The radical notion that women like good movies
Amber‘s Picks: Hillary’s Hair: More Newsworthy Than the Summit of the Americas? by Jenn Pozner for WIMN’s Voices People on the Internet Can Be Hella Racist by Issa for xo Jane We Heart: Funny or Die Counsels Rick Santorum on “Aborting” His Campaign by Lauren Barbato for Ms. Why Everyone Is Losing Their Shit Over the … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Stephanie‘s Picks: “Ashley Judd, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Lawrence vs. Our Toxic Misogynist Culture” by Sophia Savage for Thompson on Hollywood “The Hunger Games, Hollywood and Fighting Fuck Toys” by Caroline Heldman for Ms. Magazine “Talking to Lena Dunham About Being A ‘Girl’” by Kase Wickman for The Awl “Film Corner” (On The Lucky One) … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Amber‘s Picks: White Until Proven Black: Imagining Race in Hunger Games by Anna Holmes for The New Yorker Hollywood’s Female Trouble: Part 1, The Writers by Xaque Gruber for The Huffington Post What’s Wrong with this Picture Illustrating Vanity Fair’s Women in Television Article? by Alyssa Rosenberg for ThinkProgress 5 Movie Characters that Changed the … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
This piece on Persepolis, by Amber Leab, first appeared at Bitch Flicks on July 1, 2009. Marjane can’t hide behind ABBA In Persepolis, we meet Marjane (Satrapi), a young girl living in Iran at the time of the Islamic revolution of 1979. The society changed drastically under Islamic law, as evidenced by Marjane’s teacher’s evolving … Continue reading “Biopic and Documentary Week: Persepolis”
This piece on Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, by Amber Leab, first appeared at Bitch Flicks on March 21, 2011. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) Most reviews of the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work begin by describing how the film opens–with a close-up shot of Rivers’ face, without make-up. This … Continue reading “Biopic and Documentary Week: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”
This piece on American Violet, by Amber Leab, originally appeared at Bitch Flicks on April 5, 2010. American Violet (2008) American Violet tells the true story of an African-American mother of four girls arrested and falsely accused of selling crack cocaine. Set in a fictional Texas town with the 2000 presidential election as a fitting … Continue reading “Biopic and Documentary Week: American Violet”
This piece on Poster Girl, by Stephanie Rogers and Amber Leab, first appeared at Bitch Flicks on February 17, 2011, as part of their coverage of the Athena Film Festival. Poster Girl (2010) Poster Girl was, without a doubt, my favorite film at the Athena Film Festival. It’s no surprise that the film is nominated … Continue reading “Biopic and Documentary Week: Poster Girl”
This review of The September Issue, by Amber Leab, first appeared at Bitch Flicks on March 7, 2011. Anna Wintour has Power. She jokes that her siblings find what she does for a living “peculiar,” because maybe editing a fashion magazine doesn’t affect world politics, or cure diseases, or save the world. But high fashion … Continue reading “Biopic and Documentary Week: The September Issue”
