Tag: Films

I saw the short film The Dresser about 2 years ago, and wrote about it as part of the Made by Women series. Having watched…

Roughly twenty years is probably enough time for most audience members, if not this particular critic, to forget one of the most famous twists in…

  “I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.”  In her sophomore smash hit, Sofia Coppola introduces us to a familiar world within the realms…

Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day Two Program — Saturday 2nd September 2017 The Femme Filmmakers Festival flies into its second day, and with it the…

At just 3 minutes in length, brand new film short I Just Said That from Stefanie Davis shows a familiar side of the fiery temperaments…

Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day One Program — Friday 1st September 2017 Like all the fine female filmmakers you are hopefully about to embark on,…

A majority of us have never effectively played more than two or three sports and likely never go out of our way to watch them…

Let me quickly say before you scroll off into the ranked David Fincher wilderness, the top five as the final results were counted was so,…

Thanks to those involved in voting for the Directors’ Weekend poll. Clearly, the realm established by filmmaker David Fincher has certainly created a huge fanbase…

Here we are once again. I literally salivate at the mouth at the prospect of spending hours and hours in a darkened room with all…

Off the bat, the following barrage of videos centering around the elusive career of David Fincher, were not to difficult to track down. However, they…

For this exercise, I’m choosing films where the tone, pace and look are intended to enhance the spirit to the person being portrayed. They have the feel of a time or place as well as convey the essence the subject, be it crazy, pathetic, heroic, or creative. Based on artistic merit of the film and NOT the person portrayed –or doing the portraying, although most of these performances are career highs – here are ten biopics worthy of acclaim. Five for him and five for her. And filmmakers – please take a chance and give us another classic biopic of a woman. 1928 was oh-so-long ago. And make certain a woman will direct it, as well. Thanks

To put it simply, David Fincher is my all-time favorite movie director. I like how stylish his movies are, and how much detail he puts…

There are, however you look at it, 10 examples of David Fincher‘s cinematic flair in those movies of his – even his underwhelming debut showed…