New Year's Resolutions
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osprey_archerHappy New Year! (Hopefully it will be a happier year all round than 2017!) The sun is glimmering on the snow outside my window, absolutely beautiful - as long as you don't go out in it; it's -5 degrees right now, which is more than cold enough to kill all aesthetic appreciation.
Nonetheless I am planning to sally forth soon to see Lady Bird, and thus kickstart my New Year's Resolution: watch a movie by a female director every month. Please join me in this quest! I am hoping to recruit others to the cause, possibly even to the point of watching the same movie(s) for at least a few months, because it will give us someone to discuss the movies with and possibly even create a few tiny fandoms + ficlets.
A few movies on my list of possibles!
Jenny's Wedding, directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue, which is supposed to be a good movie about lesbians and also is on Netflix instant, which might make it easier for people to watch.
Girlhood, directed by Celine Sciamma. Also on Netflix Instant! A French movie about a teenage black girl in Paris and her friends and... that's all that I know about it. It looks like it might be fun and/or possibly harrowing?
The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey, which was released in November 2017 but may not have even come to theaters in the US yet? BUT it is by the same production company that gave us Song of the Sea so I'm pretty excited for it and keep checking the listings hopefully.
Novitiate, directed by Maggie Betts, which I wanted to see in theaters SO BADLY and then it was there for like THREE DAYS so I ended up missing it, STILL SO MAD. This one is about nuns and I realize that not everyone wants to watch movies about nuns as much as I do, so I may not try to rope everyone else into this one. Also not sure that Netflix will be getting the DVD in any case.
A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay. I thought that the father character was waaaay too prominent in the early trailers, but the more recent ones have cut back on him and brought Meg to center stage, AS SHE SHOULD BE, which has made me more optimistic. Also, Mindy Kaling is in this one! Coming out in March, in wide release.
Dance, Girl, Dance, directed by Dorothy Arzner, all the way back in 1940, and I cannot be the only person who is curious to see work by a 1940s woman film director. IIRC she was, for a while, the only female Hollywood film director, until Ida Lupino started directing in the late 40s; I'd like to see some of her work too. I watched her The Trouble with Angels a while ago (another film with NUNS), and it was a lot of fun.
Austenland, directed by Jerusha Hess. I really liked the Sharon Hale book that this movie is based on, but I've waffled about watching the movie because I've heard mixed reviews... but this is clearly the year to watch it! I hope it proves delightful.
My Brilliant Career, directed by Gillian Armstrong. A movie about a nineteenth century woman painter! I love women painters just as much as NUNS.
Also possibly some films by Sofia Coppola? I loved The Beguiled and I've seen Marie Antoinette (I'm still not sure how I feel about Marie Antoinette but it was definitely an experience) and I want to see some more.
Thoughts, ideas, news of other female-directed movies that are coming out this year? Desire to jump on this bandwagon? Please jump on the bandwagon. Think of all the movies we can talk about together!
Nonetheless I am planning to sally forth soon to see Lady Bird, and thus kickstart my New Year's Resolution: watch a movie by a female director every month. Please join me in this quest! I am hoping to recruit others to the cause, possibly even to the point of watching the same movie(s) for at least a few months, because it will give us someone to discuss the movies with and possibly even create a few tiny fandoms + ficlets.
A few movies on my list of possibles!
Jenny's Wedding, directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue, which is supposed to be a good movie about lesbians and also is on Netflix instant, which might make it easier for people to watch.
Girlhood, directed by Celine Sciamma. Also on Netflix Instant! A French movie about a teenage black girl in Paris and her friends and... that's all that I know about it. It looks like it might be fun and/or possibly harrowing?
The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey, which was released in November 2017 but may not have even come to theaters in the US yet? BUT it is by the same production company that gave us Song of the Sea so I'm pretty excited for it and keep checking the listings hopefully.
Novitiate, directed by Maggie Betts, which I wanted to see in theaters SO BADLY and then it was there for like THREE DAYS so I ended up missing it, STILL SO MAD. This one is about nuns and I realize that not everyone wants to watch movies about nuns as much as I do, so I may not try to rope everyone else into this one. Also not sure that Netflix will be getting the DVD in any case.
A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay. I thought that the father character was waaaay too prominent in the early trailers, but the more recent ones have cut back on him and brought Meg to center stage, AS SHE SHOULD BE, which has made me more optimistic. Also, Mindy Kaling is in this one! Coming out in March, in wide release.
Dance, Girl, Dance, directed by Dorothy Arzner, all the way back in 1940, and I cannot be the only person who is curious to see work by a 1940s woman film director. IIRC she was, for a while, the only female Hollywood film director, until Ida Lupino started directing in the late 40s; I'd like to see some of her work too. I watched her The Trouble with Angels a while ago (another film with NUNS), and it was a lot of fun.
Austenland, directed by Jerusha Hess. I really liked the Sharon Hale book that this movie is based on, but I've waffled about watching the movie because I've heard mixed reviews... but this is clearly the year to watch it! I hope it proves delightful.
My Brilliant Career, directed by Gillian Armstrong. A movie about a nineteenth century woman painter! I love women painters just as much as NUNS.
Also possibly some films by Sofia Coppola? I loved The Beguiled and I've seen Marie Antoinette (I'm still not sure how I feel about Marie Antoinette but it was definitely an experience) and I want to see some more.
Thoughts, ideas, news of other female-directed movies that are coming out this year? Desire to jump on this bandwagon? Please jump on the bandwagon. Think of all the movies we can talk about together!
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