At RogerEbert.com, Roxanne Hadadi writes on the films of Jeremy Saulnier. “[W]hat Saulnier has built into his Blue Ruin, Green Room, and Hold the Dark trilogy is not only a flair for the gory and grisly, but a consistent acknowledgment of the role this country’s regimented class system […]
This week Guest Star Kate Laity writes about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife (1943) and two lesser known adaptations. ~~~ I’m currently writing about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife and the 1962 film based on it, Night of the Eagle, AKA, Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962). It’s a pity there are […]
BFI has a list of 100 overlooked films by women. “In this list we aim to write women back into film history by championing 100 female-directed hidden gems that have been forgotten or unfairly overlooked – with contributions from Jane Campion, Greta Gerwig, Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert, Agnès […]
At Moviefone, Marya Gates offers a list of 10 female directors who deserve Best Director nominations. “This year three women have seen their films nominated by numerous awards bodies: Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell, and Regina King. But their films are not the only films worthy of being feted […]
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century talks about Scarlet Witch at Popculturist! “This week Ariel is joined by a special guest, Sara Century! Sara is an excellent writer and podcaster! In honor of the excellent Wandavision, Ariel and Sara talk the Scarlet Witch! We discuss the character’s illustrious […]
On Twitter, @samjawed65 has shared letters and autographed photographs from Indian film stars in the 1950s and 1960s that her aunt solicited and kept in a photo album. Look at them all together here and/or read the Twitter thread, which includes translations of the 1962 letter in Urdu […]