The radical notion that women like good movies
At the end of every month, we publish reviews and feminist commentary surrounding a specific theme. Our upcoming themes for 2013 are shown below. We publish our official Call for Writers at the beginning of each month, but feel free to get a head start if a particular theme appeals to you. Shoot us an … Continue reading “Upcoming Theme Weeks for 2013”
Here at Bitch Flicks, we’re super excited by the 3rd annual Athena Film Festival! We’ve attended each year, watching fearless and inspirational women on-screen and listening to brave and bold filmmakers. The festival features narrative films, documentaries, short films along with panels and workshops for filmmakers — all focusing on women’s leadership. Co-founded by Melissa … Continue reading “2013 Athena Film Festival Lineup: Films on Women & Leadership”
Written by Amanda Rodriguez Spoilers ahead Benedict Cumberbatch is up for another Golden Globe for his leading role on the BBC’s hit show Sherlock. Season Two Episode One “A Scandal in Belgravia” is adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes story “A Scandal in Bohemia.” The storyline focuses on Irene Adler, portrayed brilliantly by the … Continue reading “2013 Golden Globes Week: "I Misbehave": A Character Analysis of Irene Adler from BBC’s Sherlock”
Megan‘s Picks: Why ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Is the Best Film of the Year by Christopher Orr via The Atlantic Daniel Tosh ‘Two Broke Girls,’ and The Oatmeal: The Year of the Rape Joke by Tricia Romano via The Daily Beast Memo to Media: Manhood, Not Guns or Mental Illness, Should Be Central in Newtown Shooting … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Keira Knightley as Anna Karenina Written by Erin Fenner. In Joe Wright’s adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, we are relentlessly stuck in a nineteenth-century playhouse. Instead of moving through space – sets move around the characters. Everyone is a tool of their society. They’re subject to frivolous, yet harmful social etiquette. And while props … Continue reading “‘Anna Karenina,’ and the Tragedy of Being a Woman in the Wrong Era”
A Lady Lonely at the Top: High School Politics Take an Ugly Turn in ‘Election’ by Carleen Tibbets Election, the 1999 film directed by Alexander Payne and based on the novel by Tom Perotta, chronicles type A personality Tracy Flick’s (Reese Witherspoon) quest to become student body president and the unraveling of her social sciences … Continue reading “Women in Politics Week: The Roundup”
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) in Election Guest post written by Carleen Tibbets. Warning: Spoilers ahead. Election, the 1999 film directed by Alexander Payne and based on the novel by Tom Perotta, chronicles type A personality Tracy Flick’s (Reese Witherspoon) quest to become student body president and the unraveling of her social sciences teacher, Mr. McAllister … Continue reading “Women in Politics Week: A Lady Lonely at the Top: High School Politics Take an Ugly Turn in ‘Election’”
Megan‘s Picks: First Time Lionsgate Has Two Films Make Over $125 Million In The Same Year They Do It With Female Leads by Jill Pantozzi via The Mary Sue Amber Riley Breaks Down in Tears as She Opens Up About Body Image by Jorge Rivas via Colorlines Breaking Dawn Part 2: And They Lived Happily … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Stephanie‘s Picks: Women in the Media: Female TV and Film Characters Still Sidelined and Sexualized, Study Finds by Nina Bahadur via Huffington Post Hollywood’s New Feminists, Why the Old One Went Away and What’s Coming Next? by Sasha Stone via Awards Daily Fighting, Flirting, Feminism: The Bond Girl Evolution by Lily Rothman via Time V … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Amber‘s Picks: The Science of Racism: Radiolab’s Treatment of the Hmong Experience by Kao Kalia Yang via Hypen Magazine Oscar 2012: Best Actress, Old and Young by Jackrabbit Slim via Gone Elsewhere Parody piece is more feminist than Rolling Stone‘s actual women’s issue via About-FaceLana Wachowski Wins Visibility Award From HRC by Monica Castillo via … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
The rosterof newtelevision shows premiering each year in the fall ought to be an exciting time for any TV fan. Unfortunately, I am a jaded, cynical curmudgeon, burned by my previous experiences in the field of new fall shows, and I read the previews with dread roiling in the pit of my stomach. In our … Continue reading “Max’s Field Guide to Returning Fall TV Shows”
Woody Allen and Penelope Cruz on set of To Rome With Love I went to see To Rome With Love earlier this week with the intention of reviewing it for Bitch Flicks. But this film is practically un-reviewable: the kind of frilly nothing of a movie that exits your brain before you’ve taken your last sticky … Continue reading “I Want a Woman to be the Next Woody Allen”
