movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 24
Floria Sigismondi directs The Turning, starring Mackenzie Davis; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Floria Sigismondi
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 24
Floria Sigismondi directs The Turning, starring Mackenzie Davis… and that’s it. [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
The Turning movie review: it’s screwed
Strips away the ambiguity of the source story to leave us with lazy jump scares, visual gloom, and a cheap cheat of an ending. Gaslights its protagonist and, incredibly enragingly, the viewer, too.
defining the female gaze
In response to something I posted recently about “the female gaze,” I got an email from a male reader who appeared to believe that “the female gaze” refers to “movies women like to watch.” It doesn’t. Not even close. But his email got my thinking that perhaps I need to explain what “the female gaze” … more…
The Runaways (review)
There hasn’t been a movie like The Runaways, one about women rockers that’s just as raw and earthy and tough and pitiless as the ones about the men are.
trailer break: ‘The Runaways’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Hmm, lessee: a movie written and directed by a woman — Floria Sigismondi — about a bunch of young women doing something awesome and unexpected and for themselves, not for men or for babies. Will this kick box office ass? Or will it be this year’s Whip … more…
