The radical notion that women like good movies
Amber‘s Picks: The Problem with the Emmy Awards in 5 Pictures by Matt Stopera via BuzzFeed Migrant workers, women, and China’s modernization on screen by Jenny Kwok Wah Lau via JumpCut New double review: Bumming in Beijing and Oxhide II by Ania Ostrowka via The F Word The Mindy Project: unoriginal, yet unprecedented by Heather … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Megan‘s Picks:“No Love in the Wild” [on Beasts of the Southern Wild] by bell hooks via NewBlackMan (in Exile) Black Power Takes Center Stage at TIFF with Angela Davis Documentary by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood Fox Host to Scarlett Johansson: “You’re Worth Millions” — Pay for Your Friends’ Contraceptives “Instead of Asking Me” … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
I will begin by saying that Elizabeth Banks is totally on my radar. If you are a producer and an actress who does comedy (as I am), you will sit up and take notice when other ladies – especially comediennes – break the boy-code barrier and succeed at straddling that fine line between marketable (aka “attractive to audiences”) and powerful (aka running your own series and being a lady-boss).
‘Broad City,’ which first appeared as a web series in 2009, shows us two women who lack ambition in a way that is almost radical—if only because we rarely see women acting irresponsibly without being punished for it.
Berkowitz does a great job of consciously channeling the look and mannerisms of Zooey’s persona as a means of illustrating that Alex and Zooey are birds of a feather, but not in the aloof Manic Pixie Dream Girl way that might be alienating. Alex is endearing by sheer force of her naïveté and conviction. You really do root for her to find Zooey, even if her behavior may sometimes teeter on prompting a restraining order. The series’ charm stems from its full-fledged embrace of its own zaniness. One description on the official website declares that Me and Zooey D. “is about believing in your dreams and pursuing them like a stalker.”
Ari was kind enough to do a little Q&A about the show and even teased us with some possibilities for season two.
some romantic comedies This guest post by Lady T previously appeared at her blog The Funny Feminist. A few weeks ago, I announced my intention to tackle 52 romantic comedies over the course of one year. 2012 is the Year of the Romantic Comedy at my blog, and it shall henceforth be dubbed “The Rom-Com … Continue reading “Guest Writer Wednesday: Why Watch Romantic Comedies?”
Flick Chicks: A guide to women in the movies by Mindy Kaling for The New Yorker Kickstarter campaign for ‘The Punk Singer is Kathleen Hanna’ by Sini Anderson Tomi-Ann Roberts on the sexualization of girls from SPARK Summit CNN’s “Gender Identity: A Change in Childhood” from Bitch Early Signs of a “Bridesmaids” Bump by Rebecca … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
