Yearly Archives: 2015
Movie Quote of the Day – But I’m a Cheerleader, 1999 (dir. Jamie Babbit)
Megan: I thought you could teach me how to be a lesbian, what they wear, where they live. You know.
Lloyd: Megan, we can’t help you with that. There’s not just one way to be a lesbian. You just have to continue to be who you are.
Movie Quote of the Day – October Gale, 2015 (dir. Ruba Nadda)
William: You know, it’s funny. You think you can always just turn it around. Like no matter what, you can just walk it back. But you can’t. I know you know that. But there’s this other part of you that knows you’ve got to get on with it. Like you never forget about it, you never forget. But you’ve got to get on with it. You just decide that this awful thing you make it count. From here on out, you make it count.
Movie Quote of the Day – Miss Julie, 2014 (dir. Liv Ullmann)
Miss Julie: Are you ever afraid to hear that you’re no longer wanted? That you don’t belong?
John: I shared a bed with my little brother, and one morning, when I was eight, I woke up and found him dead beside me. I saw death for the first time and yes, I was afraid. But not in the way you’re talking about.
Movie Quote of the Day – Dear Frankie, 2004 (dir. Shona Auerbach)
Nell: Bette Davis used to have blood-red nails.
Lizzie: Did she?
Nell: That’s what your daddy used to call you. You’d be all dressed up in my best frock and high heels. Talking away to yourself. Away in your own wee world. And he’d say, “Jesus Christ, Nell. Who the hell does that lassie think she is? Bette Davis?” I never really liked Bette Davis. Preferred Barbara Stanwyck. You knew where you were with Barbara Stanwyck.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Little Rascals, 1994 (dir. Penelope Spheeris)
Stymie: Why don’t go make up with him, Alfalfa? You guys have been friends since you were one.
Alfalfa: He started it!
Stymie: And you should finish it. You’re a team, like Bert and Ernie. Superman and Clark Kent, Milli and Vanilli. At least go talk to him. What could it cost?
Spanky: You mean, besides my dignity and pride?
Stymie: All I know is, you only make a once-in-a-lifetime buddy, once in a lifetime.
A Year With Women: August 2015 in Films
So I watched less films in August than I did in July despite being less busy (I don’t even know), but I did see a lot of films in theaters this month, including finally being able to go to the New Beverly (they did a Lina Wertmüller double feature last week). I also saw four movies this month that I really, really disliked, so it was an interesting month for me. Oh, I also posted the results from my poll about essential films by women. In case you missed it, you can read that post here. As always, a list of all the films I watched can be found after the cut, as well as my five favorites.
Movie Quote of the Day – Endless Love, 2014 (dir. Shana Feste)
David: We don’t have to do this. As much as I want to, I can wait.
Jade: I don’t wanna wait. I wanna feel this with you.
Movie Quote of the Day – This Is My Life, 1992 (dir. Nora Ephron)
Dottie Ingels: I spend 16 years doing nothing but thinking about them and now I spend three months thinking about myself and I feel like I’ve murdered them.
Arnold Moss: You had to travel. It’s part of your work. Kids are happy when their mother’s happy.
Dottie Ingels: No they’re not. Everyone says that, but it’s not true. Kids are happy if you’re there. You give kids a choice: your mother in the next room on the verge of suicide versus your mother in Hawaii in ecstasy, they choose suicide in the next room. Believe me.
Movie Quote of the Day – Bessie, 2015 (dir. Dee Rees)
Ma Rainey: Now how that feel?
Bessie Smith: Like I’m about to fall.
Ma Rainey: That’s how it should feel every night. If you’re not risking nothing, neither will they.
Movie Quote of the Day – Frozen, 2013 (dir. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)
Anna: Olaf! You’re melting!
Olaf: Some people are worth melting for.
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