Category: Links
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #46: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker)
However familiar the name Josephine Decker is to you might determine on some level your love of film. The filmmaker’s recent favourites, Shirley (2020) and…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #45: Pariah (Dee Rees)
Before the acclaimed Mudbound and that historical Best Cinematography Oscar nomination (for Rachel Morrison) came Pariah. The breakout film for director Dee Rees was selected…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #44: The Love Light with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion
They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don’t really say that. But at Filmotomy and the sporadic link sharing series Reading,…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #43: Billie (the) Idol
This edition of the gleefully plucked recommended links from the film world not only look back at cinematic portrayals of Abscam and the can-can, but…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #42: Hunter
How many times do I read something, watch a video, listen to a podcast, discover a website, and tell myself I’ll recommend that on the…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #41: More Essential LGBT Film Writing – and Welcome Sarah
Fresh off the 99th Filmotomy Podcast, I want extend welcome arms to our newest addition to the team – Sarah AKA @peppermintsodas. Already on board…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #40: Happy Pride Month
The Reading, Writing, Arithmetic mantra was established at Filmotomy to issue regular, insightful links from the film world that were certainly worth repeating. It’s been…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #39: Watch Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid Now on Shudder
Many of the film lovers of the universe didn’t perhaps even know you were anticipating this wonder. After a terrific theatrical run, an ever increasing…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #38: Thirteen (2003) by Catherine Hardwicke at FemmeFilmFest
Catherine Hardwicke made one the most emotive, honest motion pictures in 2003 with Thirteen. The screenplay was co-written with 14 year-old Nikki Reed, who plays…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #37: Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette at FemmeFilmFest
Perhaps one of the most apt films to feature at an event such as the Femme Filmmakers Festival is Sarah Gavron‘s 2015 period piece, Suffragette….
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #36: Agnès Varda’s La Pointe Courte at FemmeFilmFest
Oh what a loss the Agnès Varda is. And how how poignant it feels to go all the way back to 1955, and her very…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #35; Or 100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 18
Merging my recommended links chunks with the ongoing Oscar snubbery series seemed like a great idea – there is after all so much content on…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #34
What we have here are a fine set of entertainment links. Most are fairly recent, one advocates one of my favorite movies of the last…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #33
Agnès Varda. A name synonymous with a film revolution still, astonishingly, under-recognized. A name that reminds us of rich, fluent, and oh-so varied cinema. Stayed…
