye Bye Love", (on video)
fathers, children, ex-wives, new partners
- "Clara's Heart", (on video)
boy and separation
- "Dad", (on video), father/son/grandson
- "Misunderstood" (on
video) father and son
- "My First Wife" (on video),
father facing separation
- "Parenthood", (on video),
a range of family situations
- "Proud Men", (on video),
father-son reconciliation
- "Promises to Keep", (on
video) fathers, sons, separation
- "Second Best", (on video),
father, son, adoption of troubled 10-year-old by single
man
- "Seize the Day" (on video),
man's life falling apart, loss of family
- "Shine", (film) father
and son, extreme circumstances
- "Shoot the Moon", (on
video), family breakup
- "Skirmish" , (on
video), comedy, gender wars
- "Striptease", (film)
custody, etc.??????
- "The boy who had everything"
(on video) son, mother, becoming adult
- "The Full Monty", (film),
redundancy, male strippers
- "The Men's Club", (on
video) men being open with each other?????????
Books
Fiction:
- 50, by Avery Corman,
separation, children, aging
- Other People's Children, by Joanna
Trollope, separation, children, blended families
Non-Fiction:
Stuart Birks
Last updated 7 January, 2002