52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #12. Mustang (2015) [Turkey/France] – Deniz Gamze Ergüven
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #12. Mustang (2014) Turkey/Russia/France – Deniz Gamze Ergüven Mustang is a moving tale about a group of sisters stuck in a traditionalist Turkish environment as they long for modernity. At the end of the school year 5 sisters frolic with classmates unaware of the events to follow. Upon returning to…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #11. 13 (2016) [USA] – Ava DuVernay
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #11. 13 (2016) U.S.A. – Ava DuVernay We just want to “Make America Great Again” = $$ profit. Ava DuVernay and her team have done a phenomenal job highlighting the bias and corporate greed entrenched in America’s justice system. The experts she interviews, from both sides of the political aisle,…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #10. The Bad Batch (2017) [USA] – Ana Lily Amirpour
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #10. The Bad Batch (2017) U.S.A. – Ana Lily Amirpour I have two views on this film. Feminist Filmmaker’s view *(FF) and a Black Feminist Filmmaker’s view *(BFF). Let’s start with an overall take… Here we have the story about a loner in a dystopian world…Mad Max? No Arlen. …
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #9. The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017) [USA] – Nancy Buirski
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #9. The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017) U.S.A. – Nancy Buirski A mother walking home from evening service with 2 friends is accosted by six men, kidnapped and raped. There would be justice. In 1944, a Black mother walking home from evening service with friends a black couple in…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #8. HUSH (2016) [USA] – Kate Seigel
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #8. HUSH (2016) U.S.A. –Written by Kate Seigel Not every film by a woman that I post will be loved by me. But I will respect that a woman is part of the process and evaluate the project. Such is the case with Hush. Premise: Maddie (Kate Seigel) is at…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #7. Mudbound (2017) [USA] – Dee Rees
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #7. Mudbound (2017) U.S.A. Directed by Dee Rees When two men return home from the war to their families, though they find each other’s friendship as a PTSD coping mechanism…the town is not quite ready to offer them equal amounts of respect. The film is a powerful slow burn, that paints…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #6. One of Us (2017) [USA] – Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #6. One of Us (2017) U.S.A. Produced by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady Three “Individuals” that want their own versions of freedom in a NYC Hasidic community show their struggles toward independence. This film is the true embodiment of documentary filmmaking. “One of Us” comes from the producers of “Jesus Camp” …
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #5. Estiu 1993 “Summer 1993” (2017) [Spain] – Carla Simón
#5. Estiu 1993 “Summer 1993” (2017) Spain by Carla Simón #52FilmsByWomen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm9QiTqOUdI No one can tell you when to cry or how to process grief. This story was patient with it’s protagonist Frida, a child who had to process the death of her mother at age 6. It’s as if the director gave her space…
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Abby (1974) USA – Hosting at Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn Tonight!
TERROR TUESDAY @ Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn NY Tuesday October 10th, 2017 9:30pm Hosted by filmmaker/writer Kristina Leath-Malin. Moving is never easy. Especially when your spouse is a groin-kicking, goo-spewing, sex-addicted spawn of the devil! When William “BLACULA” Marshall unleashes a demonic sex spirit named Ishu, Abby gets possessed while she and her husband move into…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #4. Corki Dancingu “The Lure” (2015) [Poland] – Agnieszka Smoczynska
#4. Corki Dancingu “The Lure” (2015) Poland by Agnieszka Smoczynska #52FilmsByWomen Review returning shortly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJB5hctnxQQ