Feminist Cinema

THE FALL GUY — EXTENDED CUT

British Cinema, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, Hollywood, Romantic Comedy, sex, Women's Cinema

September 9, 2024

Fast, sexy, hilarious, and endlessly entertaining, “The Fall Guy” is a true masterpiece regardless of whether its the short or…

LADY BIRD

Agitprop, Biopic, Capsules Blog, Coming-of-Age, Corporate Corruption, Cult Film, Current Affairs, Feminist Cinema, LGBTQ, Politics, sex, , Women's Cinema, ZERO STARS

August 31, 2024

Lady Bird is a KAREN. The fact is indisputable and undeniable. Racist, homophobic, lazy, petty, selfish, sociopathic, disloyal, and dishonest,…

WORKING GIRLS — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

Agitprop, BDSM, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Corporate Corruption, Criterion Collection, Current Affairs, Erotic, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, Independent Cinema, Lesbian Cinema, LGBTQ, Neo-Realism, Political Satire, Politics, Porn, Punk, Queer Cinema, sex, Sexploitation, , Transgressive Cinema, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

June 16, 2024

Lizzie Borden’s third film, behind “Regrouping” (1979) and “Born In Flames” (1983), is a perfect chamber-piece of neo-realist social satire.…

BLONDE

Biopic, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, Hollywood, Literary Adaptation, Women's Cinema

January 30, 2023

“Blonde” functions as a feminist narrative that digs in dark corners of 20th century American reality where beauty is a…

BREAKING THE WAVES — SHOCKTOBER!

Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Criterion Collection, Danish Cinema, Dogme 95, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, Magical Realism, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema

February 13, 2018

Lars von Trier makes a clever attack on organized religion that resonates with Bunuel’s famous line, “I’m an atheist, thank…

VAGABOND — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

Capsules Blog, Criterion Collection, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, French New Wave, sex, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

November 24, 2017

Agnes Varda’s sturdy neo-realistic social study of a fiercely individualistic young woman, who happily lives a hobo’s life on the…

FACES PLACES — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

Capsules Blog, Criterion Collection, Docudrama, Documentary, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, French Cinema, French New Wave, New York Film Festival, Video Essay, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

September 20, 2017

There is beautiful chemistry between the 88-year-old French New Wave legendary filmmaker Agnes Varda and JR, the youthful French photographer…

STORY OF WOMEN — CLASSIC FILM PICK

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, French Cinema, sex, Video Essay, War, Women's Cinema

January 7, 2017

Based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, Claude Chabrol’s World War II era drama features Isabelle Huppert as a…

FAT GIRL — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

BDSM, Capsules Blog, Criterion Collection, Cult Film, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, French Cinema, sex, Sexploitation, Transgressive Cinema, Video Essay, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

January 1, 2017

“Fat Girl” is an understated picture that doesn’t shy away from any of the ambitious thematic heights that Breillat fearlessly…

FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL KILL!

BDSM, Black and White, Capsules Blog, Cult Film, Fantasy, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, LGBTQ, sex, Sexploitation, Women's Cinema

March 1, 2009

Russ Meyer’s fetishistic vision of powerful bisexual amazons of mixed ethnic backgrounds engaged in criminal super action exists in a…

PAN’S LABYRINTH — CANNES 2006

Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Coming-of-Age, Drama, Fantasy, Feminist Cinema, FOUR STARS, Magical Realism, War Fantasy, Women's Cinema

December 14, 2006

Modern gothic maestro Guillermo del Toro (“The Devil’s Backbone”) weaves a fertile narrative tapestry about Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), a whimsical…

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