Why You MUST Go See ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
This guest post by Natalie Wilson previously appeared at Skirt Collective and is cross-posted with permission. Much has been made of the call by Aaron Clarey in his piece “Why You Should Not Go See...
View Article‘Bessie’: Unapologetically Black, Female, and Queer
[caption id="attachment_21339" align="aligncenter" width="338"] Queen Latifiah as Bessie Smith. HBO poster.[/caption] Written by Lisa Bolekaja. See-line woman Wiggle wiggle Turn like a cat Wink at a...
View ArticleVintage Viewing: Germaine Dulac, Surrealist Theorist
Part of Vintage Viewing, exploring the work of female filmmaking pioneers. [caption id="attachment_21659" align="aligncenter" width="298"] Germaine Dulac: auteur for sure[/caption] The career of...
View ArticlePixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Provides Long-Term Joy
This guest post by Natalie Wilson previously appeared at Skirt Collective and is cross-posted with permission. Inside Out is an excellent addition to the Pixar canon, one that, like the equally...
View ArticleAlicia Vikander Stars As World War I Feminist and Pacifist in James Kent’s...
[caption id="attachment_22005" align="aligncenter" width="375"] James Kent[/caption] This is a guest post by Paula Schwartz. Featuring an interview with director James Kent Alicia Vikander, who...
View Article‘Mockingjay – Part One’: On YA Dystopias, Trauma, and the Smokescreen of the...
[caption id="attachment_22775" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Mockingjay: Part One sees Katniss struggle in her role as the figurehead of the revolution against the totalitarian Capitol.[/caption]...
View Article‘The Hunger Games’: Proving Dystopia Is the Best Young Adult Genre
This guest post by Rowan Ellis appears as part of our theme week on Dystopias. Dystopian narratives can generally be described as “An imaginary place where people lead dehumanised and often fearful...
View ArticleCatherine Breillat’s Transfigurative Female Gaze
This repost by Leigh Kolb appears as part of our theme week on the Female Gaze. “… a person who can find the transfiguration of sex in her life is no longer a person who can be directed.” – Catherine...
View ArticleVintage Viewing: Lotte Reiniger, Animation Innovator
Part of Vintage Viewing, exploring the work of female filmmaking pioneers. Lotte Reiniger: It’s a Snip Born in Berlin in 1899, Lotte Reiniger became fascinated by Chinese silhouette puppetry. Beginning...
View ArticleNobody Puts Susan Cooper in the Basement: Melissa McCarthy and Skillful,...
This guest post by Laura Power appears as part of our theme week on Violent Women. I love violent women. Maybe this is an odd thing to say; maybe it’s not. And I should qualify my statement by...
View ArticleStar Wars’ Rey: Feminist Heroine or Mary Sue?
This guest post written by Amy Squire originally appeared at Fanny Pack. It is cross-posted with permission. | Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t heard of the latest Star Wars movie, Episode VII: The...
View Article‘Meera’: The Satyagrahi as Social Rebel
Written by Brigit McCone. “Mirabai is said to have offended her husband by following her own conscience, was content to live in separation from him and bore with quiet dignity and resignation all the...
View ArticleThe Unvoiced Indigenous Feminism of ‘Frida’
Written by Brigit McCone as part of our theme week on Indigenous Women. The Tzotzil Mayan activist Comandanta Ramona has become an iconic figure in the struggle for Indigenous women’s rights, as an...
View ArticleVintage Viewing: Marion E. Wong, Energetic Entrepreneur
Written by Brigit McCone, this post is part of Vintage Viewing, our series exploring the work of women filmmaking pioneers. It also appears as part of our theme week on Women Directors, Part 2. When...
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