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August 26, 2020 By iluvcinema Leave a Comment

A Movie Lover’s Look at “Women Make Film” (TCM, 2020)

Introduction

From the earliest days of cinema, women were present, and often front and center. Filmmakers such as Alice Guy Blaché and Lois Webber were recognized as artists worthy of praise in their own right, even in the face of discrimination. Eventually and unsurprisingly, the inequities they faced in society and in the industry took greater hold, leaving theirs and countless other names as nothing more than the most obscure footnotes in film studies. As a result, the majority of these auteurs and the stories they told have been lost and forgotten to time.

Women Make Film: Alice Guy Blaché
Pioneering filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché

Often when we think about the world of cinema and its history, we assess the lives and careers of the “moguls,” those who made the movies or the “creator,” the ingenious talent behind the camera. Overwhelmingly, these biographies are male. Recent years have heightened anew the constant struggle to recognize women’s varied and extensive contributions to the field.

Rarely do we take full stock of the role women have and continue to play in the shaping of our cinematic literacy. We continue to challenge ourselves and shift our perspective to view the past and present (and future) of cinema “through the female gaze.”

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Filed Under: Coming Soon, Documentaries Tagged With: alice guy blache, mark cousins, TCM, turner classic movies, women make film

November 8, 2018 By iluvcinema Leave a Comment

On TCM Now: Outrage (1950)

As of this writing (November 8th), it is a couple of hours (2:45PM Eastern) until TCM will feature Ida Lupino’s 1950 film Outrage as part of their series Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers on TCM. When I saw this title pop up on the programming schedule, I was quite happy. For anyone who has been on my site regularly over the past decade, you may be aware that I have previously expressed my admiration for the work Ida Lupino produced in her role(s) of writer/director (click here for a sampling).

Outrage directed by Ida Lupino

It was at this past year’s TCM Film Festival at the historic Grauman’s Egyptian that I had the honor of seeing Outrage for the first time ever, and on the big screen, no less. Sure, it was heavy viewing for a Saturday morning at 11:30, but I tell you it was well worth it.

Directed by Ms. Lupino and co-written with producers Malvin Wald and her then-husband Collier Young, Outrage tells the tale of a young woman, Ann (Mala Powers) and the aftermath of her assault.

After this incident, the remainder of the film is spent walking the audience through Ann’s trauma (and post-trauma) and its impact on her interactions with the relationships.

Tough Subject, Truthfully Told

Even before seeing the film, I was drawn by the fact of the topic being presented (sexual assault/rape). My general knowledge of how Hollywood productions were managed under the Hayes Code at that time led me to understand the uniqueness of this film at this time. Rarely, if ever did films deal with rape in such a direct and raw manner.

Coming out of the screening, I was touched by what I had just seen and it really got me thinking. What jumped off the screen for me goes beyond the fact that she was a female making a film about such a “controversial” topic. Sure, crimes of this nature disproportionately affect women, but what I was emotionally moved beyond that simple point of fact. At many times, Outrage penetrated what I can only describe as my own imagined “narrative barrier” to really delve into the psyche and internal monologue of a person who has gone through this agonizing process of grief, horror and pain. In other words, it felt very personal.

Where to Watch

If you get the chance to, I encourage you to set your DVRs or catch it on the Watch TCM App, where I assume it will be available*. But if you aren’t able to that way, I suggest a Google search might be your friend to find out more about this film I consider a must-see.

I close with a few other write-ups which provide a greater level of detail about Outrage.

  • https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/ida-lupinos-prescient-outrage
  • https://stories.moma.org/ida-lupinos-outrage-82332306dca

The latter article in particular, written more recently in the context of the #MeToo movement, adds another layer to the conversation of sexual assault in society and also how it is portrayed in our media.

* If you are fortunate enough to live in the greater New York area, this weekend Film Forum just happens to be screening Outrage as part of their Ida Lupino 100 series (November 9-22).

Recommended titles:

  • As a Director and/or Writer: The Hitch-Hiker, Hard Fast and Beautiful, The Bigamist (featuring Joan Fontaine and Edmund O’Brien), The Trouble with Angels (featuring Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell)
  • As a Featured Performer: The Hard Way, On Dangerous Ground, Women’s Prison and High Sierra.

Filed Under: Appreciation Post, Coming Soon, Reviews Tagged With: Classic Film, Film Forum, ida lupino, Outrage, TCMFF

September 19, 2018 By iluvcinema 1 Comment

“Captain Marvel” Trailer is Dope, But Who is She?

Intro

If you are like me, you are probably still ‘marveling’ (pun intended) over the trailer that dropped yesterday for Marvel Studio’s forthcoming Captain Marvel starring Brie Larson.

Here is the trailer again just because … awesome:

As a reminder, we got a hint of her existence in the MCU in the post-credits sequence title in Avengers: Infinity War. This was an ‘appearance’ which took me two viewings and a conversation with my comic book-aficionado younger brother before I ‘kind of” got it.

ms marvel avengers infinity war
New phone, who dis?

What bits of information my brother did divulge still did not wholly prepare me for what was to come yesterday. Based on the trailer, it really looks like the MCU is teeing us up for a full-fledged, proper origin story. But the question still lingers … who is she?

So without giving away too much, I did a little digging around (i.e. talked to my brother) and put together this primer for what I think we should know ahead of the release of Marvel’s first female-headlining cinematic outing in the 10 years of the Studio’s existence.

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Filed Under: Coming Soon Tagged With: brie larson, captain marvel, captain marvel primer, coming soon, marvel studios

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