Where Are the Women? the 2015 Oscar-nominated films ranked
A ranking the 2015 Oscar-nominated films for their representation of girls and women. Now complete! [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Year: 2016
my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)
Now updated with all the winners…
Where Are the Women? The Look of Silence
Women here are exclusively adjuncts to men who either have done or are doing something noteworthy, but they do also have small journeys of their own.
The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence documentaries review: when horror doesn’t destroy humanity
Piercing insights into the minds of murderers, and then astonishing generosity from those left behind. Deeply despairing, then restores a bit of hope.
Where Are the Women? Embrace of the Serpent
Girls and women appear in this movie only in the background, only in a few scenes, and only in ways that have no bearing whatsoever on the plot or themes.
Embrace of the Serpent movie review: mild Amazonian odyssey
More intriguing in its ambitions than in it successes, which are limited, and oddly keeps its distance from the very people it wants to enlighten us about.
Where Are the Women? Theeb
No girls or women appear in this movie at all. There is a photo of a woman, a wife far away in another land, but that’s it.
Theeb movie review: a tiny slice of the Great War, through a child’s eyes
A gorgeous, cracking adventure with a smart ring of authenticity, full of pulpy twists and perils, and with a sweetly naive but gruffly charming young hero.
Where Are the Women? Youth
A story all about how women are mere elements in the grand works of art that are men’s lives, often as little more than decorative objects.
Youth movie rating: red light
Overwrought nine-tenth-life crisis drama; not even a great cast can create sympathy for the artistic and existential turning points on arty display.
