15 Months of Rock Docs, Monster Children, Bad Religion and More
I loved the idea, and how hard could it be? Watch one film directed by a woman, each week, for...
A Moving Story of Women Resisting Religious Oppression in Colonial India
#52: WATER (2005)/HINDI, WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
DIRECTOR: DEEPA MEHTA
It might h...
Original "Nightmare" Series Gives Freddy a Comic Send-off
#51: FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991)
DIRECTOR: RACHEL TALALAY
I don't care what anyo...
Nicole Holofcener's Directs Catherine Keener in a Story of Misplaced Guilt and Missing Compassion
#50: PLEASE GIVE (2010)
DIRECTOR: NICOLE HOLOFCENER
Kat...
Kelly Reichardt Makes a Walk in the Woods Mean Much More
#49: OLD JOY (2006)
DIRECTOR: KELLY REICHARDT
Kelly Reichardt makes very, very quiet movies. E...
A Gritty Noir From an Unlikely Source
#48: THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
DIRECTOR: IDA LUPINO
Ida Lupino started her own production company, co-wrote scripts, a...
Inspirational Documentary is Small, But Not That Good
#47: A SMALL GOOD THING (2015)
DIRECTOR: PAMELA TANNER BOLL
DVD RELEASE DATE: MARCH 14, 2017/KINO LO...
Penelope Spheeris Turns Her Camera on Punk's Lost Children
#46: THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III/1998
DIRECTOR: PENELOPE SPHEERIS
Last spring I re...
The Greatest Pioneering Filmmaker You've Never Heard Of
#45: Short Films Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
Cabbage Fairy - 1896
At the Hypnotist/The Burglers - 1...
A Screwball Comedy for the Postmodern Set
#44: MAGGIE'S PLAN/2016
DIRECTED BY REBECCA MILLER
I was watching an old screwball comedy last week, My Favorite...