♀️ FILMS - FEMALE DIRECTORS & GAZE
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Focusing on female directors, female cinematographers, and female gaze.
- [x] Lady Bird (2017) 94m 7.4
- [x] Birds of Prey (2020) 109m 6.0
- [x] Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) 6.8 90m
- [x] The Trouble with Angels (1966) 7.3 112m
- [x] Working Girls (1986) 93m 6.6 crti
- [x] CODA (2021) 8.1 111m
- [x] Little Women (2019) 135m 7.8
- [x] Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) 6.9 83m
- [x] Shiva Baby (2020) 7.1 77m hbo
- [x] First Cow (2020) 7.1 122m
- [x] Candyman (2021) 5.9
- [x] Turning Red (2022) 7.1 100m
- [x] The Farewell (2019) 100m 7.5 kan
- [x] The Power of the Dog (2021) 126m 6.9
- [x] Meek's Cutoff (2010) 6.5 104m
- [x] Mikey and Nicky (1976) 7.4 106m hbo kan crit
- [x] Desert Hearts (1985) 7.0 91m crit hbo
- [x] Smooth Talk (1985) 92m 6.5 crt
- [x] We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011) 7.5 112m
- [x] Julie & Julia (2009) 123m 7.0
- [x] The Piano (1993) 121m 7.5
- [x] Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) 90m 7.9 hbo
- [x] Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) 202m 7.7 crit
- [x] The Breadwinner (2017) 94m 7.7
- [x] Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) 104m 6.1
- [x] Nomadland (2020) 107m 7.3
- [x] Daisies (1966) 7.3 74m hbo
- [x] Mädchen in Uniform (1931) 7.6 88m
- [ ] Portrait of a woman on Fire (2019) 122m 8.1 kan
- [ ] Seven Beauties (1975) 7.7 116m
- [ ] 35 Shots of Rum (2008) 100m 7.1 kan
- [ ] The Rider (2017) 104m 7.4
- [ ] The Gleaners and I (2000) 82m 7.7
- [ ] The Beaches of Agnes (2008) 8.0 112m
- [ ] Orlando (1992) 7.1 94m
- [ ] Peppermint Soda (1977) 97m 6.9 crit ka
- [ ] Mustang (2015) kAN 7.6 97M
- [ ] Toni Erdmann (2016) 162m 7.3
- [ ] Children of a Lesser God (1986)
- [ ] Capernum (2018) 126m 8.4
- [ ] Wendy and Lucy (2008) 80m 7.1 kan
- [ ] Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) 101m 7.x
- [ ] Daughters of the Dust (1991) 6.7 113m
- [ ] Born in Flames (1983) 79m 6.5
- [ ] The Watermelon Woman (1996) 90m 7.1
- [ ] Leave No Trace (2018) 109m 7.2
- [ ] Outrage (1950) 6.8 75m
- [ ] The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) 92m 6.6
- [ ] Close-Knit (2017)
- [ ] Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) 98m 7.1
- [ ] Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) * 79m 7.8
- [ ] Humanoids of the Deep (1980) 5.7 80m
- [ ] Office Killer (1997) 5.1 82m
- [ ] Boys Don’t Cry (1999) 7.5 118m
- [ ] Suffragette (2015) 106m 6.9
- [ ] Triumph of the Will (1935) 7.2 110m
- [ ] Circumstance (2011) 107m 5.9
- [ ] High Art (1998) 101m 6.6
- [ ] Whale Rider (2002) 101m 7.5
- [ ] Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011) 6.3 76m
- [ ] Hustlers (2019) 6.3 110m
- [ ] Frida (2002)123m 7.4
- [ ] Babyteeth (2019) 7.2 118m hulu
- [ ] Ninjababy (2021) 7.3 104m
- [ ] Test Pattern (2019) 83m 6.3
- [ ] Yentl (1983) 6.6 123m
- [ ] Sing Your Song (2011) 7.5 113m
- [ ] Oh Lucy! (2017) 6.8 95m
- [ ] Holler (2020) 6.2 90m
- [ ] Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) 6.7 101m
FEMALE DIRECTOR:
- [x] Merrily We Go to Hell (Dorothy Arzner, US 1932)
- [x] Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940) - lucille ball
- [x] Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
- [ ] Outrage (Ida Lupino, US 1950)
- [x] Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)
- [ ] Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015)
- [x] Little Women (2019)
- [ ] Close Knit (2017)
- [x] First Cow (2019)
- [ ] Heartbreak Kid (1972)
- [ ] Ratcatcher (1999)
- [x] Farewell (2019)
- [ ] City of God (2002)
- [x] The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
- [x] Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- [ ] Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)
- [ ] Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
- [ ] Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)
- [ ] Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
- [ ] Golden Gate Girl *(Esther Eng, US/China 1941)
- [ ] Death Is a Caress (Edith Carlmar, Norway 1949)
- [ ] The Eternal Breasts (Tanaka Kinuyo, Japan 1955)
- [ ] The Velvet Vampire (Stephanie Rothman, US/Philippines 1971)
- [x] Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, US 1976)
- [ ] Year of the Woman (Sandra Hochman, US 1973)
- [ ] The Loveless (Kathryn Bigelow & Monty Montgomery, US 1981)
- [x] Desert Hearts (Donna Deitch, US 1985)
- [ ] Mirror Mirror (Marina Sargenti, US 1990)
- [ ] Gas Food Lodging (Allison Anders, US 1992)
- [ ] Middle of Nowhere (Ava DuVernay, US 2012)
- [ ] The Night Porter (1974)
- [ ] Holiday (2018)
- [ ] Pleasure (2020)
- [ ] Into the Forest (2015)
- [ ] Little Joe (2019)
- [ ] Happiest Season (2020)
- [ ] Peppermint Soda (1977)
- [x] Pet Sematary (Mary Lambert, US 1989)
- [x] Eve’s Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, US 1997)
- [x] But I’m a Cheerleader (Jamie Babbitt, US 1999)
- [x] The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)
- [x] Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)
- [x] Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
- [x] Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
- [x] Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
- [x] The Slumber Party Massacre (Amy Holden Jones, US 1982) - feminist slasher
- [ ] The Other Lamb (2019)
- [ ] Fresh (2022) 114m 6.8
- [ ] Nude on the Moon (1961) 71 3.8
- [ ] Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) 4.9 65m
- [ ] A Night To Dismember (1983) 3.4 69m
FEMINIST MASTERPIECE:
- [ ] Mystic Pizza (1988) *
- [ ] Adam's Rib (1949)
- [ ] Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) *
- [ ] Norma Rae (1979) *
- [ ] Hidden Figures (2016)
- [ ] Eighth Grade (2018)
- [ ] Wild (2014)
- [ ] Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
- [ ] The Women (1939)
- [ ] Whale Rider (2002)
- [ ] The Trouble with Angels (1966)
- [ ] I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
- [ ] Wendy and Lucy' (2008)
- [ ] The Piano (1993)
- [ ] The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
- [ ] Mustang (2015)
- [ ] The Keeping Room (2014)
- [ ] Wild (2014)
- [ ] Norma Rae (1979) *
- [ ] Beaches (1988)
- [ ] Frances Ha (2012)
- [ ] The Hours (2002) *
- [ ] Born in Flames (1983)
- [ ] Safe (1995) *
- [ ] Hannah Arendt (2012)
- [ ] The Favourite (2018)
- [ ] A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- [ ] Daughters of the Dust (1991) *
- [ ] The Women (1939)*
- [ ] Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
- [ ] Orlando (1992)
- [ ] Rosetta (1999)
- [ ] Female Trouble (1974)
- [ ] One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
- [x] The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- [ ] Born In Flames (1983)
- [ ] Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
- [ ] My Brilliant Career (1979)
- [ ] The Circle (2000)
- [ ] Bound (1996)
- [ ] Show Me Love (1998)
- [ ] Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- [ ] 3 Women (1977)
- [x] Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
- [ ] Walking and Talking (1996)
- [ ] A Question of Silence (1982)
- [ ] The Gold Diggers (1983)
- [ ] My Life to Live (1962)
- [ ] Safe (1995)
- [ ] Girlhood (2014)
- [ ] Morvern Callar (2002)
- [ ] Ghostbusters (2016)
- [ ] Tiny Furniture (2010)
- [ ] The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
- [ ] Prevenge (2016)
- [ ] Brooklyn (2015)
- [ ] Suffragette (2015)
- [ ] Battle of the Sexes (2017)
- [ ] Lady Macbeth (2016)
- [ ] Grandma (2015)
- [ ] Girlfriends (1978)
- [ ] Certain Women (2016)
- [ ] The Contender (2000)
- [ ] Elle (2016)
- [ ] Girlfight (2000)
FEMALE CINEMATOGRAPHERS
- [ ] Holy Motors (Director: Leos Carax, DP: Caroline Champetier, 2012)
- [ ] Beach Rats (Director: Eliza Hittman, DP: Hélène Louvart, 2017)
- [ ] Cameraperson (Director/DP: Kirsten Johnson, 2016)
- [x] Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Director: Michel Gondry, DP: Ellen Kuras, 2004)
- [ ] The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Director: Desiree Akhavan, DP: Ashley Connor, 2018)
- [ ] The Neon Demon (Director: Nikolas Winding Refn, DP: Natasha Braier, 2016)
- [x] Tokyo Sonata (Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, DP: Akiko Ashizawa, 2008)
- [ ] Velvet Goldmine (Director: Todd Haynes, DP: Maryse Alberti, 1998)
FEMALE CINEMATOGRAPHERS:
Maryse Alberti (Creed)
Maya Bankovic (The Rainbow Kid)
Natasha Braier (Neon Demon)
Caroline Champetier (Of Gods and Men)
Charlotte Bruus Christensen (The Hunt)
Autumn Durald (Palo Alto)
Agnes Godard (Golden Door)
Ellen Kuras (Bamboozled)
Reed Morano (The Skeleton Twins)
Rachel Morrison (Fruitvale Station)
Amy Vincent (Dope)
Mandy Walker (Australia)
FEMALE ACTORS:
- [ ] Viola Davis, “Fences“
- [ ] Laura Linney, “You Can Count On Me“
- [ ] Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
- [ ] Marion Cotillard, “La Vie En Rose”
- [ ] Charlize Theron, “Monster“
- [x] Kirsten Dunst, “Melancholia”
- [ ] Halle Berry, “Monster’s Ball”
- [ ] Leila Hatami, “A Separation”
- [ ] Kim Hya-ja, “Mother“
FEMALE DIRECTORS:
- [x] Dorothy Arzner
- [x] Ida Lupino
- [x] Elaine May
- [ ] Kathryn Bigelow
REWATCH/CLASSICS:
- [ ] Thelma and Louise (1991)
- [ ] Working Girl (1988)
- [ ] Fried Green Tomatos (1991)
- [ ] The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- [ ] Loving Vincent (2017) 7.8 94m
- [x] Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
- [ ] Twilight (2008)
- [ ] The Tinder Swindler (2022)
- [ ] The Voices (2014)
- [ ] Meek’s Cutoff (2010) 104m 6.5
- [ ] On the Basis of Sex (2018)
- [ ] Mother India (1957)
- [ ] Ghostbusters (2016)
- [ ] Clockwatchers (1997)
- [ ] Christopher Strong (1933) 78m 6.3
- [ ] The Bigamist (1953)
- [ ] Fire of Love (2022) 7.9 93m
Dorothy Arzner—Hollywood's only working female director of the 1930s
Jill Soloway on The Female Gaze | MASTER CLASS | TIFF 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnBvppooD9I
Male vs female gaze = Birds of Prey and Suicide Squad
Sight & Sound’s The Female Gaze: 100 Overlooked Films Directed by Women
https://letterboxd.com/nowolvespls/list/sight-sounds-the-female-gaze-100-overlooked/
BBC Culture: the 100 greatest films directed by women, all the votes
https://letterboxd.com/nowolvespls/list/bbc-culture-the-100-greatest-films-directed/