evening clickbait: do women prefer films by women?; why the only original song in Inside Llewyn Davis isn’t eligible for an Oscar; James Bond’s drinking problem

Wed, Dec 18, 2013

• Or maybe women filmmakers get shuffled into a girly ghetto… “Do women prefer films by female filmmakers?” [Stephen Follows]

• Why the only original song in *Inside Llewyn Davis* isn’t eligible for an Oscar. (Damn! And it’s such a great song.) “How ‘Please Mr. Kennedy’ was born and why it’s not eligible for Oscar consideration” [Hitfix]

• Maybe Bond’s next adventure should start with a single step… or 12. “Docs spy a problem with Bond’s drinking” [Philly.com]

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LaurieMann

Thu, Dec 19, 2013 1:00pm

On “Films by Women” – one of my favorite films this year was “In a World” and I was also fond of “Enough Said.”

RogerBW

Thu, Dec 19, 2013 6:14pm

The alcohol unit recommendation was invented by civil servants with the explicit purpose of making moderate drinking socially abnormal. It has no basis in medicine.