Monthly Archives: March 2015

Movie Quote of the Day – La Pointe-Courte, 1955 (dir. Agnès Varda)

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Elle: Everything would have been easier for us if I’d been born next door to you.
Lui: Too much! I wouldn’t have loved you if you were just like me. The resemblance must come little by little.

Movie Quote of the Day – And Then There Was You, 2013 (dir. Leila Djansi)

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Darrell: You know, every single one of these stars has a story, beautiful love stories, tragic ones. When lovers die they become stars, so that their love could live on. . . .Maybe we can?
Natalie: Maybe we can. . .what?
Darrell: Become stars
Natalie: [Laughs] We’d have to be lovers first.
Darrell: I’d like that.

Movie Quote of the Day – Elles, 2012 (dir. Malgorzata Szumowska)

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Anne: Could you share it with anyone?
Charlotte: No, I didn’t tell anyone.
Anne: Doesn’t that make you feel a little lonely?
Charlotte: Not really because. . .we’re all alone, aren’t we?

Interview: Artemis Women in Action Film Festival Founder Melanie Wise

I was fortunate enough to speak with Melanie Wise, the founder of the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival yesterday, and what perfect timing since today is International Women’s Day! After the cut, please find the interview. I hope you enjoy and if you can spare even $5 please donate to the festival’s IndieGoGo campaign!

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Movie Quote of the Day – Sunshine Cleaning, 2009 (dir. Christine Jeffs)

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Rose: A lot of times, when people die, it can be kind of, messy,you know. So, what we do is we go in and clean up the mess. Make sure that everything is clean and sanitary. I mean because people don’t realize the safety risks involved with the removal of blood and body fluids. Heather: I cannot imagine. You like doing it? Rose: Yeah. I do. Um, we come into people’s lives when they have experienced something profound and sad. And they’ve lost somebody, you know? And um, the circumstances, they’re always different. But that’s the same. And we help. In some small way we, um, we help.

Movie Quote of the Day – Johnny Dangerously, 1984 (dir. Amy Heckerling)

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Lil: I got a real, old-fashioned streak in me. I wanna live a normal life.
Johnny Dangerously: Johnny Dangerously can’t live a normal life. It ain’t in the cards. People like me, we’re like shooting stars. We cross the sky, burning hot for one moment in time, and then we…plunge to earth, disappear. Jesus Christ, I’m starting to upset myself.

Movie Quote of the Day – The Prince & Me, 2004 (dir. Martha Coolidge)

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Paige: Am I supposed to be able to breathe?
Dressmaker: No.
Paige: Oh, well, then it’s perfect.

Movie Quote of the Day – And While We Were Here, 2012 (dir. Kat Coiro)

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Caleb: You make me nervous.
[beat]
Jane: You make me calm.

Movie Quote of the Day – Los insólitos peces gato (The Amazing Catfish), 2014 (dir. Claudia Sainte-Luce)

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Alejandra: If I could I would change my personality, my ideas. . .
Claudia: If I could I would change my face. . .my family. . . I would change my whole life.

Movie Quote of the Day – Carolina, 2003 (dir. Marleen Gorris)

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Carolina Mirabeau:  It’s like you’re this beautiful, expensive Italian suit. And I just don’t have the faintest idea where I’m gonna wear you.