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100 Best Movies Directed by Women Mar 3, 2019 23:59:06 GMT

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Post by Mattsby on Mar 3, 2019 23:59:06 GMT

This was put up the other day, figured I'd post for reactions. What are you surprised to see here? What are the worst omissions? Personal favs you think deserve more attention?

www.indiewire.com/2019/02/female-directors-best-movies-directed-by-women-1202045399/

Firstly, A League of Their Own at #4 is mind boggling. When you have the very great My Brilliant Career at #59 you just can't justify that gap. It's like putting The Mighty Ducks as #4 on a list of best movies directed by men. Talk about a quack, who doctored this list!!

But.... great to see Wanda, Girlfriends, Europa Europa, The Rider, A New Leaf, and my #1 - better than #49 dammit! - Mikey and Nicky.

They have two Agnieszka Holland's - but no Olivier Olivier (imo her best). Two Elaine May's - but no Heartbreak Kid (arguably Top 5 ever here). Other huge ones they left off: The Ascent '77 and Madchen in Uniform '31. Hester Street missing too but they have the director's Crossing Delancey which I've never heard of! More recent stuff, missing: My Happy Family and Meek's Cutoff. They have a few Bigelow but no Strange Days or Blue Steel or Detroit, my three favs from her.

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100 Best Movies Directed by Women Mar 4, 2019 1:33:41 GMT

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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 4, 2019 1:33:41 GMT

I may be missing some - but I think these stick out:

Nice to see the 2 Ida Lupino - she's a crucial filmmaker in US history and those 2 still hold up.

The order is wacky a bit and Something's Gotta Give.....come on.

Missing, (ludicrously) Angry Harvest and Vagabond (did I miss these?) - Allison Anders missing completely too (Edit - G,F,L is included)?

Insanely underrated - Alison Maclean's Crush (5.9 on IMDB, bullsh it) - its pretentious but if you stay with it the creepy aspect of it is quite high - flirts with horror in the way I like.

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Post by Mattsby on Mar 4, 2019 1:55:33 GMT

Found the list written out --

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
2. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)
5. Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966)
6. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)
7. Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda, 1962)
8. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943)
9. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1976)
10. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)
11. The Rider (Chloe Zhao, 2018)
12. Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)
13. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
14. Yentl (Barbra Streisand, 1983)
15. Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)
16. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)
17. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)
18. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)
19. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
20. The Matrix (Lilly and Lana Wachowski, 1999)
21. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
22. Suspense (Lois Weber, 1913)
23. Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi, 2007)
24. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)
25. Harlan County USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)
26. Le Bonheur (Agnes Varda, 1965)
27. Losing Ground (Kathleen Collins, 1982)
28. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
29. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)
30. Eve’s Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)
31. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1990)
32. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
33. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
34. News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
35. Desert Hearts (Donna Deitch, 1985)
36. Sugar Cane Alley (Euzhan Palcy, 1983)
37. Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001)
38. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)
39. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
40. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
41. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2003)
42. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
43. The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, 1996)
44. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)
45. The Hitch-hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)
46. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)
47. The House Is Black (Forough Farrokhzad, 1963)
48. The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris, 1981)
49. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2009)
50. Sink or Swim (Su Friedrich, 1990)
51. Mabel’s Blunder (Mabel Normand, 1914)
52. Breathe (Mélanie Laurent, 2014)
53. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)
54. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)
55. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2018)
56. Girlhood (Celine Sciama, 2014)
57. Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)
58. Zora Neale Hurston’s Early Ethnographic Films (1920s-30s)
59. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979)
60. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)
61. Reassemblage (Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1983)
62. Bend It Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2003)
63. Real Women Have Curves (Patricia Cardoso, 2002)
64. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)
65. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)
66. Girlfight (Karyn Kusama, 2000)
67. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsey, 2002)
68. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)
69. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)
70. Pariah (Dee Rees, 2011)
71. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
72. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)
73. Love & Basketball (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2000)
74. High Art (Lisa Cholodenko, 1998)
75. Thirteen (Catherine Hardwick, 2003)
76. Antonia’s Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995)
77. Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, 2013)
78. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)
79. Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)
80. Girlfriends (Claudia Weill, 1978)
81. After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006)
82. Appropriate Behavior (Desiree Akhavan, 2014)
83. Crossing Delancey (Joan Micklin Silver, 1988)
84. One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1974)
85. Something’s Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003)
86. Gas Food Lodging (Allison Anders, 1992)
87. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)
88. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (Alanis Obomsawin, 1993)
89. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
90. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
91. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)
92. Nitrate Kisses (Barbara Hammer, 1992)
93. The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey, 2017)
94. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)
95. Rambling Rose (Martha Coolidge, 1991)
96. The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland, 1993)
97. They (Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, 2017)
98. I Am Not a Witch (Rungano Nyoni, 2018)
99. Frozen (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2013)
100. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

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Mar 4, 2019 2:31:14 GMT Martin Stett said:

I don't have anything against women, but for some reason movies directed by women tend to... suck. Bad. And that's the problem I have with this list. I genuinely despise a good deal of it.

p shameful comment tbh

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Post by Martin Stett on Mar 4, 2019 2:42:25 GMT

Mar 4, 2019 2:32:12 GMT Film Socialism said:

Mar 4, 2019 2:31:14 GMT Martin Stett said:

I don't have anything against women, but for some reason movies directed by women tend to... suck. Bad. And that's the problem I have with this list. I genuinely despise a good deal of it.

p shameful comment tbh

Only shameful if I'm ashamed of it.

10/10
12. Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

21. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

71. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

94. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

9/10
17. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

41. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2003)

96. The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland, 1993)

8/10
11. The Rider (Chloe Zhao, 2018)

13. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

16. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

33. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

7/10
4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)

20. The Matrix (Lilly and Lana Wachowski, 1999)

60. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)

99. Frozen (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2013)

6/10
32. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

38. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)

55. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2018)

85. Something’s Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003)

5/10
23. Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi, 2007)

29. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

31. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1990)

54. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)

4/10
40. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

44. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

49. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2009)

62. Bend It Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2003)

63. Real Women Have Curves (Patricia Cardoso, 2002)

3/10
1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

68. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)

93. The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey, 2017)

2/10
5. Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966)

15. Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)

24. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

1/10
37. Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001)

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100 Best Movies Directed by Women Mar 4, 2019 2:59:30 GMT via mobile

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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 4, 2019 2:59:30 GMT

Yeah, I saw this list the other day and thought it was very good. A lot of great, great stuff represented and also brought a lot of things on my radar. For my money though You Were Never Really and especially Lost in Translation should be waaaay higher though — I mean, it’s kinda really strange that the latter wasn’t guaranteed top ten, to be honest. And, yeah, Vagabond is a strange omission (and it’s one that stings, too), as is Ratcatcher especially considering every other Ramsay made it ... but still, can’t complain too much.

So it goes.

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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 3:15:37 GMT

A few Best Picture nominees directed by women are missing, but the most shocking of these snubs is Children of a Lesser God, yes?

I like Yentl, and am pleasantly surprised to see it so highly ranked. It's worth noting that Streisand has directed more actors to Oscar nominations than any other female director (Irving, Nolte, Nelligan, Bacall).

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Mar 4, 2019 2:31:14 GMT Martin Stett said:

I don't have anything against women, but for some reason movies directed by women tend to... suck. Bad. And that's the problem I have with this list. I genuinely despise a good deal of it.

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Post by ibbi on Mar 4, 2019 9:26:53 GMT

I don't know why they had to put this list in order, because the order is the first thing that makes it comical.

The second thing is that while I get they probably wanted as wide a range of names on the list as possible... Having films like Monster, Thirteen and Something's Gotta Give on this list while Leni Riefenstahl, Samira Makhmalbaf, even freakin' Julie Taymor all appear to be completely absent is something. Arnold, Ramsey and Holofcener should all probably feature more too.

I'm also glad we can now say The Matrix is a blockbuster directed by women. All that fuss about freakin' Wonder Woman and A Wrinkle In Time, and everyone forgot that two women directed one of the biggest blockbuster trilogies of the past 20 years.

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100 Best Movies Directed by Women Mar 4, 2019 9:56:41 GMT

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Post by jimmalone on Mar 4, 2019 9:56:41 GMT

Lost in Translation only at #21 :gonemad:

Also: How is Point Break over The Hurt Locker???
And yeah I agree: A League of Their Own has no business to be in the Top 10 or Top 20 or whatever. Agree that Awakenings should be here instead.

The even worse stat though is probably: I've only seen 30 of those films.

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100 Best Movies Directed by Women Mar 4, 2019 16:47:49 GMT

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Post by Allenism on Mar 4, 2019 16:47:49 GMT

I mean, A League of Their Own is an example of a crowdpleaser done perfectly right (and I think Penny's best work handily eclipses anything her brother did), but it's placement on this list is comical. Ditto for Lady Bird. I'm sort of fine with Clueless' ranking. Lost in Translation, Boys Don't Cry, and High Art should be higher. American Psycho can fuck right off even if it's in last place.

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Post by avnermoriarti on Mar 4, 2019 17:50:40 GMT

Yeah, the ranking is allover the place, Lady bird in 6th, lol What on earth is Babs indulgent yentl doind here ? If you're gonna put a Marshall in the top ten, that's Big, oh, I forgot is about a man. I wouldn't consider the Wachowski's work prior to Cloud Atlas you can't change the past but whatever.

Omissions: Happy as Lazzaro ( duh ! ), Toni Erdmann, Eden, The Ascent, White Material, more Vagda ! ( Vagabond ), Beach Rats, The Fits, Madchen in Uniform ( unforgivable ), I Am Not a Witch, Tomboy, Meek's Cutoff, The Lure, Weiner and many more I can't remember right now.

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100 Best Movies Directed by Women Nov 26, 2019 23:43:50 GMT

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Post by Mattsby on Nov 26, 2019 23:43:50 GMT

BBC posted their Top 100 today.......

100. The Kids are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010)
99. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)
98. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, 2010)
97. Adoption (Márta Mészáros, 1975)
96. The Meetings of Anna (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
95. Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)
94. News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
93. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)
92. Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)
91. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)
90. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, 1982)
89. The Beaches of Agnes (Agnès Varda, 2008)
88. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)
87. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
86. Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)
85. One Sings, The Other Doesn’t (Agnès Varda, 1977)
84. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)
83. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)
82. At Land (Maya Deren, 1944)
81. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)
80. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)
79. Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916)
78. The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1988)
77. Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)
76. Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)
75. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)
74. Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988)
73. On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi, 2017)
72. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1980)
71. The Seashell and the Clergyman (Germaine Dulac, 1928)
70. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)
69. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)
68. Eve’s Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)
67. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)
66. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)
65. Leave no Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)
64. The Rider (Chloe Zhao, 2017)
63. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006)
62. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)
61. India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)
60. A League of their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)
59. The Long Farewell (Kira Muratova, 1971)
58. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)
57. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
56. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)
55. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
54. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)
53. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
52. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, 2018)
51. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)
50. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)
49. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)
48. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)
47. An Angel at my Table (Jane Campion, 1990)
46. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
45. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)
44. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)
43. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
42. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)
41. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)
40. Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)
39. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
38. Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)
37. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)
36. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
35. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)
34. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)
33. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)
32. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)
31. The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
30. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)
29. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)
28. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)
27. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
26. Stories we Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)
25. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)
24. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)
23. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)
23. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)
21. Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)
20. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
19. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)
18. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
17. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)
16. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
15. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)
14. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
13. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)
12. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)
11. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)
10. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)
9. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)
8. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
7. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
6. Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)
5. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
3. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
2. Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)
1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

NO ELAINE MAY!? :gonemad:

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100 Best Movies Directed by Women Nov 27, 2019 0:38:28 GMT pacinoyes likes this

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Post by Mattsby on Nov 27, 2019 0:38:28 GMT

also the BBC poll is a major one - "761 different films were voted for by 368 film experts – critics, journalists, festival programmers and academics – who came from 84 countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. We asked the same number of women to contribute as men to create a gender-balanced poll"

whereas Indiewire was just 12 of their so-so critics.

Back to the BBC picks : I get Ishtar has its reputation, and Heartbreak Kid never had any post theatrical media release (thanks Bristol-Meyers-Squibb! grrr) but Mikey and Nicky with the Criterion and everything, surprised it's left off. Big one - no f'n My Brilliant Career, landmark feminist pic. Also, no Girlfriends - important feminist indie, no Madchen in Uniform - with the whole Eleanor Roosevelt trivia, cmon! Also waiting for one of these lists to appreciate Olivier Olivier....

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