The radical notion that women like good movies
Written by Lady T. Ros from Game of Thrones. Full frontal nudity in 3… 2… 1… [Yes, I have read the books.] Game of Thrones, the HBO series based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels, premiered in April 2011. Since then, the show has received attention for its sprawling … Continue reading “Gratuitous Female Nudity and Complex Female Characters in ‘Game of Thrones’”
Written by MaxThornton. Warning: spoilers are invoked herein, and they’ll swallow your soul! I try not to look forward to things; I’ve been hurt toomany timesbefore. But I couldn’t help feeling just alittle excitement for the Evil Deadremake, tempered though it was with trepidation. Almost certainly not true, if you’re the kind of person who … Continue reading “Where Is My Girl Ash?: On "Evil Dead" 2013”
Written by Megan Kearns. After seeing Oz the Great and Powerful, I was annoyed. And angry. Everything in the film revolves around one dude: James Franco as Oscar Diggs aka Oz. Bleh. It’s a patriarchal dream come true. Women in the film fawn over Oz, swoon over him, make googly eyes at him, get enraged … Continue reading “No, ‘Oz the Great and Powerful,’ We Don’t Need More Male-Centric Fairy Tales”
What Peggy Olson From ‘Mad Men’ Teaches Us That Sheryl Sandberg Doesn’t by Michelle Dean via The Nation ‘The Host’: Less Anti-Feminist than Twilight, but Hardly a Sisterhood Manifesta by Natalie Wilson via Ms. Magazine Blog Five Striking Similarities Between Elisabeth Moss’ Roles on ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Top of the Lake’ by Beth Hanna via … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Written by Erin Fenner I stumbled onto Sarah Polley during a typical Sunday TV slam – in which my roommate(s) and I watch a set of television shows and/or movies while gently tearing them apart for end o’ weekend laughs. With only Netflix to stream on this particular weekend we ended up on a movie … Continue reading “Movie Makers from the Margins: Sarah Polley”
Tyler Perry’s Rape Problem by Carolyn Edgar Jessica Chastain, “Roles for Women Have Taken a Step Back” by Sasha Stone via Women and Hollywood Think ‘The Walking Dead’ Has a Woman Problem? Here’s the Source by Simon Abrams via The Village Voice Rick Ross, Don Draper, and the Fantasy World of Masculinity by Mychal Denzel … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Written by Robin Hitchcock Film critic Roger Ebert, 1942–2013 Roger Ebert died at age 70 yesterday, only days after announcing he would be taking a “leave of presence” from his career because his cancer had returned. Hearing the sad news of his passing, those words stand out in my mind: “leave of presence.” Even though … Continue reading “RIP Roger Ebert”
By Myrna Waldron Roger Ebert: 1942-2013 I have been unable to write for a while now. I have several health problems that make me exhausted and achy 24/7 (and have left me permanently disabled), and it’s been very difficult for me to keep up with the demands of blogging on a regular basis. And yet, here … Continue reading “The Legacy of Roger Ebert”
Movie poster for The Hours Written by Amanda Rodriguez Disclaimer: I must admit to being somewhat at a disadvantage because I haven’t read Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, which The Hours plays heavily upon, or Michael Cunningham’s novel The Hours upon which the film is based. In a way, however, my lack of exposure to these … Continue reading “The Hours: Worth the Feminist Hype?”
The Sapphires (2012) This is a guest post written by Jaya Bedi. I predict that this is going to be a very popular film. Well, it already is a popular film — in Australia. But I can already tell that its about to become a classic with me and my friends — up there … Continue reading “‘The Sapphires’ and Solidarity Between People of Color”
BF co-founders Steph and Amber at the 2010 Athena Film Festival We can’t believe it, but today marks five years since we started Bitch Flicks. In March 2008, we started a blog with the wink-and-a-nudge name, Bitch Flicks. In that first year, we wrote a whopping seventeen posts, eight of which were actual film reviews. … Continue reading “It’s Our 5-Year Blogiversary!”
Movie poster for Shut Up and Sing This is a guest post by Kerri French. This month marks ten years since Natalie Maines made her infamous statement during a packed Dixie Chicks gig at Shepherd’s Bush in London, acknowledging the recent events pointing to the United States’ imminent invasion of Iraq by saying “Just so … Continue reading “Shut Up and Sing: The Dixie Chicks Controversy Ten Years Later”
