17 OCTOBER 2023
LIST OF FILMS ABOUT A WOMAN ON HER OWN
DARK GLASSES (2022) DIR. BY DARIO ARGENTO
ONE OF THE LATEST FILMS FROM AN ITALIAN MASTER OF HORROR, WHERE A BLINDED WOMAN DIANA TRACKS A SERIAL KILLER WHO ATTACKED HER.
LADY VENGEANCE (2005) DIR. BY PARK CHAN-WOOK
PARK’S SECOND FILM FROM THE VENGEANCE SERIES BUT TOLD FROM A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE. A VERY VIVID AND BRUTAL STORY FROM THE ICONIC DIRECTOR OF OLDBOI (2003).
FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982)
DIR. BY INGMAR BERGMAN
CONSIDERED TO BE A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC, THIS IS A STORY ABOUT FAMILY BONDS, A TRAUMA OF LOSING A FAMILY MEMBER, AND A LACK OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE 1900S SWEDEN.
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021)
DIR. BY JOACHIM TRIER
ALL THOUSAND AND ONE MISTAKES BY A MEDICAL STUDENT JULIA WHILE FEELING ANXIOUS AND REFLECTING. THE LAST FROM TRIER’S TRILOGY.
KILL BILL: VOL. 1 & 2 (2003 – 2004)
DIR. BY QUENTIN TARANTINO
YES, AS YOU CHECKED, I NEED TO HAVE BOTH OF THESE TARANTINO’S MOVIES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT AND BOTH BRILLIANT TO JUST CHOOSE ONE. A PLAYBOOK FOR A PERFECT VENGEANCE CINEMA, EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE (DO I EVEN NEED TO MENTION THE PLOT?).
JACKIE BROWN (1997) DIR. BY QUENTIN TARANTINO
AN ODE TO PAM GRIER, STARRING PAM GRIER. THE STORY OF A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO GOT IN A STICKY SITUATION AND PUT THE BAD GUYS BEHIND BARS. UNMISSABLE AND MESMERISING.
ERIN BROKOVICH (2000) DIR. BY STEVEN SODERBERGH
BASED ON A TRUE STORY, SODERBERG & JULIA ROBERTS’S MASTERPIECE ABOUT A BROKE AMERICAN MOTHER OF THREE GAINING JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE AND SUCCEEDING AT WORK.
THE PIANO (1992) DIR. BY JANE CAMPION
MARRIED AND SHIPPED TO THE OVERSEAS, A YOUNG SCOTTISH MOTHER ADA HAS TO ADAPT TO HER NEW LIFE WITH HER NEW HUSBAND IN NEW ZEALAND. MANY THINGS GO ROGUE, SET IN 1850S. A CLASSIC FROM JANE CAMPION AND ONE OF THE YOUNGEST OSCAR WINNERS ANNA PAQUIN.
THE BELOVED WOMAN OF MECHANIC GAVRILOV (1982) DIR. BY PYOTR TODOROVSKY
A WIFE-TO-BE AND A SOVIET SINGLE MOTHER IN HER VERY LATE 30S WAITING ON HER GROOM AT THE TOWNHALL TO OBTAIN A MARRAIGE CERTIFICATE AT ONCE. WHILE HE IS RUNNING LATE, SHE ENDS UP HELPING RANDOM STRANGERS AND DOESN’T LOOSE HER FAITH IN LOVE. STARRING A SOVIET STAR LUDMILA GURCHENKO.
TRAPS (1998) DIR. BY VERA CHYTILOVA
A FACTORY VET BEING SLAMMED WITH A TRAUMATISING EVENT TAKES A PUNISHMENT INTO HER HANDS. ONE OF THE LATEST BUT NOT THE LEAST REBELLIOUS MOVIES OF A CZECH NEW WAVE PIONEER VERA CHYTILOVA.
THE MARRAIGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1978) DIR. BY RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
A LIFE STORY OF A GERMAN WOMAN AND HER LIFE-LASTING LOVE FEELING THROUGH THE HARDSHIP AND HORRORS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
LIST OF FILMS ABOUT A WOMAN ON HER OWN
DARK GLASSES (2022) DIR. BY DARIO ARGENTO
ONE OF THE LATEST FILMS FROM AN ITALIAN MASTER OF HORROR, WHERE A BLINDED WOMAN DIANA TRACKS A SERIAL KILLER WHO ATTACKED HER.
LADY VENGEANCE (2005) DIR. BY PARK CHAN-WOOK
PARK’S SECOND FILM FROM THE VENGEANCE SERIES BUT TOLD FROM A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE. A VERY VIVID AND BRUTAL STORY FROM THE ICONIC DIRECTOR OF OLDBOI (2003).
FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982)
DIR. BY INGMAR BERGMAN
CONSIDERED TO BE A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC, THIS IS A STORY ABOUT FAMILY BONDS, A TRAUMA OF LOSING A FAMILY MEMBER, AND A LACK OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE 1900S SWEDEN.
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021)
DIR. BY JOACHIM TRIER
ALL THOUSAND AND ONE MISTAKES BY A MEDICAL STUDENT JULIA WHILE FEELING ANXIOUS AND REFLECTING. THE LAST FROM TRIER’S TRILOGY.
KILL BILL: VOL. 1 & 2 (2003 – 2004)
DIR. BY QUENTIN TARANTINO
YES, AS YOU CHECKED, I NEED TO HAVE BOTH OF THESE TARANTINO’S MOVIES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT AND BOTH BRILLIANT TO JUST CHOOSE ONE. A PLAYBOOK FOR A PERFECT VENGEANCE CINEMA, EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE (DO I EVEN NEED TO MENTION THE PLOT?).
JACKIE BROWN (1997) DIR. BY QUENTIN TARANTINO
AN ODE TO PAM GRIER, STARRING PAM GRIER. THE STORY OF A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO GOT IN A STICKY SITUATION AND PUT THE BAD GUYS BEHIND BARS. UNMISSABLE AND MESMERISING.
ERIN BROKOVICH (2000) DIR. BY STEVEN SODERBERGH
BASED ON A TRUE STORY, SODERBERG & JULIA ROBERTS’S MASTERPIECE ABOUT A BROKE AMERICAN MOTHER OF THREE GAINING JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE AND SUCCEEDING AT WORK.
THE PIANO (1992) DIR. BY JANE CAMPION
MARRIED AND SHIPPED TO THE OVERSEAS, A YOUNG SCOTTISH MOTHER ADA HAS TO ADAPT TO HER NEW LIFE WITH HER NEW HUSBAND IN NEW ZEALAND. MANY THINGS GO ROGUE, SET IN 1850S. A CLASSIC FROM JANE CAMPION AND ONE OF THE YOUNGEST OSCAR WINNERS ANNA PAQUIN.
THE BELOVED WOMAN OF MECHANIC GAVRILOV (1982) DIR. BY PYOTR TODOROVSKY
A WIFE-TO-BE AND A SOVIET SINGLE MOTHER IN HER VERY LATE 30S WAITING ON HER GROOM AT THE TOWNHALL TO OBTAIN A MARRAIGE CERTIFICATE AT ONCE. WHILE HE IS RUNNING LATE, SHE ENDS UP HELPING RANDOM STRANGERS AND DOESN’T LOOSE HER FAITH IN LOVE. STARRING A SOVIET STAR LUDMILA GURCHENKO.
TRAPS (1998) DIR. BY VERA CHYTILOVA
A FACTORY VET BEING SLAMMED WITH A TRAUMATISING EVENT TAKES A PUNISHMENT INTO HER HANDS. ONE OF THE LATEST BUT NOT THE LEAST REBELLIOUS MOVIES OF A CZECH NEW WAVE PIONEER VERA CHYTILOVA.
THE MARRAIGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1978) DIR. BY RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
A LIFE STORY OF A GERMAN WOMAN AND HER LIFE-LASTING LOVE FEELING THROUGH THE HARDSHIP AND HORRORS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Yours,
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