Comments on: Here’s to the Ladies

By: Jackilantern

Jackilantern — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:33:21 +0000

I hate women! Schettizzo! <33

By: VickDang

VickDang — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:07:46 +0000

Tatiana, Rollerson and I are both really into Marie Antoinette. So you are not alone my friend! I love her sensibilities, She’s not afraid to make the movie she wants to see but is also really good at distancing herself from it so that its not purely all in her head. I think (although not a woman) Michel Gondry is very good at this as well.

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:26:35 +0000

Jee, everyone beat me to SoFia Coppola (no ph, guys. Yeah, I am a snob). And not just for Lost in Translation. I don’t think she’s just milking her connections, and like it or not, she has an extremely distinct, precise, original, and I would argue beautiful, POINT OF VIEW. It is very personal and unmistakable. I’m like the only person who loved Marie-Antoinette. Sigh.

By: naynay

naynay — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:53:09 +0000

Mary Harron kicks ass. All of her movies are phenomenal! Sophia Copolla ~~sucks balls~~ (Patrick says: you guys can come up with better insults! Gimme some gusto!) and the only thing great about Lost in Translation was Bill Murray. Being born into the industry doesn’t warrant talent. I like Penny Marshall, but more as Laverne than as a director. Penelope Spheeris should get some recognition and I forget the name of the director, but a woman did “Pet Semetary” which scared the everloving crap out of me so i must give her props for effective filmmaking.
I hated her film “The Safety of Objects” (based on one of my favorite books) but Rose Troche directed some episodes of Six Feet Under and I loved that show so she gets a tip of the hat. Oh, and the wonderful Kathy Bates directed a few episodes too.
Let’s also say hey to the ladies behind “Married: With Children” as many women wrote, produced, and directed it including Marcy D’arcy.

By: Rollerson

Rollerson — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:43:23 +0000

I am embarassed to say I have never seem American Psycho. I really ought to get on that.

But I am so afraid!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:09:14 +0000

The situation’s even bleaker for animators. Of the few women animation directors that the Academy has recognized over the years, my favorite is Caroline Leaf.

Caroline Leaf – The Street (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54dm0Z99VOY

By: fermifighter

fermifighter — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:16:40 +0000

I gotta love Penelope Spheeris for Wayne’s World and her punk movies. And Amy Heckerling gets points for Clueless.

By: funtime42

funtime42 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:21:22 +0000

Ida Lupino (Hitchhiker, Trouble with Angels) and Penny Marshall come to mind…

By: Cibbuano

Cibbuano — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:30:58 +0000

ah, also Mira Nair… Monsoon Wedding was wonderful, richly comic, yet also tragic, and I enjoyed her scandalous Kama Sutra, as well.

By: Cibbuano

Cibbuano — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:30:23 +0000

Suzanne Bier – just for her sublime ‘After the Wedding’….

Mary Harron gets credit, too, for American Psycho, but I don’t much like Sophia Coppola…