The radical notion that women like good movies
James and the Giant Peach This guest post written by Libby White previously appeared at Bitch Flicks as part of our series on Animated Children’s Films and our series on Women and Gender in Musicals. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach has been a favorite movie of mine since … Continue reading “Gender & Food Week: ‘James and the Giant Peach’”
Guest post written by Janyce Denise Glasper. Simply Irresistible was one forgotten film of the late 90’s. It’s bewitching story failed to spark box office or critical praise thanks to a weak script dropping many unexplained plot points — who the heck was Gene O’ Reily, why did Amanda buy expensive crabs from him, and … Continue reading “Gender & Food Week: ‘Simply Irresistible’”
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games This Review in Conversation on The Hunger Games with Megan Kearns and Amber Leab previously appeared at Bitch Flicks on April 19, 2012. Megan’s Take:In a dystopian future, the nation of Panem stands where North America once existed. The government at the Capitol, which controls the … Continue reading “Gender & Food Week: ‘The Hunger Games’ Review in Conversation: Female Protagonists, Body Image, Disability, Whitewashing, Hunger & Food”
Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) in Gilmore Girls Guest post written by Brianna Low. Throughout Gilmore Girls’ seven seasons, mother and daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore are often seen eating vast quantities of junk food and ordering copious amounts of take out, which they consume together, often in front of the TV. From the series’ … Continue reading “Gender & Food Week: Pop-Tarts and Pizza: Food, Gender, and Class in ‘Gilmore Girls’”
Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild Just in case the world does end today, I need to get something off my chest, so I can go to my apocalyptic grave with an unburdened movie-loving conscience: I didn’t get Beasts of the Southern Wild. When it started picking up mad buzz and heaps of … Continue reading “‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’: I didn’t get it.”
Written by Leigh Kolb.To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s major directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994) were shown in theaters on Dec. 4 and 6, respectively, as special engagements. While Reservoir Dogs solidified Tarantino’s spot in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction made him a star. It won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, … Continue reading “The Gender Situation in ‘Pulp Fiction’”
Written by Leigh Kolb. Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs turned 20 this year, and was re-released in select theaters on Tuesday, Dec. 4. In the introductory interviews that preceded the feature film, actor Eli Roth said that what was most powerful to him in Reservoir Dogs was that “Everybody had a voice.” Discerning viewers may, at this point, … Continue reading “Twenty Years Later: ‘Reservoir Dogs,’ Masculinity and Feminism”
This Christmas will be my second in a row spent 5000 miles away from my family and the happy, traditional celebrations that characterized the first 21 Christmases of my life. I am feeling pretty okay about this, though, because I’ve discovered the essential ingredients for Christmas to be Christmas. They’re not family or presents or … Continue reading “Six Essential Christmas Specials”
Here’s the list for the main categories. If we’ve talked about them on Bitch Flicks, those pieces are hyperlinked. Movies Best Picture, Drama“Argo”“Django Unchained”“Life of Pi”“Lincoln”“Zero Dark Thirty”Best Picture, Musical or Comedy“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”“Les Misérables”“Moonrise Kindgom”“Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”“Silver Linings Playbook” Best DirectorBen Affleck, “Argo”Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”Ang Lee, “Life of … Continue reading “2013 Golden Globe Nominees”
No other type of character seems to tug at our nostalgic heartstrings like TV moms. So we asked you to tell us: who are your favorite moms on television? While the answers crossed boundaries of socio-economic status, race and TV genre, the female characters named embody many similar traits — warm, intelligent, loving, educated, stern, … Continue reading “Weekly Feminist Film Question: Who Are Your Favorite TV Moms?”
“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” (Slow, repetitive, and mesmerizing.) While soap operas are often ignored (or recognized with an emphatic eye roll) by critics, one can look to them for the state of social norms in America. Days of Our Lives, an NBC soap opera that has been … Continue reading “‘Days of Our Lives’: Soap Operas and Social Norms”
Women In Politics Week: Indifferent To Suffering, Insensitive To Joy: ‘Network’s’ Dangerous Career Woman By Myrna Waldron Network DVD Art For a while, I think people got the impression that I don’t like films if they’re not explicitly feminist. The reality is, most films are not feminist, but it doesn’t necessarily diminish their respective quality … Continue reading “Indifferent To Suffering, Insensitive To Joy: ‘Network’s’ Dangerous Career Woman”
